Hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS for a decade after winning Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards for her work in various genres.
She worked as an usherette and hat-check girl while living in a boarding house for women pursuing an careers in acting, and starred in the theater hit Once Upon a Mattress.
She appeared on The Twilight Zone as Agnes Grep in an episode titled "Cavender Is Coming" and appeared in Get Smart as "Ozark" Annie Jones in an episode titled "One of Our Olives Is Missing."
She got married to Don Saroyan on December 15, 1955, then to Joe Hamilton on May 4, 1963, and to Brian Miller on November 24, 2001. She and Joe had three daughters named Carrie, Erin and Jody.
She made her television debut on the Garry Moore show, which she appeared on from 1959 to 1962.
