- Carol Burnett turned 92 on Saturday, April 26, and a number of stars shared sweet birthday tributes in her honor
- Vicki Lawrence, her longtime costar from The Carol Burnett Show, praised her as “the most generous, kind, lovely person I know”
- Singer Nancy Sinatra called her an “American treasure”
Carol Burnett is celebrating another trip around the sun — with the help of some of her famous friends!
The legendary comedian and actress turned 92 on Saturday, April 26, and she was showered with love on social media from a number of stars.
In a post on his Instagram, Jimmy Kimmel shared photos of Burnett on his late-night show and wrote, “Happy 92nd birthday to the one and only Carol Burnett!”
Burnett’s former costar Vicki Lawrence posted a throwback photo on Instagram of the pair wearing matching outfits in a skit from The Carol Burnett Show and wrote over the image: “Happiest birthday to the most generous, kind, lovely person I know.” In the caption, she added, “#lucky me to call you my #friend🎉🥳🎂.”
Singer and actress Nancy Sinatra also took a moment to mark Burnett’s birthday in a post on X. She wrote: “Yes she is enormously gifted and so funny, but she has a sweetness about her that surpasses even her tremendous talent. Happy birthday to you, dear Carol Burnett. You are an American treasure and dearly loved.”
Also joining the birthday wishes chorus was singer Deana Martin, who shared a collage of photos of Burnett on X, along with a simple message: “Happy 92nd Birthday to our dear friend Carol Burnett… the funniest and most creative lady in show business.”
Last year, Burnett’s friends also showed their support when the Carol & Company star was honored by having her hand and footprints cemented at the famous TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Calif.
Her longtime friend Dick Van Dyke — who appeared alongside her on The Carol Burnett Show, which ran for 11 seasons from 1967 to 1978 — joined her for the special occasion. The pair posed for photos together on the red carpet.
Talk show host Kimmel and Burnett’s Palm Royale costar Laura Dern and Better Call Saul costar Bob Odenkirk spoke during the ceremony, and other stars in attendance included Allison Janney, Jane Lynch, Lisa Ann Walter, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph.
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Dern, along with Jayme Lemons, spearheaded Burnett’s handprint ceremony after being surprised to find out she had not yet been honored — and the comedy legend later told PEOPLE she was “gobsmacked” by the touching gesture. Lemons also revealed that Burnett “burst into tears” upon hearing the news about her ceremony.
For Burnett, the career accolade was a full-circle moment, she also told PEOPLE.
“When I was a little girl … I was 10 or 11 years old, and I would put my handprints on Betty Grable’s hands,” Burnett recalled. “Now they have mine 80 years later. Who knew? So when I put my hands down there today, I went back to Betty Grable. … All of a sudden, I was a little girl again, putting my hands on Betty Grable’s prints.”
True to form, during her speech at the ceremony, Burnett joked about how she and her grandmother had a secret way to ensure they got their money’s worth when the pair splurged on a movie outing at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
“Before we’d leave, my grandmother said, ‘Well, let’s hit the ladies’ room,’ ” she said, before revealing: “So we would go in there and steal all the toilet paper. And she said, ‘Well, we’ll be set for another month.’ ”
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Just days ahead of her latest birthday, Burnett delighted fans with a guest appearance in the April 24 episode of Hacks. Paul W. Downs, co-creator and co-showrunner, told PEOPLE they had heard that Burnett was a fan of Hacks and were therefore keen to bring her on.
“We were like, ‘Geez, that would be so perfect to have her on, especially this season with the story that we’re telling,’ ” he recalled, noting that her cameo turned out to be a truly “special” experience.
“For someone like Carol Burnett to want to do it, I mean, she’s a living legend,” Downs explained. “So it was really special and really cool ’cause we were filming it at Television City, which is where The Carol Burnett Show was filmed.”
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