Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

Birthday: 1933-04-26

Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Biography: Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show, Carol moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches, song, and dance. The comedy sketches ranged from film parodies to character pieces. Burnett created many endearing characters during the show's television run.

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The Front Page
The Front Page

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn...

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Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia ner...

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Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers
Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers

Originally broadcast on CBS in 2001, this affectionate retrospective reunites the peerless cast of B...

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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons

Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Alon...

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Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who!

An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust flo...

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Post Grad
Post Grad

Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and ...

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Noises Off...
Noises Off...

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to contr...

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The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

While the Muppets prepare a tribute to the late Jim Henson, they learn about the life and career of ...

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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s....

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Dean Martin: King of Cool
Dean Martin: King of Cool

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to...

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Men, Movies & Carol
Men, Movies & Carol

A special with Carol Burnett satirizing movies: Double Indemnity with Scott Bakula and Remains of th...

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Becoming Cousteau
Becoming Cousteau

Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decad...

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Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Trolls Holiday in Harmony

Queen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quit...

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Annie
Annie

An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her ther...

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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC celebrates Carol Burnett’s illustrio...

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A Wedding
A Wedding

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of t...

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Sills and Burnett at the Met
Sills and Burnett at the Met

Carol Burnett joins opera diva Beverly Sills for an hour of music and song from the Metropolitan Ope...

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Once Upon A Mattress
Once Upon A Mattress

Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she ...

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Betty White: A Celebration
Betty White: A Celebration

A documentary focusing on the life of actress and comedian Betty White....

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Get Bruce!
Get Bruce!

Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearanc...

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Lucy and Desi
Lucy and Desi

Explore the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in en...

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The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights
The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights

For 11 smash hit seasons Carol's cry, "Let's Bump up the Lights!" was the signal for something unexp...

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HealtH
HealtH

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convent...

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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

A special Betty White's 90th Birthday Party aired on NBC a day before the star's birthday on January...

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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches...

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Putting It Together
Putting It Together

An all-star cast performs the music of one of the greatest composers of our time... Stephen Sondheim...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame...

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Moon Over Broadway
Moon Over Broadway

A documentary portrait of the backstage efforts to stage the play Moon Over Buffalo on Broadway....

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Pete 'n' Tillie
Pete 'n' Tillie

A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough...

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Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

It will surprise few to discover that star of stage and screen Jerry Lewis has sought to amuse other...

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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982....

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1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular

The special, like the Christmas and Easter Parades, evolved over the years; and in 1989, America’s 2...

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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and mu...

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Seasons of the Heart
Seasons of the Heart

After her own daughter abandons her child, an ambitious and orderly publisher has little choice but ...

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Between Friends
Between Friends

Two middle-aged women with nothing in common meet by accident and develop a close friendship while c...

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Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

A compilation of television's biggest and best stars as they are caught in hilarious moments while f...

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Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter
Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter

Shout. Factory program that streamed as a prelude to an NBC special....

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The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

A comedy-drama about a New York couple who decides to dump the hassle of the big city, pack up the k...

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The Laundromat
The Laundromat

Two lonely women coincide at midnight in a laundromat, where they reveal their secrets....

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Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them...

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6 RMS RIV VU
6 RMS RIV VU

Two strangers meet when they respond to an ad in The New York Times for a river view apartment. Paul...

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Twigs
Twigs

Three middle-aged sisters and their grouchy mother confront issues with men in their lives....

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Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

The hour-long special hosted by Carol Burnett features musical and comedy routines with Carol and gu...

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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary car...

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Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin

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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show an...

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Eunice
Eunice

Moments in four different years in the lives of the Harper family beginning with 1955 as a hopeful E...

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The story focuses on a family of anthropomorphic rabbits, the widowed mother rabbit cautioning her y...

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All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

A Celebration of the great life of Frank Sinatra with song, dance, and many famous guests....

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Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a...

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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

In the mid-1950s, Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, young composers and romantic partners, are hir...

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Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus...

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Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall

Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall is an American musical comedy television showcase starring Julie An...

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Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center
Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center

Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center is a 1971 concert featuring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, their...

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Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

“Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion” traces the life of the fashion icon on screen and off, highlighting Mac...

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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful ...

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A Bing Crosby Christmas
A Bing Crosby Christmas

The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public televisi...

