Who Is Carol Burnett's Husband, Brian Miller?
Carol Burnett is known as one of the queens of American comedy. Her variety show, "The Carol Burnett Show," ran on CBS from 1967 to 1978 delighting audiences every Saturday night for more than a decade, according to Woman's World. But Burnett's professional success through the decades has not been her only success. After two previous marriages, the actress/comedienne seems to have hit paydirt with her third husband, Brian Miller.
Burnett first became a married woman at age 22 in 1955 when she wed Don Saroyan. That union ended in 1962 and in 1963, she married Joe Hamilton, according to Biography.com. That marriage lasted until 1984 and produced three children, daughters Carrie, Jody, and Erin. Sadly, Carrie Hamilton passed away from cancer in 2002.
In 2001, Burnett married Brian Miller, a musician with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The pair met in the 1990s, according to Closer Weekly, and made their romance official soon after the new century began.
Carol and Brian's age difference actually works for them
Carol Burnett is 23 years older than her third husband, Brian Miller, and she often credits that age difference for giving her a long and enduring marriage. She told People back in 2010, "He's funny and not easily intimidated. As we get older, the gap between our ages narrows. If you were 40 and married a 20-year-old, I don't think you could communicate like [we do]."
When Burnett and Miller met, they were working together on the same project, according to AmmoMama. It was 1993 and Burnett was appearing in a musical in Long Beach, CA. Miller was the person who hired the show's musicians.
The pair would hang out after rehearsals and shows with the rest of the cast and crew, but it was a few years later when they started dating. They ran into each other at the mall, AmmoMama reports, and the rest is history.
In 2020, Burnett and Miller entered a new chapter in their lives and took on parenthood again when they were granted temporary custody of Burnett's grandson, Dylan West. His mother, Erin Hamilton, had been struggling with drug addiction and Burnett and Miller chose to take in the boy for the sake of his mental health, according to USA Today.
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