Person · Actress · Active 1924–1944
Gracie Allen
1895–1964, San Francisco
American actress, born in San Francisco. Appeared in 10 films on this site, including Two Girls and a Sailor (1944), A Damsel in Distress (1937) and College Swing (1938).
Burns and Allen also appeared in three out of the four Big Broadcast ensemble comedies including The Big Broadcast (1932) with Bing Crosby, The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) with Crosby, and The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) with Jack Benny.
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In 1937, Burns and Allen starred with Fred Astaire in A Damsel in Distress, a musical with an original score by George Gershwin that introduced the song "A Foggy Day".
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In their own words
You're the only boy who ever made me cry, and I decided that if you could make me cry, I must really love you.
Accepting a proposal of marriage from George Burns in December 1925, after a long period of reluctance, and dismissal of his overtures, as quoted in Gracie … · Wikiquote: Gracie Allen · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- Two Girls and a Sailor 1944actress
- A Damsel in Distress 1937actress
- College Swing 1938actress
- The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935actress
- We're Not Dressing 1934actress
- College Humor 1933actress
1930s
- College Humor (1933)actress
- International House (1933)actress
- Six of a Kind (1934)actress
- We're Not Dressing (1934)actress
- The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)actress
- College Holiday (1936)actress
- The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)actress
- A Damsel in Distress (1937)actress
- College Swing (1938)actress