Carol Burnett, in full Carol Creighton Burnett, (born April 26, 1933, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.), American comedian and actress who starred in a long-running eponymous television variety show in the 1960s and ’70s. As a young girl growing up during the Great Depression, Burnett spent many hours in movie theatres, developing a love for motion pictures and a desire to act. She studied acting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in the 1950s, discovering in herself a natural ability to make audiences laugh. In 1955 a mysterious benefactor who enjoyed her work loaned her the money to move