George Burns

George Burns

Motion Pictures Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Motion Pictures Star for George Burns

George Burns

Television Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Television Star for George Burns

George Burns

Live Performance Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 15, 1984

Live Performance Star for George Burns

George Burns

• George Burns show business career covered vaudeville, radio, television and film for over three quarters of a century. His best loved films included Oh, God! (1977), Going in Style (1979) and Oh, God! You Devil (1984). He was 80 when he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for The Sunshine Boys (1975)
• Burns lived with his wife, Gracie, on 720 North Maple Drive, in Beverly Hills. The house was used as the facade for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, from 1950 through 1958, though it was called 213 Maple Street on the TV show
• He chose his surname "Burns" from the Burns Brothers Coal Company. He used to steal coal from their trucks when he was growing up

Born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 in New York City, NY
Died March 9, 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA

George Burns

Puzzle Piece Portrait
Doug Powell of Oviedo, Florida, loves to do jigsaw puzzles, but he doesn't build pre-designed puzzles. Shown here is one of Powell's masterpieces George Burns. The thousands of pieces used for each portrait are actually from over 90 different puzzles all bought at garage sales - Believe It or Not!