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Carol Burnett (2003 Kennedy Center Honoree)

Carol Burnett

Few entertainers in any field anywhere have endeared themselves to the American public as overwhelmingly, as sweetly as Carol Burnett. Burnett has played everything from nervous klutz to earth-mother, has sung everything from Tarzan yells to Sondheim anthems, has conquered television, triumphed on stage, written a best-selling memoir, as well as the Broadway hit Hollywood Arms. Burnett's melancholy charlady is a comedic gem as unforgettable as the best of Chaplin. Her Scarlett O'Hara opposite Harvey Korman's Rhett Butler, her hilarious Norma Desmond, her dim, gum-chewing Miss Wiggins, and her disarmingly straightforward Everywoman before a studio audience are the stuff of television history. "The Carol Burnett Show" won a total of 22 Emmy Awards during its eleven years on CBS, and Burnett herself has hardly stood still since then.

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