Celebrity Name : George Burns

Celebrity Real Name : Nathan Birnbaum

Date of Birth : January 20, 1896

Birth Location : New york City

Biography of Nathan Birnbaum :
George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum (January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996), was an American comedian and actor.
His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his equally legendary wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and cigar smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three quarters of a century. Enjoying a remarkable career resurrection that began at age 79, and ended shortly before his passing at age 100, George Burns was better known in the last two decades of his life than at any other time in his life and career.

Trivia :
* When Gracie Allen was buried, her tomb marker read “Gracie Allen Burns—Beloved Wife and Mother.” After George was interred with her, this was replaced with one saying “Gracie Allen and George Burns—Together Again.”
* In the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the two humpback whales are named George and Gracie after Burns and Allen. Their routine was also referenced by Commander Data in a first season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
* In an episode of The Simpsons (”Rosebud”), it is implied that the fictional character Montgomery Burns was George Burns’s brother since they both have the last name. Alluding caustically to Burns’s success in his later life, his character makes a joke and then says “trust me it’ll be funny when I’m an old man.”
* A recording exists of Burns and other comedians “working blue” in front of a stag audience at a Masquers Club roast in the mid-1950s.
* During Burns’s lifetime, a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson depicted a futuristic city with flying cars, space helmets, and a billboard that said “Performing tonight: George Burns”
* In the Eminem song “Guilty Conscience”, while Dr. Dre warns 23-year-old Eddie not to go through the robbery, he tells Eddie, “Look at the store clerk, she’s older than George Burns.”[wikipedia]