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Member Number: 1520
Television comedienne and actress, born in San Antonio, Texas, USA. After studying at the University of California, Los Angeles, she made her Broadway debut in a musical, Once Upon a Mattress (1959), and went on to appear in a few other Broadway shows before moving into television, appearing as a regular on the Garry Moore Show (1959–62) and on occasional CBS-TV specials. This led to her own comedy-variety show, The Carol Burnett Show (1967–79). She appeared in several feature films, such as Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), and television films including Friendly Fire (1979), and in 1991 revived her television comedy series with Carol & Company. An accomplished singer and dancer, she is known for her ability to use her expressive face and full-throated voice in playing a variety of broad comic roles.
Taken from: Biography.com
AccomplishmentsTELEVISION SERIES
1955 The Winchell-Mahoney Show
1956 Stanley Pantomime Quiz
1959-62 The Garry Moore Show
1964-65 The Entertainers
1967-78 The Carol Burnett Show
1990-91 Carol and Company
1991 The Carol Burnett Show
TELEVISION MINISERIES
1986 Fresno
MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES
1974 6 RMS RIV VU
1975 Twigs
1978 The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
1979 The Tenth Month
1979 Friendly Fire
1982 Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1983 Between Friends
1985 Laundromat
1988 Hostage
1994 Seasons of the Heart
TELEVISION SPECIALS
1962 Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
1963 Calamity Jane
1963 An Evening With Carol Burnett
1964 Once Upon a Mattress
1966 Carol and Company
1967 Carol + 2
1969 Bing Crosby and Carol Burnett--Together Again for the First Time
1971 Julie and Carol at the Lincoln Center
1972 Once Upon a Mattress
1975 Twigs
1976 Sills and Burnett at the Met
1978 A Special Carol Burnett
1979 Dolly and Carol in Nashville
1982 Eunice
1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (co-host) 1984 Burnett "Discovers" Domingo
1985 Here's TV Entertainment (co-host)
1987 Plaza Suite
1987 Carol, Carl, Whoopi, and Robin
1987 Superstars and Their Moms
1988 Superstars and Their Moms
1989 Julie and Carol--Together Again 1991 The Funny Women of Television
1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (host) 1993 The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion
1994 A Century of Women
1994 Men, Movies, and Carol
FILMS
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?, 1963; Pete 'n' Tillie, 1972; The Front Page, 1974; A Wedding, 1978; Four Seasons, 1981; Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, 1981; H.E.A.L.T.H., 1982; Annie, 1982; Noises Off, 1992.
STAGE
Once Upon a Mattress, 1959; Fade Out--Fade In, 1964; Plaza Suite, 1971; I Do! I Do!, 1973; Same Time Next Year, 1977; Love Letters, 1990.
PUBLICATIONS
One More Time: A Memoir. New York: Random House, 1986.
Purdum, Todd S. "Carol Burnett Comes Round to Where She Started From." (interview). The New York Times, 24 September 1995.
"The Serious Business of Being Funny." (interview). The New Yorker, 21 August 1995.
FURTHER READING
Marc, David. "Carol Burnett: The Last of the Big-time Comedy-Variety Stars." Quarterly Review of Film Studies (Chur, Netherlands), July 1992.
O'Connor, John J. "Funny Women of Television: A Museum of Television and Radio Tribute." The New York Times, 24 October, 1991.
Taraborrelli, J. Randy. Laughing Till It Hurts: The Complete Live and Career of Carol Burnett. New York: Morrow, 1988.
Other
Quotes: 
I think we're here for each other. 
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Comedy is a tragedy plus time.
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