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, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a 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 (1950âÂÂ1967), the television special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962), the CBS variety-sketch series The Carol Burnett Show (1967âÂÂ1987) and the NBC sitcom Mad About You. She was also Emmy-nominated for her roles in The Larry Sanders Show, ', 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.