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Carol Burnett, left, gets a friendly shove by Jeff Tobin, the Jimmy Stewart Museum President, as they laugh with photographer Jim Wakefield during a photo opportunity before the banquet where Burnett will receive the 2014 Harvey Award presented by the Jimmy Stewart Museum at the Chestnut Ridge Resort on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Blairsville, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Carol Burnett to receive Harvey Award from western Pennsylvania’s Jimmy Stewart museum

INDIANA, Pa. – Actress and comedian Carol Burnett is set to be honoured by a Pennsylvania museum dedicated to actor Jimmy Stewart.

Burnett will receive the museum’s Harvey Award at a Friday night fundraiser for the James M. Stewart Museum Foundation.

The foundation and museum are based in Stewart’s Pennsylvania hometown, Indiana, about 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The banquet is in nearby Blairsville.

Past winners include Janet Leigh, Shirley Jones, Ernest Borgnine and Rich Little. The award is named for the 1950 film in which Stewart befriends an invisible rabbit. It is typically given to someone with connections to Stewart.

Burnett has called Stewart her idol. He appeared on the final episode of “The Carol Burnett Show” as a surprise guest, ending its 11-year run in 1978. He died in 1997.

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