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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen

BIRTHDAY
July 26, 1895
BORN ON DAY
Friday


BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, California, United States

DIED AT AGE
69 Years 1 Months 1 Days
DEATHDATE
August 27, 1964
DEATHPLACE
Los Angeles, California, United States

CAUSE OF DEATH
Heart attack

NATIONALITY
American
Gracie Allen Nationality American

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
LEO

ALSO NOTED FOR
Actress, Vaudevillian

Physical Stats

WAIST
N/A

Hip
N/A

DRESS SIZE
N/A

HEIGHT
N/A

WEIGHT
N/A

Gracie Allen Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Molly Darragh
FATHER
George Allen
SISTER(S) NAME
Bessie Allen
Pearl Allen
Hazel Allen

Fame & Address

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS
Lambchops (1929)
Gracie AllenLambchops (1929)

Education, Net Worth & More

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About Gracie Allen
She was an American actress and a comedian, was born on 26th July 1895, in San Francisco, California, USA. She became more famous because of her appearance as a comedian more than an actress. She was well known as the zany partner and comic foil. For her appearance in the television industry, she not only achieve appreciations of her viewers but she was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard. She became the greatest actress or a comedian of her time. Prior to becoming a famous actress or a comedian she used to dance Irish dance with her three elder sisters. During her performance in 1922, she met George Burns, later with whom she formed a comedy act, which became famous day by day. She got married to George Burns on 7th January 1926, they had two children, they stay together until her death (27th August 1964). She went to the Star of the Sea Convent School, California from where she completed her schooling and became a talented dancer too. After becoming a talented dancer she joined her elder sister's Irish folk dance classes, which was also named as "The Four Colleens". Since her birth, she had heterochromia in which people have two eye color, and because of this, she had two different eye color one was green and another one was blue.

Career of Gracie Allen
She had done several comedy shows. She wanted to become a dancer before pursuing acting actress and a comedian. After completing her schooling she joined her elder sister Irish Folk dance class, where she used to teach Irish folk dance to others. She not only done movies but she also gave her appearance in radio series. Some of her well-appeared movies were: Lambchops (1929; short film), The Big Broadcast (1932; first feature film), International House (1933), Many Happy Returns (1934) in this movie she played her first leading role, We're Not Dressing (1934), The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935), The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936), A Damsel in Distress (1937), Honolulu (1939) and so on. And here, some of her well-appeared radio series were: The Robert Burns Panatella Show: 1932-1933, CBS, The Adventures of Gracie: 1934-1935, CBS, The Grape Nuts Program: 1937-1938, NBC, The Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Program: 1939-1940, CBS, The Swan Soap Show: 1941-1945, NBC, CBS, The Amm-i-Dent Toothpaste Show: 1949-1950, CBS and so on.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gracie Allen

  • She was the actress who had dissimilar eye colour. Her one eye was in blue colour and the other was in green colour.
    She was the actress who had dissimilar eye colour. Her one eye was in blue colour and the other was in green colour.
  • Her very well appeared shows were: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), A Damsel in Distress (1937) and Lambchops (1929). In all these movies her appearance were appreciated a lot.
  • She was a mercurial comedian, prior to became an actress. Once in 1937, she was starred in "A Damsel in Distress".
  • Prior to become famous as an actress she used to dance Irish Folk dance with her sisters.
  • In 1933, she did a movie "International House" in this movie she not only gave her appearance in movie as an actress but also she directed this movie. In this movie W.C. Fields was also appeared, he was also a great comedian.
  • She was also known as "Googie", her very close friend George Burn used to call her by this name. Who later become her husband.
  • In 1939, "The Gracie Allen Murder Case" movie was especially scripted for her, and the creator of this movie was Philo Vance and the writer of this movie was S.S. Van Dine.
    In 1939,
  • Throughout her career she had full support of her husband, wherever her shoots were held, he went their and stimulate her properly.
  • In 1950, she had a minor heart attack, and in 1964 she died because of heart attack.
  • The Scientific meaning of her name Gracie Allen is 'WE-Kuyreg', which means rose in English language.
  • She never had her own children, she adopted two children Sandra Burns and Ronnie Burns with her husband.
    She never had her own children, she adopted two children Sandra Burns and Ronnie Burns with her husband.
  • She was the founder of a Irish dancing group "The Allen Sisters" in which she used to teach Irish dancing with her three older sisters, Bessie, Hazel and Pearl.
  • Her father left her mother and her siblings when she was only five years old and this is the reason she never spoke to her father again in her life.
  • Prior to get marry to George Burns, she was committed with another guy, but after sometime she changed her mind and got married to George burns. They became the greatest couple in Hollywood history.
    Prior to get marry to George Burns, she was committed with another guy, but after sometime she changed her mind and got married to George burns. They
  • Did Gracie Allen takes alcohol? NA.
  • Was Gracie Allen in the habit of Smoking? NA.

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