Carol Burnett is giving back to her alma mater in a big way!
On Thursday (November 6), the 92-year-old TV icon announced that she is gifting an endowment to establish a scholarship at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and is also donating all 140 of her awards and accolades to the school.
Throughout her seven-decade career, Carol has received seven Emmy awards, six Golden Globes, a Grammy, a Tony, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Kennedy Center Honor, multiple Peabody Awards, a Stephen Sondheim Award, a 1976 Creative Circle Award, the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, the Globes’ first Carol Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award for Television, and many more.
Keep reading to find out more…Also, Carol has donated photos and memorabilia from throughout her career, including hand drawings of her in costume from The Carol Burnett Show, a still-boxed doll of her in the CBS variety show’s iconic Scarlett O’Hara curtain hanger costume, and other photos and memorabilia.
A rotating display of Carol’s awards, honors, and memorabilia will be shown in the lobby of UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.
Under the scholarship, called the Carol Burnett Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Music Theater, “one undergraduate student each year in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program will receive what’s described as a ‘substantial award’ to help cover the cost of tuition and fees,” according to Variety.
“I am so pleased that, with this endowment of the Carol Burnett Scholarship to the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, students will be given an opportunity akin to what UCLA gave me when I enrolled fresh out of high school,” Carol shared in a statement. “I found my true passion at UCLA, and in this scholarship lies the hope that it will do the same for many others for many years to come.”
Carol will next be appearing in season two of Apple TV’s comedy series Palm Royale, which drops on November 12. Watch the trailer here!
Source: justjared.com
