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Gracie Allen: Biography
Birth Name:
Gracie Ethel Cecil Rosaline Allen
Birth Place:
San Francisco, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
July 26, Leo
Date of Death:
08/27/1964
Profession:
Actor; comedian
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Gracie Allen Fast Facts:
Birth certificate was lost in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. As a result, her birth year is cited as anywhere from 1895 to 1905.
Was in a vaudeville act with her sister Bessie in 1909; and branched out as a solo performer in 1911.
Always wore long sleeves to hide the burns she sustained from a pot of hot tea falling on her when she was a child.
In 1923, while attending secretarial school in Hoboken, N.J., she met her future husband, George Burns, at a vaudeville theater in Union City, N.J.
Called Burns "Nattie" (his real name was Nathan Birnbaum) and he called her "Googie."
In his memoir
Gracie: A Love Story
, Burns said that "Gracie was the whole act… I didn't have to be a genius to understand that there was something wrong with a comedy act when the straight lines got more laughs than the punch lines."
Married Burns in 1926. They starred in a weekly radio show from 1932-50; starred in TV's
The Burns and Allen Show
from 1950-58, when she retired.
Gracie Allen Relationships:
Bessie Allen - Sister
George Burns - Husband (deceased)
Hazel Allen - Sister
Pearl Allen - Sister
Ronald John Burns - Son
Sandra Jean Luckman - Daughter
Gracie Allen Awards:
1956 Emmy: Best Actress - Continuing Performance - Nominee
1959 Emmy: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1955 Emmy: Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series - Nominee
1956 Emmy: Best Comedienne - Nominee
1957 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series - Nominee
1958 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, - Nominee
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