Washington, April 26 -- Comedy legend Carol Burnett recently shared a memorable story from her younger days, one that began with her getting fired from a movie theatre job and ended with her Hollywood star being placed at the very same spot.

Before becoming one of television's biggest names, Burnett worked at a movie theatre during her college days at UCLA. While speaking to PEOPLE magazine recently, the actress shared that the theatre was close to the neighbourhood where she grew up and gave her a chance to be around the world of films she already adored.

Burnett looked back at those early days and recalled working as an usherette when she was just 18. "I was an usherette, as they call it, when I was 18 during the summer, a hiatus when...