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>ABOUT CARRIE HAMILTON > >Actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer/songwriter and >musician Carrie Louise Hamilton was the daughter of >actor Carol Burnett and the late producer, Joe >Hamilton. She was born in New York City and raised in >Los Angeles. As her many friends will attest, Carrie >was a force of nature, a shooting star who lived with >a joyous appetite for life and a deep concern for >humanity. > >Carrie was a magnetic young woman with a stunning >smile, an infectious laugh, a throaty voice, and the >soul of a poet. She was someone who cared deeply for >others, particularly for those who were much less >fortunate. It is commonly known that when a homeless >person approached Carrie, she would always offer him >or her a deal: five dollars if they told her their >story. Of course it worked, and she got the story. >She also got their hearts, right in the palm of her >hand. Carrie used those stories, and the personal >narratives, shared with her by everyone she met, as >muses in her screen writing, her poetry, her lyrics >and her acting. > >The role for which she first began to receive national >attention was in the television series, Fame. Guest >starring roles on other series soon followed >including: Murder She Wrote; Equal Justice; Beverly >Hills 90210; Thirtysomething; Walker, Texas Ranger; >Touched By An Angel; Brooklyn South; and The X Files. >She also starred in numerous movies for television, >such as Love Lives On; Hostage; Single Women, Married >Men; and A Mother's Justice. > >Her feature film credits include: Ralph Bakshi's Cool >World; Tokyo Pop; Shag; Just Desserts; and PI. Over >the last several years she became involved in the >co-op/profit sharing film company NAMETHKUF for which >she wrote and/or directed her first short films, >Defying the Stars and Lunchtime Thomas. For the latter >she won the Women in Film award at the 2001 Latino >Film Festival. > >Carrie's theatre career included acclaimed starring >roles as Maureen in the first national touring company >of Rent and Lucy in the Los Angeles Reprise production >of Three Penny Opera. She conceived the idea of >writing a play based on her mother's best-selling >memoir, One More Time. Together they wrote, Hollywood >Arms, directed by Hal Prince, which premiered at >Chicago's Goodman Theatre and went to Broadway shortly >after Carrie died of cancer on January 20th, 2002 at >the young age of 38. > >Carrie Hamilton was one of the most beautiful and >talented actresses on stage and screen. Born in New >York City on December 5th, 1963 to the famous >actress/comdienne Carol Burnett and Joe Hamilton >(producer of the Carol Burnett Show), she has shown >her acting talent in many venues. She was married to >Mark Templin. > >Carrie studied music and acting at Pepperdine >University in Malibu, California. She acted on stage, >television and screen, starring in "Rent" and >appearing in several motion pictures. She also wrote >and directed "Lunchtime Thomas", a short film that won >her the "Women in Film" Award at the Latino Film >Festival in 2001. Carrie Hamilton sadly passed away >from cancer on January 20th, 2002 at the age of 38. > >After she passed away, Anaheim University established >a a scholarship fund in Carrie's name. $100,000 goes >to 15 scholarships for female students earning their >MBA. > >Update: (Feb 2006) The Pasadena Playhouse is working >to create the Carrie Hamilton Theatre, formerly the >Balcony Theatre. Sponsored by the Pasadena Playhouse, >Julie Andrews, Hal Prince, Carol Burnett, Martha >Williamson and Jim Nabors, they are currently seeking >donations. > > >Movies >Tokyo Pop (1988) >Cool World (1992) >Checkered Flag (1990) >Shag (1989) >Stage >Rent (1996) >Television Movies >A Mother's Justice (1991) >Single Women, Marries Men (1989) >Hostage (1988) >Love Lives On (1985) >Television Series >Fame (1982) >Murder, She Wrote (1990, Geraldine Stone in episode >"Trials and Tribulations") >Beverly Hills 90210 (1990) >thirtysomething (1991, Callie Huffs in episode >"Melissa in Wonderland") >Beverly Hills 90210 (1991, Sky in episode "Stand (Up) >and Deliver") >Walker, Texas Ranger (1995) (Whitewater parts One and >Two) >Touched by an Angel (1997, Allison Bennett in episode >"The Comeback") >Brooklyn South (1998, in episode "Fools Russian") >X-Files (1999, Pam in episode "Monday") >The Pretender (2000, Jill Arnold in episode "Junk") >Writing/Directing >Lunchtime Thomas (Short Movie, 2001) >Hollwood Arms (Stageshow, with Carol Burnett) >Other >Academy Awards (1989, performing in the "Break-Out >Super Stars of Tomorrow" segment) >The Carol Burnett Show Reunion (1993, as herself) >P.1 (1999 short movie, playing "Alarm") >Obituary >From Reuters: > >Carol Burnett's Daughter Dies of Cancer at 38 >LOS ANGELES - Actress-writer Carrie Hamilton, the >38-year-old daughter of comedian Carol Burnett, died >on Sunday due to complications from cancer. > >Burnett publicist Deborah Kelman said Hamilton died at >the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. > >Hamilton, the daughter of the late director-producer >Joe Hamilton, appeared in the television series >``Fame'' and also made guest appearances in ``Beverly >Hills, 90210'' and ``The X-Files.'' > >Monday January 21, 2002
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