Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

Known for
Acting
Born
April 26, 1933 (age 93)
Birthplace
San Antonio, Texas, USA

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

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Filmography

2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke poster

Starring Dick Van Dyke

Movie · as Self

2025
The New Yorker at 100 poster

The New Yorker at 100

Movie · as Self

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion poster

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

Movie · as Self

2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Palm Royale poster

Palm Royale

TV · as Norma Dellacorte · 20 eps

2023
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection poster

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

Movie · as Self

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self

2023
Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter poster

Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter

Movie · as Self

2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic poster

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Movie · as Self

2023
Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Jennifer (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Betty White: A Celebration poster

Betty White: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2022
Lucy and Desi poster

Lucy and Desi

Movie · as Self

2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? poster

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool poster

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Movie · as Self

2021
Becoming Cousteau poster

Becoming Cousteau

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Trolls Holiday in Harmony poster

Trolls Holiday in Harmony

Movie · as Windbreeze (voice)

2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story poster

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Mister Candid Camera poster

Mister Candid Camera

Movie · as Self

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2021
Hacks poster

Hacks

TV · as Carol Burnett · 1 ep

2020
All Together Now poster

All Together Now

Movie · as Joan

2020
The Story of Soaps poster

The Story of Soaps

Movie · as Self

2020
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell poster

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell

Movie · as Self

2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU poster

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Movie · as (archive footage)

2019
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! poster

Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!

Movie · as Self

2019
Toy Story 4 poster

Toy Story 4

Movie · as Chairol Burnett (voice)

2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? poster

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

Movie · as Chairol Burnett (voice)

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

TV · as Carol Burnett (voice) · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2019
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Theresa Stemple · 1 ep

2019
Forky Asks a Question poster

Forky Asks a Question

TV · as Chairol Burnett · 1 ep

2018
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar poster

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar

Movie · as Ardis

2018
A Little Help with Carol Burnett poster

A Little Help with Carol Burnett

TV · as Herself - Host · 12 eps

2017
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special poster

The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Herself

2017
Household Name poster

Household Name

Movie · as Vivian Valmont

2017
The History of Comedy poster

The History of Comedy

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2017
The Jim Jefferies Show poster

The Jim Jefferies Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Julie's Greenroom poster

Julie's Greenroom

TV · as Mrs. Brightful · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as President Priscilla Filcox · 1 ep

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Marion · 4 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Signed, Sealed, Delivered poster

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

TV · as Ardis Paine · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Makers: Women Who Make America poster

Makers: Women Who Make America

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Movie · as Self

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis poster

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

Movie · as Self

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored poster

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Movie · as (archive footage)

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Deb McGarrett · 3 eps

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Penny · 2 eps

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Post Grad poster

Post Grad

Movie · as Grandma Maureen

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Doris Sylvester · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2008
Horton Hears a Who! poster

Horton Hears a Who!

Movie · as Kangaroo (voice)

2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve poster

Shatner's Raw Nerve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Once Upon A Mattress poster

Once Upon A Mattress

Movie · as Queen Aggravain

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights poster

The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights

Movie · as Herself

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Eleanor Mason · 1 ep

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

2003
Cher: The Farewell Tour poster

Cher: The Farewell Tour

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2001
Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers poster

Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers

Movie · as Herself

2001
Putting It Together poster

Putting It Together

Movie · as The Wife

2001
The Trumpet of the Swan poster

The Trumpet of the Swan

Movie · as Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice)

2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Movie · as Self

1999
Get Bruce! poster

Get Bruce!

Movie · as Self

1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Birdie Sulloway · 1 ep

1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas poster

A Bing Crosby Christmas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
The Marriage Fool poster

The Marriage Fool

Movie · as Florence

1998
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers

Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

1997
Moon Over Broadway poster

Moon Over Broadway

Movie · as Self

1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Access Hollywood poster

Access Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1995
Women of the House poster

Women of the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Men, Movies & Carol poster

Men, Movies & Carol

Movie · as Self

1994
Seasons of the Heart poster

Seasons of the Heart

Movie · as Vivian Levinson

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Lillian Bennett, Self - Host · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1992
Noises Off... poster

Noises Off...

Movie · as Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett

1992
Wisecracks poster

Wisecracks

Movie

1992
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom poster

Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom

Movie · as Herself

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Theresa Stemple · 11 eps

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Carol Burnett · 3 eps

1991
The Tale of Peter Rabbit poster

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Movie · as Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)

1991
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1) poster

The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)

Movie · as host

1991
The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Various Characters · 9 eps

1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson poster

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Movie · as Self

1990
Carol & Company

Carol & Company

TV · as Myna · 33 eps

1989
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular

1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular

Movie · as Self

1989
Julie and Carol: Together Again poster

Julie and Carol: Together Again

Movie · as Self

1988
Hostage poster

Hostage

Movie · as Martha

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1987
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

