Carol Burnett Bio | Wiki
Carol Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer. Her groundbreaking comedy variety shows The Carol Burnett Show, which originally aired on CBS was one of the first of its kind to be hosted by a woman.
Carol has performed on stage, on television, and in film in varying genres including dramatic and comedic roles. She has received six Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and seven Golden Globe Awards.
Moreover, Carol was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2013, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2015.
Carol Burnett Age
Carol was born on April 26, 1933, in San Antonio, Texas, United States. She is 89 years old.
Carol Burnett Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1.69 m).
Carol Burnett Family
She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, by her parents Ina Louise and Joseph Thomas Burnett. Carol’s mother was a publicity writer for movie studios and her father was a movie theater manager. Both of her parents were alcoholics, and at a young age, she was left with her grandmother. Carol’s parents divorced in the late 1930s.
Subsequently, her parents moved to Hollywood, and she moved with her grandmother to a one-room apartment near her mother. They lived in an impoverished area of Hollywood, California, in a boarding house with Carol’s younger half-sister Chrissie. Her grandmother frequently took Burnett and her sister to the movies.
Carol Burnett Husband
Carol has been married three times. She was first married to Don Saroyan on December 15, 1955. They divorced in 1962. On May 4, 1963, she married television producer Joe Hamilton, a divorced father of eight and brother of actress Kipp Hamilton.
The couple had three daughters Carrie Hamilton, Jody Hamilton, and Erin Hamilton. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1984. Joe Hamilton died of cancer in 1991. On November 24, 2001, Carol married Brian Miller. Miller is the principal drummer for the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and is 23 years her junior.
Carol Burnett Daughter
Carol has three daughters with her second ex-husband Joe Hamilton. Her daughter Carrie Hamilton was born in 1963 and was an actress and singer. Sadly, she died at the age of 38 in 2002 from pneumonia as a complication of lung and brain cancer. Jody Hamilton was born in 1967 and is a producer and actress. Erin Hamilton is a singer born in 1968. Carol is the grandmother of Dylan Joseph Hamilton West and Zachary Carlson.
Carol Burnett Education
After graduating from Hollywood High School in 1951, Carol received an anonymous envelope containing $50 for one year’s tuition at UCLA, where she initially planned on studying journalism. During her first year of college, she switched her focus to theater arts and English, with the goal of becoming a playwright. She found she had to take an acting course to enter the playwright program.
Carol Burnett Show
The hour-long Carol Burnett Show debuted in September 1967, eventually garnering 23 Emmy Awards and winning or being nominated for multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Awards every season it was on the air.
Its ensemble cast included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and the teenaged Vicki Lawrence, whom Carol discovered and mentored. A true variety show, The Carol Show struck a chord with viewers. The show’s enduring popularity surprised many when a 2001 retrospective containing outtakes and discussions with the cast.
A tribute to Bob Mackie, drew in 30 million viewers, topping the Emmy Awards as well as all but the final game of that year’s World Series. Carol’s Grammy-winning memoir In Such Good Company is about the show, and she tells about how it was developed, with anecdotes about improvisations, the cast, crew, and guests.
Carol Burnett Better Call Saul
In June 2022, Carol guest starred in the second half of the sixth and final season of the American drama series Better Call Saul. It is a spin-off, prequel, and sequel to Breaking Bad. She was announced to be portraying a character named “Marion” on June 27, 2022, by AMC.
Carol Burnett Annie
She had worked on the 1982 film Annie as Miss Agatha Hannigan and was called back to reshoot part of a scene after having recovered from her surgery. The scene involved her character entering and exiting a closet to retrieve a necklace. Carol told the director John Huston that she was concerned about her chin looking different from entering the closet to exiting it, and he simply told her to “look determined”. The scene is still in the film.
Carol Burnett Gone With The Wind
The Carol Burnett Show struck a chord with viewers. Among other subjects, it parodied films, Went with the Wind! for Gone with the Wind, television, As the Stomach Turns for the soap opera As the World Turns, and commercials. There were also frequent musical numbers.
Carol Burnett And Friends
Beginning in 1977, the comedy sketches of Carol’s series were edited into half-hour episodes for the syndication entitled Carol and Friends, which for many years proved to be extremely popular in syndication. In the digital age, the series began airing on MeTV in January 2015.
Carol Burnett Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Carol’s estimated net worth is $45 million.
Is Carol Burnett Still Alive
Yes. She is currently 89 years old and lives with her husband Brian Miller. Despite her acting career beginning in the 1950s, she is still acting to this day.