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Carol Creighton Burnett is an American songwriter, singer, comedian, and an actress with an estimated net worth of $25 million. She was born on April 26, 1933 in San Antonio, Texas. She attended Elkhart High School in 1948 before starting her career in 1950. She became famous in the year 1950 after winning a Tony award. The Emmy award followed this in 1962, which she won as the best female comedian during that time. She also hosted her own show called Carol Burnett between the year 1967 and 1978. Since then, she has been appearing in several American movies and shows namely The Four Seasons, Mad about You, and Friendly Fire among others.

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Carol Creighton Burnett has been married 3 times, first to Don Saroyan Between 1955 to 1962 before divorcing him in 1961. In 1962, Joe Hamilton married her and together they had three children namely Carrie Hamilton, Jody Hamilton and Erin Hamilton. In the year 2001, she divorced him and married Brian Miller. She is one of the celebrated Hollywood superstars especially in comedy.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

1980

Earning Turned Donation

Amount she received after filing a libel case against National Enquirer ($300 in compensatory damages and $150 in punitive damages) which she donated to charity

$450,000

1954

Salary

Weekly salary from The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show

$115,000