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W elcome to the new and improved Carol Burnett fan website! My name is Marcella and I own this website, which has no connection to Ms. Burnett other than a fan's desire to honor her idol. Ms. Burnett is a living legend whose star is shining as brightly today as it ever has and keeping up with her can be a full time job. This website has been online for five years now and has been a labor of love for me every step of the way.

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Carol Creighton Burnett

Born April 26, 1933, in San Antonio, Texas. Her father, Joseph Burnett, and mother, Ina Louise Burnett, were both often unemployed, and the family lived most of the time on welfare. Burnett was raised primarily by her maternal grandmother, Mabel Eudora White. Her parents divorced in the late 1930s, and Burnett and her grandmother moved to an apartment near her mother’s in an impoverished area of Hollywood, California. Her father and mother, both alcoholics, died in 1954 and 1957 respectively.

After graduating from Hollywood High School in 1951, Burnett won a scholarship to the University of California, where she had planned to continue pursuing her interest in journalism. Instead, she decided to study theater arts and English, with the intent of becoming a playwright. She began performing in university productions, and soon won recognition for her comedic and musical talents. In 1954, during her junior year, Burnett and her boyfriend, Don Saroyan, left college and moved to New York in order to pursue acting careers. < read more about her >