Carol Burnett

Biography

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show, Carol moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches, song, and dance. The comedy sketches ranged from film parodies to character pieces. Burnett created many endearing characters during the show's television run.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Birdie Sulloway

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion	Self
2024	Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special	Self (archive footage)
2023	Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection	Self
2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love	Self
2023	Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter	Self
2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic	Self
2022	Betty White: A Celebration	Self
2022	Lucy and Desi	Self
2021	Dean Martin: El Rey del Cool	Self
2021	Becoming Cousteau	Self (archive footage)
2021	Trolls Holiday in Harmony	Windbreeze (voice)
2021	Boulevard! A Hollywood Story	Self (archive footage)
2021	Mister Candid Camera	Self
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self
2020	All Together Now	Joan
2020	The Story of Soaps	Self
2020	Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell	Self
2020	The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU	(archive footage)
2019	Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019	Toy Story 4	Chairol Burnett (voice)
2019	Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?	Chairol Burnett (voice)
2018	Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar	Ardis
2017	The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special	Herself
2017	Household Name	Vivian Valmont
2012	Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl	Self
2011	Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis	Self
2011	Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored	(archive footage)
2009	Post Grad	Grandma Maureen
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Kangaroo (voice)
2005	Once Upon A Mattress	Queen Aggravain
2004	The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights	Herself
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self
2001	Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers	Herself
2001	Putting It Together	The Wife
2001	The Trumpet of the Swan	Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice)
2000	Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy	Self
1999	Get Bruce!	Self
1999	Television: The First Fifty Years	Self (archive footage)
1998	A Bing Crosby Christmas	Self (archive footage)
1998	The Marriage Fool	Florence
1998	Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers	Self (archive footage)
1997	Moon Over Broadway	Self
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self
1994	Men, Movies & Carol	Self
1994	Seasons of the Heart	Vivian Levinson
1992	Noises Off...	Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett
1992	Wisecracks
1992	Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom	Herself
1991	The Tale of Peter Rabbit	Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)
1990	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson	Self
1989	1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular	Self
1989	Julie and Carol: Together Again	Self
1988	Hostage	Martha
1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self
1987	Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin	Self
1987	Plaza Suite	Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley
1987	Superstars and their Moms	Self - Host
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self
1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Self (archive footage)
1986	Follies: In Concert	Carlotta Campion
1986	Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York	Self
1985	The Laundromat	Alberta Johnson
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1985	Happily Ever After	Narrator (voice)
1984	Burnett Discovers Domingo	Self
1983	Between Friends	Mary Catherine Castelli
1983	All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra	Self
1982	Annie	Miss Hannigan
1982	Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter	Self
1982	Eunice	Eunice
1982	Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice	Beatrice O'Reilly
1982	Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical	Self / Miss Hannigan
1981	The Four Seasons	Kate Burroughs
1981	Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	Emily "Chu Chu"
1980	The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's	Self (archive footage)
1980	HealtH	Gloria Burbank
1980	Friendly Fire	Peg Mullen
1979	The Tenth Month	Dori Grey
1979	Dolly and Carol in Nashville	Self / Marcy
1979	Musical Comedy Tonight
1978	A Wedding	Tulip Brenner
1978	The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank	Dorothy Benson
1978	Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin	Self
1978	Mickey's 50	Self
1976	Sills and Burnett at the Met	Self
1976	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years	Self
1975	Twigs	Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma
1975	Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television	Self (archive footage)
1974	The Front Page	Mollie Malloy
1974	6 RMS RIV VU	Anne Miller
1974	Out to Lunch	Self
1974	Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now	Self
1972	Pete 'n' Tillie	Tillie Shlain Seltzer
1972	Once Upon a Mattress	Princess Winifred the Woebegone
1971	Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center	Self
1969	This Way to Sesame Street
1968	Rowan & Martin at the Movies	Self
1968	Star Spangled Salesman	Miss Grebs
1966	Carol + 2	Self
1966	Carol and Company	Self
1964	Once Upon a Mattress	Princess Winnifred
1963	Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?	Stella Irving
1963	Calamity Jane	Calamity Jane
1962	Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Palm Royale	Norma Dellacorte
2023	Frasier	Jennifer (voice)
2022	Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?	Self
2021	Hacks	Carol Burnett
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Carol Burnett (voice)
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self
2019	Mad About You	Theresa Stemple
2018	A Little Help with Carol Burnett	Herself - Host
2017	The History of Comedy	Self
2017	The Jim Jefferies Show	Self
2016	Chelsea	Self
2016	Angie Tribeca	President Priscilla Filcox
2015	Better Call Saul	Marion
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Ardis Paine
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2013	Makers: Women Who Make America	Self
2012	Inside Comedy	Self
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Deb McGarrett
2010	Hot in Cleveland	Penny
2010	Conan	Self
2009	Glee	Doris Sylvester
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2008	Shatner's Raw Nerve	Self
2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest
2005	The Colbert Report	Herself
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self
2004	Desperate Housewives	Eleanor Mason
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Birdie Sulloway
1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist
1997	The View	Self
1996	Access Hollywood	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest
1995	Women of the House	Self
1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self
1994	Touched by an Angel	Lillian Bennett
1994	Touched by an Angel	Self - Host
1993	Intimate Portrait	Self (archive footage)
1992	Mad About You	Theresa Stemple
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Carol Burnett
1991	The Carol Burnett Show
1991	The Carol Burnett Show	Various Characters
1990	Carol & Company	Myna
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self (archive footage)
1986	Fresno	Charlotte Kensington
1984	Jeopardy!
1983	The A-Team	Deidre
1983	Mama's Family	Eunice Higgins
1982	Fame
1980	Magnum, P.I.	Susan Johnson
1980	The Tim Conway Show	Self
1979	Carol Burnett & Company
1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self
1976	The Sonny and Cher Show
1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star
1975	Cher	Self - Guest
1974	Dinah!	Self
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self
1973	Keep US Beautiful	self
1972	Carol Burnett and Friends
1972	The Midnight Special	Self
1971	Great Performances	Self
1971	The Pet Set	Self
1969	Sesame Street
1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self
1969	The Jim Nabors Hour
1969	The Barbara McNair Show	Self
1968	Here's Lucy	Carol Burnett
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self
1968	Here's Lucy	Carol Krausmeyer
1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest
1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Various Characters
1967	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Self
1965	Get Smart
1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Carol Barnes
1962	The Lucy Show	Carol Bradford
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1959	The Twilight Zone	Agnes Grep
1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self
1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter
1956	Stanley	Celia Howard
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter / Recipient
1952	Today	Self
1952	Omnibus
1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest
1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited)
1948	Texaco Star Theater
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter
1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee/Presenter