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Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

A dramatization of the life of the founder of Los Angeles's first alcoholic recovery center for wome...

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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her li...

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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Rowan & Martin at the Movies

This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV s...

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Out to Lunch
Out to Lunch

The Muppets of Sesame Street and the cast of The Electric Company take over the ABC Nightly News whe...

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The Trumpet of the Swan
The Trumpet of the Swan

The adventures of a young Trumpeter swan who cannot speak. With the help of a human boy and the love...

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Hostage
Hostage

After five hard years behind bars Bonnie Lee is still haunted by her past which hides a terrible sec...

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The Marriage Fool
The Marriage Fool

Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy b...

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The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking sketch comedy with appearances from Burnett, or...

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Wisecracks
Wisecracks

A comedy documentary featuring America's top stand-up female comedians, with performance clips, inte...

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar

The team work to reunite a wedding dress with its rightful recipient, but find that they may have fa...

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Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress

Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and b...

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Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

A Wild West cow town is starving for entertainment and it falls upon Calamity Jane, a rowdy, gun-tot...

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Carol + 2
Carol + 2

Carol + 2 was the title of the second of a multi-year series of television variety specials starring...

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Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress

The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS...

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Julie and Carol: Together Again
Julie and Carol: Together Again

Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews join forces for their third TV Special. Following the format of thei...

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Household Name
Household Name

A family is given the chance to live in the house of their dreams as long as they live with and tole...

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Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!

This charming documentary showcases the career of musical-comedy sensation Kaye Ballard, whose abili...

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The Tenth Month
The Tenth Month

An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist an...

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Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of...

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Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite

Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza....

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Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom

Co-stars and celebrity admirers go through Benny's entire career...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....

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All Together Now
All Together Now

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. Whe...

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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

Forky attempts to understand the concept of love from Bonnie’s elder toys who believe they’ve been t...

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Dolly and Carol in Nashville
Dolly and Carol in Nashville

Variety special featuring songs and skits with Dolly Parton and Carol Burnett....

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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like th...

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The Story of Soaps
The Story of Soaps

This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting tele...

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Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After

Third-grader Molly Conway finds out that her parents are getting divorced. She tries everything she ...

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Follies: In Concert
Follies: In Concert

A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephe...

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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell

Interviews with the cast, creators, journalists and celebrity fans, plus behind-the-scenes footage f...

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Musical Comedy Tonight
Musical Comedy Tonight

First of three programs about musical theatre hosted by writer-composer-lyricist Sylvia Fine....

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Mister Candid Camera
Mister Candid Camera

The story of the life and career of comical genius Allen Funt, and his legacy as the mastermind of t...

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Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

An in-depth look into the making of the film Annie (1982). It covers the adaptation changes from the...

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Burnett Discovers Domingo
Burnett Discovers Domingo

Funny woman Carol Burnett teams with tenor Placido Domingo in this musical comedy special....

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Star Spangled Salesman
Star Spangled Salesman

A collection of television celebrities pitch United States Savings bonds....

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as ...

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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes foot...

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Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

Shirley MacLaine sings and dances in a one woman show featuring special guest Carol Burnett....

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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting ...

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This Way to Sesame Street
This Way to Sesame Street

A commercial television preview of the new children's educational series, Sesame Street....

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Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers

Cher hosts this retrospective about her life and career with former partner and husband, Sonny Bono....

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Superstars and their Moms
Superstars and their Moms

Mother's Day special in which celebrities appear with their mothers to relate incidents from their p...

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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film....

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Carol and Company
Carol and Company

TV Special from the TV Show of the same name starring Carol Burnett...

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Mickey's 50
Mickey's 50

"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 197...

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Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York

Documentary that follows four hectic days of rehearsal for a celebrated 1985 concert performance fro...

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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

For more than 30 years, Lucille Ball was one of the most recognized and loved entertainers in the wo...

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Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Better Call Saul Season Six. Includes interviews wi...

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Starring Dick Van Dyke
Starring Dick Van Dyke

Starring Dick Van Dyke explores how the prolific performer became a star on stage, television and fi...

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The New Yorker at 100
The New Yorker at 100

Hard-hitting journalism. Era-defining fiction. Witty cartoons. The New Yorker marks its 100th annive...

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