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Gracie Allen

Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (died 1964)

Born
July 26, 1895
Died
August 27, 1964
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1895

About Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen 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, television and film as the duo Burns and Allen. She graduated from Star of the Sea Convent School, for girls, in 1914, and during that time became a talented dancer. "George Allen was a song and dance man who abandoned his family when Gracie was about five years old. Her husband George Burns professed not to know exactly how old she was, though it was presumably he who provided the date of July 26, 1902 that appears on her death record.

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Gracie Allen timeline

  1. Her husband George Burns professed not to know exactly how old she was, though it was presumably he who provided the date of July 26, 1902 that appears on her death record.
  2. She graduated from Star of the Sea Convent School, for girls, in 1914, and during that time became a talented dancer. "George Allen was a song and dance man who abandoned his family when Gracie was about five years old.

The world when Gracie Allen was born

Gracie Allen was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gracie Allen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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