Carol Burnett Says She’s Developing Apple TV Series Based on 1950s Stay at Women’s Boarding House

“There were so many women … and each one, of course, has their own story,” the legendary comic actress teases of the Rehearsal Club-inspired project

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Carol Burnett (Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Carol Burnett has long told stories about her early days in New York City living at a boarding house for women pursuing a career in the arts — and now, she says she’s turning those stories into a TV series with Apple.

In Monday’s podcast episode of “WTF With Marc Maron,” the comic legend began telling the host about her life at the Rehearsal Club, a century-old arts housing initiative for women in entertainment, when she revealed that a 1950s-set series inspired by her time there is in development with the studio.

“I had these four roommates, and they were all totally different characters.

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