Movie · as Self

1987
Plaza Suite poster

Plaza Suite

Movie · as Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self

1987
Superstars and their Moms poster

Superstars and their Moms

Movie · as Self - Host

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years poster

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
Follies: In Concert poster

Follies: In Concert

Movie · as Carlotta Campion

1986
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York poster

Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

Movie · as Self

1986
Neil Diamond... Hello Again poster

Neil Diamond... Hello Again

Movie · as Self

1986
Fresno poster

Fresno

TV · as Charlotte Kensington · 5 eps

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep

1985
The Laundromat poster

The Laundromat

Movie · as Alberta Johnson

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
Happily Ever After poster

Happily Ever After

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1984
Burnett Discovers Domingo poster

Burnett Discovers Domingo

Movie · as Self

1984
Jeopardy! poster

Jeopardy!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1983
Between Friends poster

Between Friends

Movie · as Mary Catherine Castelli

1983
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra poster

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

Movie · as Self

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Deidre · 1 ep

1983
Mama's Family poster

Mama's Family

TV · as Eunice Higgins · 5 eps

1982
Annie poster

Annie

Movie · as Miss Hannigan

1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter poster

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

Movie · as Self

1982
Eunice poster

Eunice

Movie · as Eunice

1982
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Movie · as Beatrice O'Reilly

1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical poster

Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

Movie · as Self / Miss Hannigan

1982
Fame poster

Fame

TV · 1 ep

1981
The Four Seasons poster

The Four Seasons

Movie · as Kate Burroughs

1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash poster

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Movie · as Emily "Chu Chu"

1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's poster

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1980
HealtH poster

HealtH

Movie · as Gloria Burbank

1980
Friendly Fire poster

Friendly Fire

Movie · as Peg Mullen

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Susan Johnson · 2 eps

1980
The Tim Conway Show poster

The Tim Conway Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1979
The Tenth Month poster

The Tenth Month

Movie · as Dori Grey

1979
Dolly and Carol in Nashville poster

Dolly and Carol in Nashville

Movie · as Self / Marcy

1979
Musical Comedy Tonight poster

Musical Comedy Tonight

Movie

1979
Carol Burnett & Company

Carol Burnett & Company

TV · 4 eps

1978
A Wedding poster

A Wedding

Movie · as Tulip Brenner

1978
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank poster

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

Movie · as Dorothy Benson

1978
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin poster

Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin

Movie · as Self

1978
Mickey's 50 poster

Mickey's 50

Movie · as Self

1978
The Kennedy Center Honors poster

The Kennedy Center Honors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Sills and Burnett at the Met poster

Sills and Burnett at the Met

Movie · as Self

1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years poster

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

Movie · as Self

1976
The Sonny and Cher Show poster

The Sonny and Cher Show

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1975
Twigs poster

Twigs

Movie · as Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma

1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
Cher poster

Cher

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1974
The Front Page poster

The Front Page

Movie · as Mollie Malloy

1974
6 RMS RIV VU poster

6 RMS RIV VU

Movie · as Anne Miller

1974
Out to Lunch poster

Out to Lunch

Movie · as Self

1974
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now poster

Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

Movie · as Self

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Keep U.S. Beautiful

Keep U.S. Beautiful

Movie · as Self

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1973
Keep US Beautiful

Keep US Beautiful

TV · as self · 1 ep

1972
Pete 'n' Tillie poster

Pete 'n' Tillie

Movie · as Tillie Shlain Seltzer

1972
Once Upon a Mattress poster

Once Upon a Mattress

Movie · as Princess Winifred the Woebegone

1972
Carol Burnett and Friends

Carol Burnett and Friends

TV · 146 eps

1972
The Midnight Special poster

The Midnight Special

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1971
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center poster

Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center

Movie · as Self

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1971
The Pet Set poster

The Pet Set

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
This Way to Sesame Street poster

This Way to Sesame Street

Movie

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · 2 eps

1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour poster

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
The Jim Nabors Hour

The Jim Nabors Hour

TV · 1 ep

1969
The Barbara McNair Show poster

The Barbara McNair Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie · as Self

1968
Star Spangled Salesman poster

Star Spangled Salesman

Movie · as Miss Grebs

1968
Here's Lucy poster

Here's Lucy

TV · as Carol Burnett, Carol Krausmeyer · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1968
The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes poster

The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes

TV · as Carol Burnett, Eunice, Stewardess, etc. · 18 eps

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Various Characters · 279 eps

1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour poster

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1966
Carol + 2 poster

Carol + 2

Movie · as Self

1966
Carol and Company poster

Carol and Company

Movie · as Self

1965
Get Smart poster

Get Smart

TV · as Ozark Annie · 1 ep

1964
Once Upon a Mattress poster

Once Upon a Mattress

Movie · as Princess Winnifred

1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. poster

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV · as Carol Barnes · 1 ep

1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? poster

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Movie · as Stella Irving

1963
Calamity Jane poster

Calamity Jane

Movie · as Calamity Jane

1962
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall poster

Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall

Movie · as Self

1962
The Lucy Show poster

The Lucy Show

TV · as Carol Bradford · 4 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 8 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Agnes Grep · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Stanley poster

Stanley

TV · as Celia Howard · 6 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter / Recipient, Self - Nominee · 2 eps

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited) · 1 ep

1948
Texaco Star Theater

Texaco Star Theater

TV · 5 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 3 eps