Carol Creighton Burnett
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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. | 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. | ||
| − | 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, surnamed Burnett even though she was the result of Louise's affair with Tony. Chrissy was raised by the three women together, she being about ten years younger than Carol. Carol graduated from Hollywood High School. Carol's mother died | + | 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, surnamed Burnett even though she was the result of Louise's affair with Tony. Chrissy was raised by the three women together, she being about ten years younger than Carol. Carol graduated from Hollywood High School. |
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| + | Carol after some stage work while at UCLA, moved to New York in order to break into show business, with her then boyfriend Don Sarovan. This is when and where, she first started getting a few small job on stage and television. On a visit back to California, she convinced her mother to allow her to move Chrissy to New York so Carol could take care of her half-sister, and her mother agreed. They did not tell Nanny or Chrissy. Carol invited Chrissy to come to New York for Christmas and after she was there, getting ready to go back to California, broke the news to her. Shortly after this, Carol's mother died in California. | ||
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| + | I'm not sure exactly when Nanny died, but she 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. | ||
