The entertainment world has enjoyed a five-decade love affair with comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful, self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped "Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood that set the stage for her comedy...See full bio »
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Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character
(2007)
(performer: "Shy" - uncredited, "If You Feel Like Singing, Sing" - uncredited, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - uncredited, "There's No Business Like Show Business" - uncredited, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" - uncredited, "You're So London" - uncredited, "I'm Still Here" - uncredited, "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together" - uncredited)
2005Once Upon a Mattress
(TV movie)
(performer: "SENSITIVITY", "That Baby Of Mine" / "MANY MOONS AGO")
2000Putting It Together
(TV movie)
(performer: "Putting It Together", "Rich and Happy", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Lovely", "My Husband the Pig", "Every Day a Little Death", "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid", "Country House", "Could I Leave You?", "Back in Business", "It's Hot Up Here", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "There's Always a Woman", "Not Getting Married Today", "Being Alive", "Like It Was", "Finale/Old Friends")
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Episode #5.15
(1980)
(performer: "But Not For Me", "I Was Made For Dancing")
1979Dolly and Carol in Nashville
(TV movie)
(performer: "No One Picks Like a Nashville Picker Picks", "It's a Kick, Kickin' Around with You", "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", "Old Time Religion", "This Little Light of Mine", "The Pedestal Song", "Heart to Heart Medley", "Turn Around")
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Episode #7.20
(1974)
(performer: "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store", "Cheerful Little Earful", "Would You Like to Take a Walk?", "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money", "You're My Everything", "Shadow Waltz", "Don't Give Up the Ship", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Lullaby of Broadway")
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Episode #1.20
(1968)
(performer: "A Big Beautiful Ball")
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Episode #1.2
(1967)
(performer: "Just In Time" as part of a Time Medley)
1964Once Upon a Mattress
(TV movie)
(performer: "SHY", "THE SWAMPS OF HOME", "SONG OF LOVE", "UNDER A SPELL")
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Jack Plays Tarzan
(1962)
(performer: "The Trolley Song" - uncredited)
1962Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
(TV special documentary)
(performer: "No Mozart Tonight", "You're So London", "From Russia: The Nausiev Ballet, "Meantime", "From Switzerland: The Pratt Family, "History of Musical Comedy, "Big "D"")
1991The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical & Presenter: Best Actress/Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
1991The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards
(TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Favourite Female Performer in New Television Series and Co-Presenter: Favourite Male Performer in New Television Series
I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
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Trivia:
On the morning of her fifty-sixth birthday, her good friend Lucille Ball died - April 26, 1989. That afternoon, Burnett received the flowers that Ball had ordered for her birthday.
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Trademark:
Shows off her left earring during all on-camera appearances as a way of saying "Hello" to her late grandmother. It was her grandmother who raised her and took her to the movies all the time.
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