Watch Queue Queue At the age of 80, Burns was the oldest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards, a record that would remain until Jessica Tandy won an Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.
The entire concept of the Burns and Allen characters, however, was one created and developed by Burns. Typical of the blurred line between reality and fiction in the show, Ronnie played George and Gracie's on-air son, showing up in the second episode of season 6 ("Ronnie Arrives") with no explanation offered as to where he had been for the past 5 years of the show. Though he had an apparent flair for comedy, he never quite clicked with any of his partners, until he met a young Irish Catholic lady in 1923. It is the sequel to the family comedy film Cheap... George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum ; January 20, 1896Â â" March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. On television, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show put faces to the radio characters audiences had come to love.
The entire concept of the Burns and Allen characters, however, was one created and developed by Burns. Typical of the blurred line between reality and fiction in the show, Ronnie played George and Gracie's on-air son, showing up in the second episode of season 6 ("Ronnie Arrives") with no explanation offered as to where he had been for the past 5 years of the show. Though he had an apparent flair for comedy, he never quite clicked with any of his partners, until he met a young Irish Catholic lady in 1923. It is the sequel to the family comedy film Cheap... George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum ; January 20, 1896Â â" March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. On television, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show put faces to the radio characters audiences had come to love.