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

• Palm Royale — Norma Dellacorte
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self, Executive Producer
• Frasier — Jennifer (voice)
• Hacks — Carol Burnett
• 2021Licorice Pizza — Thanks
• 2021Trolls Holiday in Harmony — Windbreeze (voice)
• 2020All Together Now — Joan
• 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU — (archive footage)
• Forky Asks a Question — Chairol Burnett
• 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? — Chairol Burnett (voice)
• Mad About You — Theresa Stemple
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Carol Burnett (voice)
• 2019Toy Story 4 — Chairol Burnett (voice)
• A Little Help with Carol Burnett — Herself - Host, Creator
• 2018Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar — Ardis
• 2017Household Name — Vivian Valmont
• Julie's Greenroom — Mrs. Brightful
• 2017The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special — Herself, Writer
• Angie Tribeca — President Priscilla Filcox
• Better Call Saul — Marion
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered — Ardis Paine
• 2011Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored — (archive footage)
• Hawaii Five-0 — Deb McGarrett
• Hot in Cleveland — Penny
• Glee — Doris Sylvester
• 2009Post Grad — Grandma Maureen
• 2008Horton Hears a Who! — Kangaroo (voice)
• 2005Once Upon A Mattress — Queen Aggravain, Executive Producer
• Desperate Housewives — Eleanor Mason
• 2001Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers — Herself, Executive Producer
• 2001Putting It Together — The Wife
• 2001The Trumpet of the Swan — Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Birdie Sulloway
• 1998The Marriage Fool — Florence
• 1994Men, Movies & Carol — Self, Writer
• 1994Seasons of the Heart — Vivian Levinson
• Touched by an Angel — Lillian Bennett, Self - Host
• Mad About You — Theresa Stemple
• 1992Noises Off... — Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett
• The Larry Sanders Show — Carol Burnett
• 1992Wisecracks
• The Carol Burnett Show — Various Characters
• 1991The Tale of Peter Rabbit — Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)
• 1991The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1) — host
• Carol & Company — Myna
• 1988Hostage — Martha
• 1987Plaza Suite — Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley, Executive Producer
• 1986Follies: In Concert — Carlotta Campion
• Fresno — Charlotte Kensington
• 1985Happily Ever After — Narrator (voice)
• 1985The Laundromat — Alberta Johnson
• 1983Between Friends — Mary Catherine Castelli
• Mama's Family — Eunice Higgins
• The A-Team — Deidre
• 1982Annie — Miss Hannigan
• 1982Eunice — Eunice
• Fame
• 1982Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice — Beatrice O'Reilly
• 1981Chu Chu and the Philly Flash — Emily "Chu Chu"
• 1981The Four Seasons — Kate Burroughs
• 1980Friendly Fire — Peg Mullen
• 1980HealtH — Gloria Burbank
• Magnum, P.I. — Susan Johnson
• Carol Burnett & Company
• 1979Musical Comedy Tonight
• 1979The Tenth Month — Dori Grey
• 1978A Wedding — Tulip Brenner
• 1978The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank — Dorothy Benson
• The Sonny and Cher Show
• 1975Twigs — Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma
• 19746 RMS RIV VU — Anne Miller
• 1974The Front Page — Mollie Malloy
• Carol Burnett and Friends
• 1972Once Upon a Mattress — Princess Winifred the Woebegone
• 1972Pete 'n' Tillie — Tillie Shlain Seltzer
• Sesame Street
• The Jim Nabors Hour
• 1969This Way to Sesame Street
• Here's Lucy — Carol Burnett, Carol Krausmeyer
• 1968Star Spangled Salesman — Miss Grebs
• The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes — Carol Burnett, Eunice, Stewardess, etc., Creator
• The Carol Burnett Show — Various Characters
• Get Smart — Ozark Annie
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. — Carol Barnes
• 1964Once Upon a Mattress — Princess Winnifred
• 1963Calamity Jane — Calamity Jane
• 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? — Stella Irving
• The Lucy Show — Carol Bradford
• The Twilight Zone — Agnes Grep
• Stanley — Celia Howard
• Omnibus
• Texaco Star Theater

Appearances as themselves (119)

• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Starring Dick Van Dyke — Self
• 2025The New Yorker at 100 — Self
• 2024Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion — Self
• 2024Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter — Self
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self
• 2023Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection — Self
• 2022Betty White: A Celebration — Self
• 2022Lucy and Desi — Self
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• 2021Becoming Cousteau — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Boulevard! A Hollywood Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
• 2021Dean Martin: King of Cool — Self
• 2021Mister Candid Camera — Self
• 2020Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell — Self
• 2020The Story of Soaps — Self
• 2019Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Steve — Self
• The History of Comedy — Self
• The Jim Jefferies Show — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Makers: Women Who Make America — Self
• 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl — Self
• Inside Comedy — Self
• 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis — Self
• Conan — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• The Colbert Report — Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights — Herself
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
• 2003Cher: The Farewell Tour — Self (archive footage)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2000Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy — Self
• 1999Get Bruce! — Self
• 1999Television: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1998A Bing Crosby Christmas — Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1998Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• 1997Moon Over Broadway — Self
• The View — Self
• Access Hollywood — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• Women of the House — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom — Herself
• 1990The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson — Self
• 19891989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular — Self
• 1989Julie and Carol: Together Again — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self
• 1987Superstars and their Moms — Self - Host
• American Masters — Self - Interviewee
• 1986Neil Diamond... Hello Again — Self
• 1986Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York — Self
• 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1984Burnett Discovers Domingo — Self
• Jeopardy! — Self
• 1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra — Self
• 1982Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter — Self
• 1982Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical — Self / Miss Hannigan
• 1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's — Self (archive footage)
• The Tim Conway Show — Self
• 1979Dolly and Carol in Nashville — Self / Marcy
• 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
• 1978Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years — Self
• 1976Sills and Burnett at the Met — Self
• The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
• Cher — Self - Guest
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television — Self (archive footage)
• Dinah! — Self
• 1974Out to Lunch — Self
• 1974Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now — Self
• 1973Keep U.S. Beautiful — Self
• Keep US Beautiful — self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• The Midnight Special — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• 1971Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center — Self
• The Pet Set — Self
• The Barbara McNair Show — Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
• 1968Rowan & Martin at the Movies — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — Self
• 1966Carol + 2 — Self
• 1966Carol and Company — Self
• 1962Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter / Recipient, Self - Nominee
• Today — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited)
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self, Self - Nominee / Presenter