Miss Starlett costume, worn by Carol Burnett on "The Carol Burnett Show"
Object Details
- date made
- 1976
- user
- Burnett, Carol
- maker
- Bob Mackie
- Description (Brief)
- “I saw it in a window and just couldn’t resist it,” Carol Burnett remarked about her outrageous “curtain dress,” worn in a comedy sketch that aired on her CBS TV series. Designer Bob Mackie created the costume for the sketch, which was a wild parody of the 1939 film classic Gone with the Wind. The sketch, by writers Mike Marmer and Stan Burns, was humorously titled “Went with the Wind” and Burnett played a character named Starlett O’Hara, a name that lampoons the film’s heroine, Scarlett O’Hara. The skit recreated, in comic terns, a famous scene from the film in which Scarlett fashions a gown from the parlor draperies. Mackie’s design included a brass curtain rod balanced on the shoulders and a hat fashioned from a valence. The costume was a vital ingredient in the overall effect of Burnett’s comic portrayal.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States: California
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Clothing & Accessories
- American comedy
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bob Mackie
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2009.0078.01
- catalog number
- 2009.0078.01
- accession number
- 2009.0078
- Object Name
- costume
- Measurements
- overall: 76 1/2 in x 55 in x 60 in; 194.31 cm x 139.7 cm x 152.4 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1381253
Costume designed by Bob Mackie for Carol Burnett as "Miss Starlett".