History Creator / CarolBurnett

* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' (1967–78) {{as herself}} (host) and various sketch characters

* ''Series/{{Fresno}}'' (1986) as Charlotte Kensington

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actress, comedian, singer, voice artist, author, and producer, best known for starring in her [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow eponymous variety series]] from 1967–78, as well as originating the role of Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in the 1959 Broadway production of the musical ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.

She has received numerous accolades for her work over the years, including 21 Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations (winning six), three UsefulNotes/GrammyAward nominations (winning for the audiobook narration of her 2016 memoir ''In Such Good Company''), two Tony Award nominations (receiving an honorary Tony in 1969), 18 UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward nominations (winning six; she's also the namesake and first recipient of the HFPA's honorary Carol Burnett Award), two Peabody Awards, a SAG Life Achievement Award, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, voice artist, author, and producer, best known for starring in her [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow eponymous variety series]] from 1967–78, as well as for originating the role of Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in the 1959 Broadway production of the musical ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.

Her film roles include the villainous Miss Hannigan in the 1982 version of ''[[{{Film/Annie1982}} Annie]]'', as well as the voice of equally villainous Jane Kangaroo in 2008's ''[[{{Literature/HortonHearsAWho}} Horton Hears a Who!]]''.

* ''Film/AWedding1978'' (1978) as Tulip Brenner

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, voice artist, author, and producer, best known for starring in her [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow eponymous variety series]] from 1967–78, as well as for originating the role of Princess Winnifred of Woebegone in the 1959 Broadway production of the musical ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.

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Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, voice artist, author, and producer, best known for starring in her [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow eponymous variety series]] from 1967–78, as well as for originating the role of Princess Winnifred of Woebegone in the 1959 Broadway production of ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.

She has received numerous accolades over the years for her work, including 21 Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations (winning six), two Tony Award nominations (receiving an honorary Tony in 1969), three UsefulNotes/GrammyAward nominations (winning for the audiobook narration of her 2016 memoir ''In Such Good Company''), 18 UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward nominations (winning six; she's also the namesake and first recipient of the HFPA's honorary Carol Burnett Award), two Peabody Awards, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Burnett has been married three times, and had three daughters with her second husband. (Her oldest, actress and singer Carrie Hamilton, died of cancer-related pneumonia at the age of 38.)

She has been married three times, and had three daughters with her second husband. (Her oldest, actress and singer Carrie Hamilton, died of cancer-related pneumonia at the age of 38.)

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Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and producer, known for starring in the hit variety show ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' from 1967 to 1978, as well as originating the role of Princess Winnifred of Woebegone in the Broadway production of ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: She's in her eighties but could pas for younger.

!!Is An Example Of:

* FieryRedhead: Largely averted, actually.
* MysteriousBacker: Carol was a poor university student struggling to make ends meet when a wealthy man saw her perform at a professor's party. This man said that she had too much talent to let go to waste and offered her a 1000 dollar interest-free loan to fund a trip to New York City so that she could audition for musical comedies. His conditions were that she pay the money back in five years, that, in the event she achieved success, she provide the same sort of help to others, and that his identity be never revealed. She proudly says that she's fulfilled every one of them.
* OddFriendship: Between herself and Creator/JulieAndrews, at first glance since one is primarily known being an English Rose while the other for a more working-class style of comedy. But both have their roots in vaudeville and share a similar sense of humor. They've appeared in three well-received TV specials together.
** Similarly, Burnett was mentored by Creator/LucilleBall, who was decidedly ''not'' known for improv. She recounted in an interview on ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe'' a conversation she had in which Ball taught her an important lesson on being assertive.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's ''85''.

* MysteriousBacker: Carol was a poor university student struggling to make ends meet when a wealthy man saw her perform at a professor's part. This man said that she had too much talent to let go to waste and offered her a 1000 dollar interest-free loan to fund a trip to New York City so that she could audition for musical comedies. His conditions were that she pay the money back in five years, that, in the event she achieved success, she provide the same sort of help to others, and that his identity be never revealed. She proudly says that she's fulfilled every one of them.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's ''84''.

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and producer, known for starring in the hit variety show ''TheCarolBurnettShow'' from 1967 to 1978, as well as originating the role of Princess Winnifred of Woebegone in the Broadway production of ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's ''83''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's ''82''.

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and producer, known for starring in the hit variety show ''TheCarolBurnettShow'' from 1967 to 1978, as well as originating the role of Princess Winnifred of Woebegone in the Broadway production of ''OnceUponAMattress''.

->''"I'm so glad we had this time together\\
Just to have a laugh or sing a song\\
Seems we just get started and before you know it\\
Comes the time we have to say, 'So long.'"''