Read CNN’s Fast Facts for a look at the life of television, film and stage actress Carol Burnett.
Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Carol Creighton Burnett Father: Joseph Thomas “Jody” Burnett, a movie theater manager Mother: Ina Louise (Creighton) Burnett Marriages: Brian Miller (November 24,2001-present); Joe Hamilton (May 4, 1963-May 11, 1984, divorced); Don Saroyan (December 15,1955-September 25,1962, divorced) Children: with Joe Hamilton: Erin, Jody and Carrie Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles (1951-1954) Other Facts “The Carol Burnett Show” and subsequent reunions and specials have earned a total of 77 Emmy Award nominations, winning 25 times. She has earned 23 Emmy Award nominations and won six Emmy Awards, plus one honorary award. She has received three Grammy nominations and has won one. She has been nominated for two Tony Awards and was a recipient of a 1969 Special Award (along with Leonard Bernstein and Rex Harrison). Both her parents were alcoholics, and after their marriage ended Burnett was raised by her maternal grandmother, Mabel Eudora White. Burnett’s signature tug of her ear at the close of each episode of “The Carol Burnett Show” was her way of saying hello to her grandmother. Timeline 1958-1967 – Is a regular on “The Garry Moore Show,” where she earns her first Emmy Award (Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program) in 1962. May 11, 1959-July 2, 1960 – First Broadway play, the musical “Once Upon a Mattress.
