Carol Burnett in “Annie” Little Girls

Essential Questions: Question 2: How do the setting, conflicts, and antagonists influence the development of celebrity heroes? Question 7: How did her childhood affect her early career? Question 10: How did her culture that she grew up with encourage her to follow her dreams to become the person she is today? Question 11: How has her career today affect her family/home life?

Article: Carol Burnett on PBS’ ‘American Masters’: “Gary More Show” ( ) *Won first Emmy* “Once Upon a Mattress” (1959 on Broadway) “The Carol Burnett Show” ( ) “Pete ‘n’ Tillie” (1972) “Friendly Fire” (1979) “The Four Seasons” (1981) “Annie” (1982) “Noises Off” (1992) “Moon over Buffalo” (Broadway 1995) “Putting it Together” (Broadway 1999)

Article: Carol Burnett hits Proctors to answer your questions: Found solace as a girl in the feel-good world of movies (“Finding solace as a girl in the feel-good world of movies.”-Tom Keyser) Decided to become a performer after getting laughs at UCLA in acting class (“Deciding to become a performer after getting laughs in an acting class at UCLA”-Tom Keyser)

Article: Comedian Carol Burnett on her secret benefactor, life at 77 Death of Daughter Carrie (“You’ve experienced some terrible losses, like your daughter Carrie’s death from cancer in 2002”) Parents were alcoholics and raised in poverty by her grandmother (“Your parents were alcoholics and you were raised, in poverty, by your maternal grandmother”) Divorced husband Joe Hamilton in 1984 (“Some years after your divorce from Joe Hamilton in 1984”)

This Time Together (Book): Important Chapters Early Days in Hollywood –Grandmother (nanny) raised her –Moved from California to Texas when she was seven –Parents divorced; little sister lived with her mother –Father had drinking problem –Lived in the neighborhood of Yucca and Wilcox John Foster Dulles and the Blue Angel Nightclub –Jack Paar booked her on his show twice –Performed song on The Ed Sullivan Show –Nobody laughed at her song; guy came up to her and said she’d stink Tweety, Mama and Chris –Was in college –Her mother started drinking –Sister was nine * Once Upon a Mattress and George Abbot* –First show on Broadway –Wanted to work with George Abbot and got the opportunity to

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