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Carol Burnett goes above and beyond for her fans. The 'Palm Royale' star revealed to Willie Geist during the March 31 edition of Sunday Sitdown that after receiving fan mail, she occasionally will pick up the phone to respond. 'I’m getting fan mail from 10-year-olds,' Burnett, 90, told Geist. 'And sometimes I’ll call them.' For example, she recently received a letter from a little girl who landed the lead role in her school's production of 'Once Upon a Mattress.
' So I’m hoping that I made them feel good at times when they were down, they needed a laugh,' she shared. During her conversation with Geist, Burnett also opened up about her role on the new Apple TV+ show 'Palm Royale.' Burnett likened her character, Norma, to her memorable turn as Ms. Hannigan in 1982's 'Annie.' 'I think some of the people who aren’t very nice, it’s kinda fun to play them,' she said.
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