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."

TV series

• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: 1950 - 1958 CBS
• A note regarding her date of birth: Depending on which source you read, Gracie Allen was born on July 26 in 1894, 1895, 1897, 1902 or 1906. 1906 can be safely removed as a possibility. The date cited here, July 26, 1902, is taken from the "California Death Records" database of the State of California, but this is not necessarily 100% gospel truth. During her lifetime, the year of her birth had been accepted as 1906 for many years, but when pressed for proof of this, Gracie would claim that her birth certificate had been destroyed in the big San Francisco earthquake of that year. When it was pointed out to her that the earthquake took place 3 months before her claimed birthdate, she smiled and replied, "Well, it was an awfully big earthquake". George Burns himself professed not to know exactly how old Gracie was.
• IMDB lists 1895 as the year of her birth.