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CAROL BURNETT

Carol Burnett is an American actress, comedian and musician. She was born in 1933. Her main claim to fame is starring in the CBS comedy-variety program, ' The Carol Burnett Show', which ran from 1967 to 1979 and won 22 Emmys and was later syndicated as 'Carol Burnett and Friends'. Carol Burnett was educated at the University of California, in Los Angeles where she studied journalism and theatre arts, and then her career started unusually after she was given $1,000 by a benefactor who saw her perform at a society party, to go to New York and launch her professional career on conditions of anonymity and the promise to repay the money by helping others if she ever became a success.
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