Biography
Carol Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer and writer. Born Carol Creighton Burnett on 26 April 1933 in San Antonio, Texas, she studied theatre at the University of California, Los Angeles before moving to New York City. She made her Broadway debut in Once Upon a Mattress in 1959.
Burnett first gained prominence with appearances on The Garry Moore Show. She hosted the variety series The Carol Burnett Show on CBS from 1967 to 1978, which featured comedy sketches, songs and dance.
Her film roles include Miss Hannigan in Annie (1982) and the voice of the Kangaroo in Horton Hears a Who! (2008). She also appeared as self in archive footage in Becoming Cousteau (2021).
