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George Burns


Born
in New York, New York, The United States
January 20, 1896

Died
March 09, 1996

Website

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs


Popular American comedian acted George Burns, originally Nathan Birnbaum from 1922 teamed with Gracie Allen, his wife, to 1958; after her death, he in dramatic roles won an Academy Award for The Sunshine Boys (1975).

Career of this writer spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. His familiar arched eyebrow and cigar smoke punctuation lasted for more than three quarters of a century. He enjoyed a career resurrection that began in the 1975 and continued through his death.

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“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
― George Burns
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“Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.”
― George Burns
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“If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. ”
― George Burns
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