There are legends, and then there are legends! Actress and comedienne Carol Burnett undoubtedly qualifies. She set her hand and footprints in cement outside the famed TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday.
George PennacchioThere are legends... and then there are legends! Actress and comedienne Carol Burnett undoubtedly qualifies. She has been honored at the famed TCL Chinese Theatre. Burnett placed her hand and footprints in cement in front of the famous Hollywood venue.There are legends, and then there are legends! Actress and comedienne Carol Burnett undoubtedly qualifies.
The ceremony was a bit of an "old home week" for Burnett, who grew up in Hollywood. She attended Hollywood High School and graduated 73 years ago. She then went on to UCLA. Burnett moved to New York to start her career. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she moved on to television. After a successful run on "The Garry Moore Show," Burnett moved back to Los Angeles and began an 11-year run on "The Carol Burnett Show," which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978.
At Thursday's ceremony, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel emceed the event, and Burnett's castmates in the AppleTV+ comedy "Palm Royale" Laura Dern and Bob Odenkirk were part of the ceremony as well. She was also surrounded by friends, including Dick Van Dyke, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph and costume designer Bob Mackie.
The 91-year-old actress already has a significant presence in the heart of Hollywood in honor of her entertainment career. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1975 and her likeness is depicted on a mural at her alma mater Hollywood High School."It means so much, and as I said in my speech out there, my grandmother and I, when I was a little girl, we used to come here and look at the courtyard and see all the movie star's handprints.
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