Gracie Allen

Gracie Allen (July 26, 1902?, San Francisco, California - August 27 1964, Los Angeles, California) was a comedienne of film, radio, and television. Born Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, she was the scatterbrain of the team Burns and Allen, and her husband George Burns was the straight man. They originated the catch-phrase "Say 'good-night,' Gracie."

Filmography

• Lambchops (1929) (a "short" film)
• The Big Broadcast (1932) (1st feature film)
• College Humor (1933)
• International House (1933)
• Many Happy Returns (1934) (1st leading rôle)
• Six Of A Kind (1934)
• We're Not Dressing (1934)
• Love in Bloom (1935)
• Here Comes Cookie (1936)
• A Damsel in Distress (1937) (1st Fred Astaire movie without Ginger Rogers & 1st in which Burns and Allen danced)
• College Swing (1938)
• Honolulu (1939)
• The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) (without Burns -- a "Philo Vance" mystery by S. S. Van Dine)
• Mr. and Mrs. North (1941) (2nd murder mystery without Burns)
• Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (guest appearance & last movie)