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Did George Burns have siblings? Does George Burns have a brother?

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Yes, George Burns had 11 siblings including Charles Burns, Clifford Burns Jr, Cornelius Burns, Cornelia Burns, Dominique Burns, Ernest Burns, Archibald Burns, Sarah Drew Linscott, George Burns, Izzy Birnbaum, and William Burns.

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George Burns was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television.  He is also known for his arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation.

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For his role in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, George Burns won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Burns was only a Tony Award shy of being one of the few EGOT award recipients in the American entertainment industry.

George Burns is also a member of the Television Hall of Fame, where he and Gracie Allen were inducted in 1988. He is the subject of Rupert Holmes’s one-actor play Say Goodnight, Gracie.

George Burns continued to work in television throughout his career, including hosting “The George Burns Show” and “The George Burns Comedy Week”.


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