You won't believe Carol Burnett's childhood Hollywood antics — and why she still smiles about them

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You won't believe Carol Burnett's childhood Hollywood antics — and why she still smiles about them

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Movie nights that mattered

Entertainment shaped her early life: she and her grandmother often chose second-run films because they were affordable — sometimes a dime or 11 cents for her and a quarter for her grandmother — enjoying double features that filled whole weekends.

From admirer to star

Those premiere crowds offered glimpses of Lana Turner, and a young Burnett adored Jimmy Stewart and Linda Darnell, whose kindness left a mark. Decades later, Burnett became television royalty herself: The Carol Burnett Show ran 11 seasons and won 25 Primetime Emmys before she ended it in 1978. She turns 93 on April 26 and is set to appear at the TCM Classic Film Festival starting April 30.