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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Won
Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
Won
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Won
Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
Won
With his impeccable timing and trademark cigar, George Burns practically spanned the history of 20th-century comedy. He rose through the ranks of vaudeville as the ultimate straight man to wife Gracie Allen's muddleheaded blonde persona. Burns & Allen would become household names with a tremendously popular radio show that was later adapted into...