TV comedy legend Carol Burnett will take a turn for the dramatic in a March episode of Law & Order: SVU.
Burnett will guest-star in the March 17 episode, NBC says, playing a former dancer who’s connected to the murder of a young couple. It will be her first TV appearance since she guested on Desperate Housewives in 2006.
“Having Carol Burnett on SVU is a dream come true,” executive producer Neal Baer says. “When you grow up wanting to be a writer, you can count on one hand the actors you’d give anything to work with. Carol Burnett is my thumb.”
Burnett is a six-time Emmy winner, with honors for her long-running CBS series The Carol Burnett Show, an early 1960s special with Julie Andrews, and most recently, for guest-starring on Mad About You in the 1996-97 season. She says she’s looking forward to appearing on SVU.
“Every time I mention to someone that I’m about to work on Law & Order: SVU, they immediately say ‘Oh, that’s my favorite show!'” she says. “I’m so glad that they all share my opinion.”
Burnett did voice work on last year’s Horton Hears a Who and co-stars in The Post-Grad Survival Guide with Michael Keaton, Alexis Bledel and Zach Gilford. It’s due in theaters later this year.
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