# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:35:47.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-burns"
name: "George Burns"
slug: "george-burns"
description: "George Burns was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks. He and his wife Gracie Allen appeared on radio, television and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen."
tagline: "American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1896-01-20"
deathDate: "1996-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 207
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.georgeburns.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump