Carol Burnett got her legacy cemented on Thursday with her handprints and footprints ceremony at TCL's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The ceremony honoring the legendary actress and comedian was a star-studded event, including famous faces such as Dick Van Dyke , Lisa Ann Walter , Maya Rudolph, Jane Lynch, Allison Janney and Bill Hader . Speaking with ET at the ceremony, Burnett was humbly surprised at the distinguished attendees present at her ceremony.
"There's a lot of surprises...
It's just so lovely and, of course, seeing my gang from Better Call Saul and Palm Royale and my family here," the 91-year-old beloved icon gushed. Burnett was one of the first women to host a variety talk show with The Carol Burnett Show in 1967. She's maintained a long-standing career that spans TV, Broadway and film, performing in a variety of genres, including dramatic and comedic roles.
In almost seven decades, she's received numerous accolades, including seven Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a GRAMMY Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Despite her many achievements and a wide-spanning fanbase, Burnett admits to ET that it's "bizarre" to have her hand and footprints cemented in the same neighborhood she grew up in as a child. "I remember coming here, putting my little hands on Betty Grable's handprints, never dreaming that my handprints some day would be here," she says.
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