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George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century.
Ronnie Burns, son of George Burns and Gracie Allen, made a guest appearance on one episode. On another episode, Norton makes a reference to a co-worker "Nat Birnbaum" (as in "'nat', a three-letter word for bug", says crossword puzzle aficionado Norton). George Burns's real name was Nathan Birnbaum.
Birnbaum was born in Vienna into an Eastern European Jewish family with roots in Austrian Galicia and Hungary. [3] His father, Menachem Mendel Birnbaum, a merchant, hailed from Ropshitz, Galicia (now Poland), and his mother, Miriam Birnbaum (née Seelenfreund), who was born in Carpathian Rus (now Ukraine), of a family with illustrious rabbinic lineage, had moved as a child to Tarnow, Galicia ...
George and Gracie then perform a dance and joke skit. Blanche and Harry Morton discuss Gracie taking up painting. George and Bill Goodwin watch Gracie mix paint with an egg beater. Bill does a plug for Carnation Milk. Gracie paints a picture of George. George, Harry and Blanche think it looks like a yellow cab, which causes Gracie to start crying.
12 episodes (1958–59) of The George Burns Show, also as Bonnie Sue McAfee. In real life, she was born in Portland, Oregon, and joined the Ice Follies as a teenager, but was sidelined following an unrelated skiing accident. She began appearing as an actress at the Pasadena Playhouse, and was spotted by George Burns.
Gracie Allen, George Burns and children aboard Matson flagship Lurline just before they sailed for Hawaii, 1938 Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 [1] [2] [3] – August 27, 1964) was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man, appearing with him on radio ...
The George Burns Show is a comedy television program that aired on NBC for one season ().The program was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive. [citation needed]The George Burns Show immediately followed the eight-season run of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, which had aired on CBS, and shared continuity with the earlier series.
Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937), Jewish philosopher; George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), American singer and actor; Nico Birnbaum (born 1977), German actor; Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019), American sociologist; Paula Birnbaum (born 1986), German actress and entrepreneur; Philip Birnbaum (1904-1988), American translator of Jewish prayer ...