Carol Burnett to Play 'Mama Sylvester' on GLEE!

Entertainment Weekly has revealed that comedic legend Carol Burnett will be appearing on GLEE next season as Sue Sylvester's mom. As referenced by Sue Sylvester (played by Jane Lynch) on an episode in season 1, "Mama Sylvester" is former Nazi-hunter.  Burnett's episode will air in October or November, according to the report.

GLEE returns to FOX on September 21, 2010.

Six-time Emmy Award winner Carol Burnett has demonstrated such versatility since ending the 11 year run of the The Carol Burnett Show that she is now as widely recognized for her dramatic abilities as she is for her comedic and musical talents. Americans fondly consider Carol Burnett a true living legend in entertainment, having bestowed more People's Choice Awards upon her than any other woman in the award show's history. In 2003 she was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and in 2005 received The Presidential Medal of Freedom. Some of her other notable awards include five Golden Globes, the Peabody Award for Friendly Fire, and the Ace Award for Between Friends with Elizabeth Taylor. She has enjoyed the kind of career that most performers are only able to dream of, moving seamlessly from the stage to television, from feature films to films for television, and from variety specials to music and comedy specials.

Carol Burnett's latest best-selling book, This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection, reached #2 on the "New York Times" best-seller list and #1 on the Barnes & Noble list and is currently in its 12th printing.

Raised by her grandmother, first in her birthplace of San Antonio, then Hollywood, Ms. Burnett attended UCLA. Soon after, she started her career in New York, where she caught fire doing hilarious sketches on The Garry Moore Show. At night, she dashed to the theatre where she starred in the riotous fairy tale Once Upon a Mattress. She moved back to Los Angeles and began The Carol Burnett Show, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1978 for 276 episodes, including 2,520 sketches and musical numbers. Her show is generally regarded as the last successful major network variety show and continues to have success on DVD. Since then, Carol Burnett has guest-starred on smash hit television shows such as Mad About You, Desperate Housewives, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, for which she was nominated for an Emmy.