Carol Burnett
Acting • Born 1933-04-26
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.
Filmography
209 credits
The Front Page
Movie • 1974
Mollie Malloy
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Movie • 2023
Self
Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers
Movie • 2001
Herself
The Four Seasons
Movie • 1981
Kate Burroughs
Horton Hears a Who!
Movie • 2008
Kangaroo (voice)
Post Grad
Movie • 2009
Grandma Maureen
Noises Off...
Movie • 1992
Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Movie • 1990
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie • 1980
Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Movie • 2021
Self
Men, Movies & Carol
Movie • 1994
Self
Becoming Cousteau
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Movie • 2021
Windbreeze (voice)
Annie
Movie • 1982
Miss Hannigan
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self
A Wedding
Movie • 1978
Tulip Brenner
Sills and Burnett at the Met
Movie • 1976
Self
Once Upon A Mattress
Movie • 2005
Queen Aggravain
Betty White: A Celebration
Movie • 2022
Self
Get Bruce!
Movie • 1999
Self
Lucy and Desi
Movie • 2022
Self
The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights
Movie • 2004
Herself
HealtH
Movie • 1980
Gloria Burbank
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Movie • 2012
Self
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Movie • 1981
Emily "Chu Chu"
Putting It Together
Movie • 2001
The Wife
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
Moon Over Broadway
Movie • 1997
Self
Pete 'n' Tillie
Movie • 1972
Tillie Shlain Seltzer
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie • 2011
Self
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Movie • 1982
Self
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
Movie • 1989
Self
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie • 1963
Stella Irving
Seasons of the Heart
Movie • 1994
Vivian Levinson
Between Friends
Movie • 1983
Mary Catherine Castelli
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie • 2011
(archive footage)
Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter
Movie • 2023
Self
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
Movie • 1978
Dorothy Benson
The Laundromat
Movie • 1985
Alberta Johnson
Friendly Fire
Movie • 1980
Peg Mullen
6 RMS RIV VU
Movie • 1974
Anne Miller
Twigs
Movie • 1975
Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
Movie • 1987
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Movie • 2023
Self
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
Movie • 1978
Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Eunice
Movie • 1982
Eunice
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Movie • 1991
Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie • 1983
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
Movie • 1962
Self
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
Movie • 1971
Self
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
Movie • 2024
Self
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Movie • 1982
Beatrice O'Reilly
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie • 1997
Self
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie • 1968
Self
Out to Lunch
Movie • 1974
Self
The Trumpet of the Swan
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice)
Hostage
Movie • 1988
Martha
The Marriage Fool
Movie • 1998
Florence
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2017
Herself
Wisecracks
Movie • 1992
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
Movie • 2018
Ardis
Once Upon a Mattress
Movie • 1964
Princess Winnifred
Calamity Jane
Movie • 1963
Calamity Jane
Carol + 2
Movie • 1966
Self
Once Upon a Mattress
Movie • 1972
Princess Winifred the Woebegone
Julie and Carol: Together Again
Movie • 1989
Self
Household Name
Movie • 2017
Vivian Valmont
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Movie • 2019
Self
The Tenth Month
Movie • 1979
Dori Grey
Toy Story 4
Movie • 2019
Chairol Burnett (voice)
Plaza Suite
Movie • 1987
Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Movie • 1992
Herself
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self
All Together Now
Movie • 2020
Joan
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Movie • 2019
Chairol Burnett (voice)
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
Movie • 1979
Self / Marcy
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
The Story of Soaps
Movie • 2020
Self
Happily Ever After
Movie • 1985
Narrator (voice)
Follies: In Concert
Movie • 1986
Carlotta Campion
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Movie • 2020
Self
Musical Comedy Tonight
Movie • 1979
Mister Candid Camera
Movie • 2021
Self
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Movie • 1982
Self / Miss Hannigan
Burnett Discovers Domingo
Movie • 1984
Self
Star Spangled Salesman
Movie • 1968
Miss Grebs
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Movie • 1974
Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
This Way to Sesame Street
Movie • 1969
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Superstars and their Moms
Movie • 1987
Self - Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
Carol and Company
Movie • 1966
Self
Mickey's 50
Movie • 1978
Self
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Movie • 1986
Self
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie • 2000
Self
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Movie • 2025
The New Yorker at 100
Movie • 2025
Self
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
Movie • 1991
host
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Movie • 1973
Self
Texaco Star Theater
TV • 1948
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Susan Johnson
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Theresa Stemple
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Carol Burnett
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Eleanor Mason
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV • 1976
Fame
TV • 1982
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Carol Bradford
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Birdie Sulloway
Omnibus
TV • 1952
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Jeopardy!
TV • 1984
Self
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Agnes Grep
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV • 1969
Self
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Carol & Company
TV • 1990
Myna
The Jim Nabors Hour
TV • 1969
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Carol Burnett & Company
TV • 1979
Fresno
TV • 1986
Charlotte Kensington
The Barbara McNair Show
TV • 1969
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
Cher
TV • 1975
Self - Guest
Carol Burnett and Friends
TV • 1972
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Carol Burnett
Access Hollywood
TV • 1996
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Deb McGarrett
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TV • 2019
Carol Burnett (voice)
The Midnight Special
TV • 1972
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Various Characters
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
TV • 2014
Ardis Paine
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Carol Krausmeyer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
A Little Help with Carol Burnett
TV • 2018
Herself - Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The History of Comedy
TV • 2017
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Deidre
Mama's Family
TV • 1983
Eunice Higgins
Glee
TV • 2009
Doris Sylvester
Makers: Women Who Make America
TV • 2013
Self
Shatner's Raw Nerve
TV • 2008
Self
Angie Tribeca
TV • 2016
President Priscilla Filcox
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Better Call Saul
TV • 2015
Marion
The Jim Jefferies Show
TV • 2017
Self
Stanley
TV • 1956
Celia Howard
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Keep US Beautiful
TV • 1973
self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV • 1967
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1991
Various Characters
Women of the House
TV • 1995
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Palm Royale
TV • 2024
Norma Dellacorte
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Penny
Mad About You
TV • 2019
Theresa Stemple
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Carol Barnes
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Lillian Bennett
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Self - Host
The Tim Conway Show
TV • 1980
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Frasier
TV • 2023
Jennifer (voice)
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV • 2022
Self
Hacks
TV • 2021
Carol Burnett
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited)
The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes
TV • 1968
Carol Burnett, Eunice, Stewardess, etc.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Julie's Greenroom
TV • 2017
Mrs. Brightful
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self - Interviewee
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self (uncredited)
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Ozark Annie