George Burns

George Burns lived to 100 and stayed funny to the end, which alone earns my awe. Born Nathan Birnbaum in 1896, he rode every wave of American entertainment, from vaudeville to radio to film to television, the cigar and the arched eyebrow becoming shorthand for unhurried wit. What floors me is that he won his Academy Award for The Sunshine Boys at 80, blooming at an age when most have long faded. His partnership with Gracie Allen remains a masterclass in comic timing. He lived long and made people laugh longer, which to me is about as close to the comedian's ideal as it gets.

Name (English)

George Burns

Name (Japanese)

ジョージ・バーンズ

Reading

じょーじ・ばーんず

Born

January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

comedian / writer / television actor / film actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• 1976 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
• Kennedy Center Honors
• Saturn Awards
• 1991 Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.georgeburns.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Burns
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q344793

Tags

• New York
• comedian
• writer
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.