Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett is, to me, the blueprint for every comedian who ever led their own show. She took a variety format dominated by men, ran it for over a decade, and made vulnerability part of the comedy itself. The honors came in waves — a Peabody, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Kennedy Center Honors — yet her persona never hardened into self-importance. What moves me is how a girl from a hard San Antonio childhood willed herself into Hollywood through sheer optimism and craft. Nearly every sketch performer working today stands on ground she cleared, and she seems to carry that legacy with grace rather than ego.

Name (English)

Carol Burnett

Name (Japanese)

キャロル・バーネット

Reading

きゃろる・ばーねっと

Born

April 26, 1933 (age 93)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Origin

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Occupation

singer / stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor

High school

Hollywood High School

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Awards & achievements

• Peabody Awards
• 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 1960 Theatre World Award
• Library of Congress Living Legend
• Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
• 2009 California Hall of Fame
• Horatio Alger Award
• Kennedy Center Honors

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88

Tags

• Texas
• singer
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.