Carol Burnett is an American comedian and actress known for her work in film, television and the theater. Over her career she has received numerous accolades including seven Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
Burnett has received 23 Primetime Emmy Award nominations with six wins for her work for her appearances in the CBS variety series The Garry Moore Show (1950–1967), the television special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962), the CBS variety-sketch series The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1987) and the NBC sitcom Mad About You. She was also Emmy-nominated for her roles in The Larry Sanders Show, Law & Order: SVU, and Palm Royale. She has also received 18 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning seven of them, for her work on The Carol Burnett Show. She was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for her dramatic role on Better Call Saul (2022).
For her film roles she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards for her performances in the drama Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), the satirical comedy A Wedding (1978), the romantic comedy The Four Seasons (1981), and the musical comedy Annie (1982). On stage, she was nominated for two Tony Awards, her first for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Once Upon a Mattress (1960), and her second for Best Actress in a Play for Moon Over Buffalo (1996). She won the Special Tony Award in 1969. She has also been thrice for the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording winning for the narration of her memoir In Such Good Company (2017).
Burnett has also received various honors including two Peabody Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2003, she was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor. In 2005, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to her by President George W. Bush. In 2013 she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Major awards Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Better Call Saul
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1962 Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program The Garry Moore Show 1963 Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall / An Evening with Carol 1969Carol Burnett Show 1970 1971 1972 Outstanding Variety Series – Musical Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center 1973 Outstanding Variety Musical Series The Carol Burnett Show 1974 Outstanding Music-Variety Series Best Lead Actress in a Drama 6 Rms Riv Vu 1975 Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series The Carol Burnett Show 1976 Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music Sills and Burnett at the Met 1978 Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series The Carol Burnett Show 1979 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special Friendly Fire 1993 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series The Larry Sanders Show (episode: "The Spider Episode") 1995 Achievement or Performance Music Dance Cultural Men, Movies & Carol 1997Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesMad About You (season six) 1998 Mad About You (season seven) 2002 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers 2009 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode: "Ballerina) 2023 Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love 2024 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Palm Royale
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1967 Best TV Star – Female The Carol Burnett Show 1969Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy 1971 1972 Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical or Comedy Pete 'n' Tillie 1973 Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy The Carol Burnett Show 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role A Wedding 1981 Best Motion Picture Actress – Comedy or Musical The Four Seasons 1982 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Annie Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice 1990 Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy or Musical Carol & Company 2018 Carol Burnett Award
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011Best Spoken Word Album This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection 2014 Carrie and Me 2017 In Such Good Company
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1960 Best Actress in a Musical Once Upon a Mattress 1969 Special Tony Award 1996 Best Actress in a Play Moon Over Buffalo
Honorary accolades Organizations Year Award Result Peabody Awards 1962 Personal Award Hollywood Walk of Fame 1975 Achievement in the entertainment industry Women in Film Honors 1980 Crystal Award Television Hall of Fame 1985 Inductee Women in Film Honors 1997 Crystal Award Rose Parade 1998 Grand Marshal of the 109th and the 84th Rose Bowl Game Kennedy Center Honors 2003 Medal and Honoree Presidential Medal of Freedom 2005 Civil awards and decorations of the United States California Hall of Fame 2009 Inducted at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2013 Mark Twain Prize American Academy of Achievement 2014 Recipient of the Golden Plate Award presented by Julie Andrews The Jimmy Stewart Museum 2014 Harvey Award recipient Screen Actors Guild Award 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Peabody Award 2018 Career Achievement Award Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2019 First recipient of the Carol Burnett Award Dorian Awards 2024 GALECA Timeless Star Award
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Carol Burnett, The Ed Sullivan Show Carol Burnett at Emmys.com Interview with Carol Burnett. Accessed February 11, 2017. Carol Burnett at The Museum of Broadcast Communications