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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2024
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1972
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2023
The Mike Douglas Show
1966
Conan
2012
Saturday Night Live
1985
Jeopardy!
1992
The View
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
218
Writing
2
Producing
4
Crew
1
2026
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest
2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke
as Self
2025
The New Yorker at 100
as Self
2025
Hacks
as Carol Burnett
2025
American Masters
as Self - Interviewee
2024
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
as Self
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Palm Royale
as Norma Dellacorte
2024
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2024
Frasier
as Jennifer (voice)
2024
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2023
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
as Self
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self
2023
Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter
as Self
2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Access Hollywood
as Self
2023
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2023
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
2022
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
2022
Lucy and Desi
as Self
2022
Better Call Saul
as Marion
2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2021
Becoming Cousteau
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
as Windbreeze (voice)
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Mister Candid Camera
as Self
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Carol Burnett (voice)
2020
All Together Now
as Joan
2020
The Story of Soaps
as Self
2020
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
as Self
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage)
2019
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
as Self
2019
Toy Story 4
as Chairol Burnett (voice)
2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
as Chairol Burnett (voice)
2019
Mad About You
as Theresa Stemple
2019
Forky Asks a Question
as Chairol Burnett
2018
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
as Ardis
2018
A Little Help with Carol Burnett
as Herself - Host
2018
Angie Tribeca
as President Priscilla Filcox
2018
The Jim Jefferies Show
as Self
2017
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
as Herself
2017
Household Name
as Vivian Valmont
2017
The History of Comedy
as Self
2017
Julie's Greenroom
as Mrs. Brightful
2017
Steve
as Self
2016
Chelsea
as Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2015
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2014
The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest
2014
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
as Ardis Paine
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2013
Inside Comedy
as Self
2013
Hawaii Five-0
as Deb McGarrett
2013
Makers: Women Who Make America
as Self
2013
Hot in Cleveland
as Penny
2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2012
Conan
as Self
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as (archive footage)
2011
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
2010
Glee
as Doris Sylvester
2009
Post Grad
as Grandma Maureen
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Birdie Sulloway
2008
Horton Hears a Who!
as Kangaroo (voice)
2008
Today
as Self
2006
Desperate Housewives
as Eleanor Mason
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2005
Once Upon A Mattress
as Queen Aggravain
2005
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights
as Herself
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Cher: The Farewell Tour
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
2003
Touched by an Angel
as Self - Host
2002
The View
as Self
2001
Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers
as Herself
2001
Putting It Together
as The Wife
2001
The Trumpet of the Swan
as Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice)
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
1998
The Marriage Fool
as Florence
1998
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Moon Over Broadway
as Self
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
1997
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Lillian Bennett
1996
Mad About You
as Theresa Stemple
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1995
Women of the House
as Self
1994
Men, Movies & Carol
as Self
1994
Seasons of the Heart
as Vivian Levinson
1993
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1992
Noises Off...
as Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett
1992
Wisecracks
1992
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
as Herself
1992
Jeopardy!
as Self
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Carol Burnett
1991
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
as Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)
1991
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
as host
1991
The Carol Burnett Show
as Various Characters
1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
1990
Carol & Company
as Myna
1989
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
as Self
1989
Julie and Carol: Together Again
as Self
1989
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1988
Hostage
as Martha
1987
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
as Self
1987
Plaza Suite
as Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
1987
Superstars and their Moms
as Self - Host
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
Fame
1987
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Follies: In Concert
as Carlotta Campion
1986
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
as Self
1986
Neil Diamond... Hello Again
as Self
1986
Fresno
as Charlotte Kensington
1986
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1985
The Laundromat
as Alberta Johnson
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Happily Ever After
as Narrator (voice)
1985
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1984
Burnett Discovers Domingo
as Self
1984
Magnum, P.I.
as Susan Johnson
1984
The A-Team
as Deidre
1983
Between Friends
as Mary Catherine Castelli
1983
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
1983
Mama's Family
as Eunice Higgins
1982
Annie
as Miss Hannigan
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
as Self
1982
Eunice
as Eunice
1982
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
as Beatrice O'Reilly
1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
as Self / Miss Hannigan
1981
The Four Seasons
as Kate Burroughs
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
as Emily "Chu Chu"
1981
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1981
Great Performances
as Self
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
1980
HealtH
as Gloria Burbank
1980
Friendly Fire
as Peg Mullen
1980
Dinah!
as Self
1980
The Tim Conway Show
as Self
1979
The Tenth Month
as Dori Grey
1979
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
as Self / Marcy
1979
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
Carol Burnett & Company
1978
A Wedding
as Tulip Brenner
1978
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
as Dorothy Benson
1978
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
as Self
1978
Mickey's 50
as Self
1976
Sills and Burnett at the Met
as Self
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
1975
Twigs
as Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Cher
as Self - Guest
1975
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1974
The Front Page
as Mollie Malloy
1974
6 RMS RIV VU
as Anne Miller
1974
Out to Lunch
as Self
1974
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
as Self
1973
Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self
1973
The Midnight Special
as Self
1973
Keep US Beautiful
as self
1973
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1972
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Tillie Shlain Seltzer
1972
Once Upon a Mattress
as Princess Winifred the Woebegone
1972
Carol Burnett and Friends
1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1972
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1971
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
as Self
1971
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1971
The Pet Set
as Self
1970
Sesame Street
1970
The Jim Nabors Hour
1970
Here's Lucy
as Carol Krausmeyer
1969
This Way to Sesame Street
1969
Here's Lucy
as Carol Burnett
1969
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
Star Spangled Salesman
as Miss Grebs
1968
The Bob Hope Show
as Self /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited)
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
as Various Characters
1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self
1967
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Carol Barnes
1967
The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes
as Carol Burnett, Eunice, Stewardess, etc.
1967
Get Smart
as Ozark Annie
1966
Carol + 2
as Self
1966
Carol and Company
as Self
1966
The Lucy Show
as Carol Bradford
1966
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1965
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1964
Once Upon a Mattress
as Princess Winnifred
1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Stella Irving
1963
Calamity Jane
as Calamity Jane
1963
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1962
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
as Self
1962
The Twilight Zone
as Agnes Grep
1961
What's My Line?
as Self
1960
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter / Recipient
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1956
Omnibus
1956
Stanley
as Celia Howard
1953
Texaco Star Theater