Carol Burnett - Milestones

• 2002: Premiere of "Hollywood Arms", a play co-written with daughter Carrie and directed by Hal Prince
• 1999: Returned to Broadway musicals as the star of "Putting It Together", a revue of Stephen Sondheim songs
• 1995: Returned to Broadway after 30 years in comedy "Moon Over Buffalo"; earned Tony nomination; show was subject of a behind-the-scenes documentary "Moon Over Broadway"
• 1991: Returned to TV with new CBS variety hour, "The Carol Burnett Show" (also debut as executive producer)
• 1987: Appeared opposite her daughter Carrie Hamilton in TV-movie, "Hostage"
• 1981: Successfully sued the "National Enquirer" for libel; judge ordered the "Enquirer" to pay Burnett $1.6 million ($300,000 in personal damages plus $1.3 million as a "punitive" recompense); on appeal Burnett's award was reduced to "$200,000 and the case was finally settled out of court
• 1975: Played four roles (three sisters and their mother) in the first TV adaptation of the four-part stage comedy-drama, "Twigs"
• 1964: Returned to Broadway to star in musical, "Fade Out, Fade In"; project plagued with injuries, ill health and breach-of-contract charges which were dropped when Burnett announced she was pregnant
• 1963: Co-starred with Julie Andrews on TV special, "Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall"
• 1963: Film debut, "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?"
• 1962: Appeared as a klutzy usher helped by a bungling apprentice angel in "Cavender Is Coming" on the "Twilight Zone"
• 1959: Offered a ten-year, $1 million contract for her exclusive services by CBS (date approximate)
• 1959: NY stage debut as Princess Winifred the Woebegone off-Broadway in "Once Upon a Mattress" (later transferred to Broadway for one year)
• 1957: Song she introduced in New York cabarets, "I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles" landed her guest spots on Jack Paar and Ed Sullivan shows
• 1957: New York nightclub debut at the Blue Angel (August)
• 1956: First appeared on Garry Moore's daytime variety program in the fall
• From 1956 to 1957: Played Celia, Buddy Hackett's girlfriend, on the short-lived TV sitcom, "Stanley"
• 1955: While living at the Rehearsal Club in NYC organized "The Rehearsal Club Revue of 1955" which led to TV debut
• 1955: Made TV debut on ventriloquist Paul Winchell's Saturday morning children's program as dummy Jerry Mahoney's girlfriend in December
• 1954: Moved to NYC at age 21; worked as a hat check person and performed in industrial shows
• 1940: Moved to Hollywood at where she was raised by grandmother
• ---: Will play the villainous Queen Aggravainin in ABC's upcoming production of the musical "Once Upon a Mattress" (lensed 2004)
• Was a regular panelist on TV quiz program, "Pantomime Quiz"
• Stage debut at UCLA
• Starred in short-lived comedy anthology for NBC, "Carol & Company"
• Was given $1000 by a benefactor (who saw her perform at a society party) to go to New York and launch her professional career on the condition of anonymity and the promise to repay the money by helping others if she ever became a success
• Appeared as the mother of Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) on the NBC sitcom "Mad About You"; won 1997 Emmy for the role
• Starred on stage at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles in "Plaza Suite" (1970), "I Do! I Do! (1973) and "Same Time, Next Year" (1977)
• Hosted variety series, "The Entertainers" on a rotating basis with Bob Newhart and Catarina Valente
• Joined "The Garry Moore Show", primetime variety series, as a regular
• Played recurring role of a tough career marine for a brief time on the popular TV sitcom, "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.", in the late 1960s
• Starred in the CBS comedy-variety program, "The Carol Burnett Show" which won 22 Emmys (later syndicated as "Carol Burnett and Friends")
• Burnett and daughter Jody had osteotomies surgically performed in the early 1980s to relieve recurring headaches and improve her chin and overbite
• Founded an independent production company, Kalola Productions, with Marcia Brandwynne