Cast & creator
Carol Burnett
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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.
Also known as: Кэрол Бёрнетт, Carol Creighton Burnett
118
film credits
109
television credits
218
1944–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (227)
Showing 227 of 227 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Birdie Sulloway
1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
Desperate Housewives
Eleanor Mason
2004
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Hawaii Five-0
Deb McGarrett
2010
The View
Self
1997
Sesame Street
1969
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Jeopardy!
Self
1984
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self (archive footage)
1988
Better Call Saul
Marion
2015
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Magnum, P.I.
Susan Johnson
1980
Great Performances
Self
1971
Glee
Doris Sylvester
2009
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Mad About You
Theresa Stemple
1992
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Recipient
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Get Smart
Ozark Annie
1965
Touched by an Angel
Lillian Bennett
1994Touched by an Angel
Self - Host
1994
Hacks
Carol Burnett
2021
The A-Team
Deidre
1983
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993
The Twilight Zone
Agnes Grep
1959
Hot in Cleveland
Penny
2010
The Carol Burnett Show
Various Characters
1967The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Lucy Show
Carol Bradford
1962
The Larry Sanders Show
Carol Burnett
1992
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Dinah!
Self
1974
Steve
Self
2017
Fame
1982
Chelsea
Self
2016
Toy Story 4
Chairol Burnett (voice)
2019
Here's Lucy
Carol Burnett
1968Here's Lucy
Carol Krausmeyer
1968
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Carol Barnes
1964
The Bob Hope Show
Self /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited)
1950The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
American Masters
Self - Interviewee
1986
Angie Tribeca
President Priscilla Filcox
2016
Today
Self
1952
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Omnibus
1952
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Carol Burnett (voice)
2019
Palm Royale
Norma Dellacorte
2024
Mama's Family
Eunice Higgins
1983
Horton Hears a Who!
Kangaroo (voice)
2008
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Makers: Women Who Make America
Self
2013Carol Burnett and Friends
1972
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
2022
Frasier
Jennifer (voice)
2023
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1967
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
The Jim Jefferies Show
Self
2017
Inside Comedy
Self
2012
Licorice Pizza
Thanks
2021
Access Hollywood
Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
The History of Comedy
Self
2017
The Pet Set
Self
1971The Jim Nabors Hour
1969
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973Carol & Company
Myna
1990
Cher
Self - Guest
1975
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
2008
Mad About You
Theresa Stemple
2019
Women of the House
Self
1995
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Ardis Paine
2014
Post Grad
Grandma Maureen
2009
The Tim Conway Show
Self
1980
Julie's Greenroom
Mrs. Brightful
2017
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
1969
Annie
Miss Hannigan
1982The Carol Burnett Show
Various Characters
1991
Fresno
Charlotte Kensington
1986
Forky Asks a Question
Chairol Burnett
2019
The Front Page
Mollie Malloy
1974
Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Windbreeze (voice)
2021
Lucy and Desi
Self
2022
Noises Off...
Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett
1992
The Four Seasons
Kate Burroughs
1981
Becoming Cousteau
Self (archive footage)
2021
Once Upon A Mattress
Queen Aggravain
2005Once Upon A Mattress
Executive Producer
2005
The Trumpet of the Swan
Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice)
2001
The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes
Carol Burnett, Eunice, Stewardess, etc.
1968The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes
Creator
1968
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Chairol Burnett (voice)
2019Texaco Star Theater
1948
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
2021
The New Yorker at 100
Self
2025
All Together Now
Joan
2020
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
Ardis
2018Carol Burnett & Company
1979
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
2020
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2021
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
2023
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
2022
The Story of Soaps
Self
2020
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Emily "Chu Chu"
1981
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
Self
1962
Stanley
Celia Howard
1956
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
Self
2024
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self
2000Keep US Beautiful
self
1973
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self / Miss Hannigan
1982
A Little Help with Carol Burnett
Herself - Host
2018A Little Help with Carol Burnett
Creator
2018
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
Self
1971
Twigs
Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma
1975
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Stella Irving
1963
Plaza Suite
Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley
1987Plaza Suite
Executive Producer
1987
A Wedding
Tulip Brenner
1978Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
1999
Cher: The Farewell Tour
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
1986
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self
2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Executive Producer
2023
Friendly Fire
Peg Mullen
1980
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
Dorothy Benson
1978
Carol + 2
Self
1966
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Seasons of the Heart
Vivian Levinson
1994
Pete 'n' Tillie
Tillie Shlain Seltzer
1972
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Self
2025
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
(archive footage)
2011
Sills and Burnett at the Met
Self
1976
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
1987
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
host
1991
6 RMS RIV VU
Anne Miller
1974
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self
1990
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2011
The Laundromat
Alberta Johnson
1985
Follies: In Concert
Carlotta Campion
1986
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Self
2020
Putting It Together
The Wife
2001
The Marriage Fool
Florence
1998Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
1973Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
2012Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
Self
1987
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Self
1982
Wisecracks
1992
Eunice
Eunice
1982
Superstars and their Moms
Self - Host
1987
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Self
2019
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)
1991
Happily Ever After
Narrator (voice)
1985
HealtH
Gloria Burbank
1980
Once Upon a Mattress
Princess Winifred the Woebegone
1972Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
Self (archive footage)
1998Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Self (archive footage)
1975
Neil Diamond... Hello Again
Self
1986
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Self
1986
Between Friends
Mary Catherine Castelli
1983
Once Upon a Mattress
Princess Winnifred
1964
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Self (archive footage)
1998
The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights
Herself
2004
Moon Over Broadway
Self
1997
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
This Way to Sesame Street
1969
Out to Lunch
Self
1974
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Herself
1992
Dolly and Carol in Nashville
Self / Marcy
1979
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
Herself
2017The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
Writer
2017
Men, Movies & Carol
Self
1994Men, Movies & Carol
Writer
1994
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
1983
Julie and Carol: Together Again
Self
1989
Mister Candid Camera
Self
2021
Star Spangled Salesman
Miss Grebs
1968Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Beatrice O'Reilly
1982
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Self
2023
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers
Herself
2001Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers
Executive Producer
2001
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
Self
1978
The Tenth Month
Dori Grey
1979
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Self
1974
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
19631989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
Self
1989
Burnett Discovers Domingo
Self
1984
Hostage
Martha
1988
Carol and Company
Self
1966
Household Name
Vivian Valmont
2017
Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter
Self
2023