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Gracie Allen
Age: 69 (passed away Aug. 27th, 1964)
Height: 5' 0"
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Born: Dec. 31st, 1969
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Gracie Allen's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: She and her husband-to-be became the comedy team of Burns & Allen in 1922 (she was the daft one). They remained spouses and performing partners until her passing.
TRIVIA:
- Their running gags: Gracie's endless relatives, the elaborate search for Gracie's "missing brother" (who actually left town in the wake of the publicity), Gracie's infatuation with matinée idol 'Charles Boyer (I)' (qv), Gracie's enthusiasm for George's singing.
- Had one blue eye and one green.
- Her father left the family - her, her mother, her three sisters and one brother when she was 5 years old, and she never spoke of him again.
- Although she was in love with another man when they first met, 'George Burns' (qv) carried a ring in his pocket until she finally agreed to marry him.
- Accidentally spilled a pot of boiling water on her arm as a child, which left a bad scar she kept concealed for the rest of her life (her one big wish was to wear a strapless evening gown and no gloves, just once).
- Started out in an Irish dancing group called "The Allen Sisters" with her three older sisters, Bessie, Hazel and Pearl.
- In the early 1940s, during the height of their popularity, 'George Burns' (qv) had a brief extramarital affair. He apologized to Gracie by giving her a silver candlestick for the dining room table, and nothing more was said about it. However, years later Gracie was shopping with a friend one day and said, "You know, I wish George would cheat again. I need a new silver candlestick".
- The words "Together Again" are engraved on her and 'George Burns' (qv)' crypt at the Freedom Mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, CA. This inscription replaced the previous one, "Good Night, Gracie,which appeared on the crypt prior to Geoge's death. She is interred to the left of him as you view the crypt, not above him as has been previously reported, along with the explanation that George "wanted her to have top billing".
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