Burnett moved to Los Angeles and began an 11-year run as star of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. Burnett had her television special debut in 1963 when she starred as Calamity Jane in the Dallas State Fair Musicals production of Calamity Jane on CBS. She soon made her television debut, regularly appearing on The Garry Moore Show for the next three years, and won her first Emmy Award in 1962. Later she performed in nightclubs in New York City and had a breakout success on Broadway in 1959 in Once Upon a Mattress, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. She attended Hollywood High School and eventually studied theater and musical comedy at UCLA. She has also appeared on various talk shows and as a panellist on game shows.īorn and raised in San Antonio, Texas, her family moved to California where she lived in the Hollywood area. She has achieved success on stage, television and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedic roles. It was one of the first of its kind to be hosted by a woman. She is best known for her groundbreaking comedy variety show The Carol Burnett Show, which originally aired on CBS. Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer.
