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Burnett, Carol
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Burnett, Carol (1936– )

US television comedian and actor. She had her own comedy-variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, 1967–79. In 1991 she revived her television comedy series with Carol and Company. An accomplished singer and dancer, she is known for her ability to use her expressive face and full-throated voice in playing a variety of broad comic roles.

She was born in San Antonio, Texas, and studied at the University of California at Los Angeles. She made her Broadway debut in a musical, Once Upon a Mattress (1959) and went on to appear in a few other Broadway shows. She appeared as a regular on the Garry Moore show 1959–62, and also in several Hollywood movies, such as Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), and television movies, such as Friendly Fire (1979).



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