Carol Burnett turns 90: Julie Andrews, Cher pay tribute to the iconic star –

Carol Burnett, the groundbreaking comedy legend, is celebrating a major milestone today: it’s her 90th birthday!

After decades of making us laugh, Burnett is still going strong and is celebrating her big day in style: NBC is going to air a special called Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter and Love tonight paying tribute to the iconic star.

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 04: Carol Burnett attends the CBS’ “The Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special” at CBS Televison City on October 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/WireImage)

Many of Hollywood’s biggest names attended the event to pay tribute to Burnett, singing her praises on the red carpet.

Birthday tributes to Burnett

Among the attendees was Julie Andrews, the legendary Sound of Music star and close friend of Burnett’s: “She brings out in the best in me and I think I bring out the worst in her, I don’t know why,” Andrews joked on the red carpet, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “It’s the opposite of what you would imagine.”

Andrews recalled meeting Burnett at a Chinese restaurant many years ago: “When we met, no one else got a word in edgewise. We bonded like that and it has never changed,” Burnett said of their “never-ending friendship.”

Music icon Cher also opened up about her friendship with Carol Burnett.

“I would sneak out through the fence to go to the farmer’s market and we played practical jokes on each other,” Cher said. “It was just easy and fun and that’s all we wanted to do.”

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Actress Jane Lynch recalled first meeting Burnett: “I was firmly in love, she’s exactly the person that you hope she would be,” she told the Hollywood Reporter.