The Gracie Awards are awards presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWM) in the United States, to celebrate and honor programming created for women, by women, and about women, as well as individuals who have made exemplary contributions in electronic media and affiliates. Presented annually, the Gracie Awards recognize national, local, and student works.
The award's namesake is radio and television star Gracie Allen.
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man, appearing with him on radio, television and film as the duo Burns and Allen.
Publicity still of Allen from the Burns and Allen CBS Radio program
Gracie Allen, George Burns and children aboard Matson flagship Lurline just before they sailed for Hawaii, 1938
Burns and Allen on the vaudeville circuit in 1924
Burns and Allen in 1952