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Carol Burnett was honored at Variety’s 2024 Power of Women: Los Angeles event.
The 91-year-old icon revealed to Extra’s Terry Seymour that Palm Royale may be her last acting gig.
“Hmm, I don’t know. I don’t know. As I said earlier, if I can think of something that would be fun, I’ll do it, but if not, I’d like to be behind the scenes after this.”
She said “writing and producing” is in her future. Terry asked her, “Is there something you’re working on?”
Carol said yes, but did not reveal what would happen.
Additionally, she shared her advice for young actors, saying: , but if you keep doing that, your turn will come. ”
Of the night, she said, “I’m actually here representing Dr. Nancy Wexler…That’s what I want to win this award for.”
between her speech At the event, she said of Wexler: “She is a true recipient of this honor. She was the first person I was involved with. Genetic Disease Foundation I learned about it many years ago from Nancy’s father, Dr. Milton Wexler, who lived in Los Angeles. He founded the foundation in 1968 after his wife Leonore was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, which also put his daughters Alice and Nancy at risk. ”
Starr continued, “She worked tirelessly in the search for the gene responsible for Huntington’s disease. In 1983, thanks to Nancy, the Foundation miraculously discovered Huntington’s disease using her clinical data.” We identified the gene. This surprising discovery initiated genetic testing for Huntington’s disease and laid the foundation for all subsequent research on the disease.”
Barnett said Wexler’s work is “advancing research” in ALS, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
