LOS ANGELES – Legendary comedian and actress Carol Burnett has endowed a scholarship to support “high-potential” undergraduate students at UCLA’s Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program, the university announced Thursday, noting that the Bruin alum has also donated more than 140 awards she received in her storied career.
Burnett, 92, has won seven Emmy Awards, five Golden Globes, a Grammy, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, 12 People’s Choice Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award and the inaugural Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award for achievement in television, among other honors.
According to UCLA, the awards donated by Burnett will be displayed in the lobby of UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.
The new Carol Burnett Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Music Theater will be given each y

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