Lifestyle | Glee Glee's Newest Catch: Carol Burnett Comedian to play Nazi-hunting mother By Nick McMaster Posted Aug 4, 2010 5:13 PM CDT Copied In this image released by the Geffen Playhouse, Carol Burnett tells a story about the filming of "Annie" at the "Backstage at the Geffen", Monday, March 9, 2009, in LA. (AP Photo/Geffen Playhouse, Lee Salem) Carol Burnett will join the cast of Glee as the mother of Sue Sylvester, Entertainment Weekly reports. Jane Lynch's character has made passing reference to her Nazi-hunting mom in previous episodes, but other details are being kept secret until Burnett's first appearance in October or November. "This is so utterly perfect, I’m shocked we didn’t think of it first," writes Michael Ausiello of EW. (Susan Boyle is aboard, too. Read here.) Read These Next The world says its final goodbye to Dawson Leery. Nancy Guthrie's camera footage raises an ancillary question: how? Police have a name, but no motive in Canada mass shooting. Pam Bondi was back in the hot seat on Wednesday. Report an error