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George Burns. George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum (Yiddish: נתן בירנבוים) on January 20, 1896, in New York City, [1] the ninth of 12 children born to Hadassah "Dorah" (née Bluth; 1857–1927) and Eliezer Birnbaum (1855–1903), known as Louis or Lippa, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Ropczyce, [2] Galicia, now Poland. [3]
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.
Known for his philanthropy, George Burns made numerous contributions to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The hospital is located at the intersection of George Burns Road, dedicated in 1986, and Gracie Allen Drive, dedicated in 1995. The George Burns–Gracie Allen Chair in Cardiology was established in 1989.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, is a half-hour television sitcom broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS. It starred George Burns and Gracie Allen, one of the most enduring acts in entertainment history. Burns and Allen were headliners in vaudeville in the 1920s, and radio stars in the 1930s and 1940s.
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 Oh, God! film series consists of American comedy films, [4] [5] [6] [unreliable source?] [7] [8] [unreliable source?] which explore Christianity in a contemporary setting. The plot, which is based on the novel of the same name by Avery Corman, centers around various characters as they encounter God and are asked to share their experiences with society, only for their sanity to be ...
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.
Benny was forced to withdraw after being diagnosed with the pancreatic cancer that would soon end his life, and he recommended his friend and fellow real-life vaudevillian veteran Burns, who had not been in a feature film since 1939, for the role. [4] Burns's Academy Award-winning performance revived his career and redefined his popular image ...