Carol Creighton Burnett
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Carol Creighton Burnett on 26 Apr 1933 in San Antonio, Bexar County, [[Texas]] to Joseph Thomas "Jody" Burnett and his wife Ina Louise Creighton (aka Louise Melton). At a young age she was left with her grandmother Mabel Eudora "Nanny" and great-grandmother "Goggy" while her parents moved to [[California]]. Nanny and Carol attended the Christian Science church. | Carol Creighton Burnett on 26 Apr 1933 in San Antonio, Bexar County, [[Texas]] to Joseph Thomas "Jody" Burnett and his wife Ina Louise Creighton (aka Louise Melton). At a young age she was left with her grandmother Mabel Eudora "Nanny" and great-grandmother "Goggy" while her parents moved to [[California]]. Nanny and Carol attended the Christian Science church. | ||
| − | + | Carol, for a short time when she was about 3 or 4 went to live with her parents in Santa Monica, California. Her parents fought, and Carol was sent back to Nanny and Goggy, while they seperated and/or divorced. | |
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| + | After a short time, Carol and Nanny also moved to California, living together in a one-room apartment just down the hall from her mother Louise. Carol's father Jody also lived nearby, at one point with his mother Nora who have moved there at some point. Carol saw her father from time to time and relates how she could often smell alcohol on his breath. | ||
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| + | Carol's mother began dating a married man named Tony. One night, as Carol relates it, Nanny and Tony had a confrontation and Tony never returned. Louise eventually gave birth to her daughter Antonia Christine "Chrissy" Burnett, who they all raised together, she being about ten years younger than Carol. Carol graduated from Hollywood High School. Carol's mother died before Carol became famous, but Nanny appears in several photographs with Carol dating at least to 1961. | ||
Carol Burnett married three times, first to Don Sarovan in 1955, divorced in 1962, secondly to Joe Hamilton in 1963, divorced in 1984, and lastly to Brian Miller in 2001. It has been noted that Brian is about 25 years her junior. With her first husband she had no children, but with her second, who already had eight children, she had three daughters: Carrie Hamilton, Jody Hamilton and Erin Hamilton. | Carol Burnett married three times, first to Don Sarovan in 1955, divorced in 1962, secondly to Joe Hamilton in 1963, divorced in 1984, and lastly to Brian Miller in 2001. It has been noted that Brian is about 25 years her junior. With her first husband she had no children, but with her second, who already had eight children, she had three daughters: Carrie Hamilton, Jody Hamilton and Erin Hamilton. | ||
