Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnettis an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer, whose career spans six decades of television. She is best known for her long-running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, for CBS. She has achieved success on stage, television, and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedy roles. She also has appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth26 April 1933
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
The first time someone said, 'What are your measurements?' I answered, '37, 24, 38 - but not necessarily in that order.'
I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
We don't stop going to school when we graduate.
Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
I very much enjoyed doing 'Law & Order,' playing a killer - that was fun, and they had a family feel around the set, so it was a happy show to do even though the subject matter was quite the opposite.
I'm so happy that we can share the many years of music and sketches from our shows with the students of UCLA and people interested in the entertainment industry,
She was a mountain girl, ... We brought some of her ashes here and placed them next to F.C. Jones. I know she is here tonight because she loved bluegrass.
She suffered. She suffered a whole lot. And at one point I was praying for her to be released. You know, it's just too much.
She said, 'Mama, if I can take it back ...,
When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.
It will be fun. I just think it's so campy.
I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.