See Carol Burnett's Extraordinary Life in Pictures

Carol’s first acting credit on IMDB is The Paul Winchell Show in 1955, but her big break was on The Garry Moore Show in 1958. She recently recalled her last episode on the variety series, where Garry and her cast mates decided to “foul up” the sketch and see how she reacted. “I thought everybody was crazy,” she said. “That was fun."

Carol snagged her first Emmy for the Garry Moore Show in 1962, but here she poses with her win from 1963 where she was awarded Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series for her comedy special with Julie Andrews, Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall.

Carol married her "college sweetheart" Don Saroyan in 1955, though the couple divorced in 1962. She went on to tie the knot with Joe Hamilton in 1963, who was a producer for several of the shows Carol starred in, including The Garry Moore Show, Carol and Company, and Carol Plus 2. The pair had three daughters together, Carrie, Jody, and Erin. They divorced in 1984, and sadly, he died of cancer in 1991, according to The New York Times.

Carol played Princess Winnifred in the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which was adapted from the popular Broadway play based on The Princess and the Pea. The role was her first major TV movie, following Calamity Jane in 1963.

Her iconic variety series ran for more than 10 years, and included appearances by stars like Dick Van Dyke, Bernadette Peters, and Lucille Ball, who is pictured here in an episode from 1967.

It’s a hard knock life, right Carol? She played the villainous Miss Hannigan in the 1982 movie adaptation of Annie, which also starred Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters, and Tim Curry.

Here, she's shown with daughters Erin, Carrie, and Jody. At this time in 1989, each of the ladies would have been in their 20s.

Carol & Company graced the small screen in 1990, and was slightly different than her previous namesake series. Instead of an hour comprised of multiple skits, each episode devoted a half-hour to one single act, according to People. The comedy only lasted until 1991.

Carol first made her appearance on the long-running '90s hit in 1996. She played Helen Hunt's mom, according to The Baltimore Sun, and reprised her character 10 times until the sitcom ended in 1999.

After reportedly being single for nearly 20 years, Carol wed musician Brian Miller in 2001. She devoted a chapter to their relationship in her earlier memoir, This Time Together. “It’s just to say, ‘Yes, we’re married and we’re very happy,’” she told The New York Times. “That was enough.”

In a heartbreaking turn of events, Carol's eldest daughter, Carrie, died in 2002 from cancer that had started in her lungs and spread to her brain, according to People. She penned a touching memoir about their relationship in 2014, titled Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story.

After Mad About You ended, she had parts in movies like Horton Hears a Who!, Post Grad, and cameos on TV shows like Law & Order: SVU and Desperate Housewives. In 2005, she made her return on soap All My Children as Verla Grubbs.

The world was once again able to bask in Carol's musical-comedy genius when she joined the cast of Glee for two episodes as Sue Sylvester's (Jane Lynch) mom, Doris. "All the kids were wonderful and Matt [Morrison] was dancing up a storm," she told TV Guide of her time on the series.

CBS championed a special in honor of "The Carol Burnett Show" just over a year ago. The one-night event was filmed on the original soundstage, and included original cast members like Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner, according to the website.

At the 77th annual event, Carol was the first-ever to receive the accolade, which pays homage to those who have made a significant impact in TV. "Carol Burnett is one of the all-time greats of television comedy,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody, according to Variety. "Her wit and talent set the bar for women in entertainment."