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From 1950 to 1951, Durante was the host once a month (alternating with Ed Wynn, Danny Thomas, and Jack Carson) on NBC's comedy-variety series Four Star Revue, airing on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. Jimmy continued with the show until 1954.
Jimmy Durante. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. First wife Jeanne died in 1943. Wed second wife, Marjorie Little after 16 year courtship when she was 39 and he 67 Marjorie Little had been the hatcheck girl at the Copacabana. Durante and his second wife adopted a baby girl, Cecelia Alicia on Christmas day 1961.
Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo") Jimmy Durante was educated in New York public schools. He began his career as a Coney Island pianist, and organized a five-piece band in 1916.
Jun 1, 2022 · Jimmy Durante was a prolific and popular singer, songwriter, and actor in the early to mid-20th century. He was known for his distinctive gravelly voice, off-beat humor, and piano-playing skills. Durante recorded hundreds of songs over his career, many of which have become classics.
May 2, 2024 · Jimmy Durante (born Feb. 10, 1893, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 29, 1980, Santa Monica, Calif.) was an American comedian whose career in every major entertainment performance medium spanned more than six decades.
Oct 23, 2021 · Comedian Jimmy Durante and his troupe passed through a little Brunswick County town - Calabash, where he made friends with a young restaurant owner.
James Francis " Jimmy " Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, New York accent, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through ...
Nov 16, 2020 · Durante is the proud possessor of an ugly, oversized nose. He is short, almost entirely bald, recessive-chinned, weasel-eyed, and sloping-headed. He is also barely literate. I first met Durante about five years ago on a train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. We got into a heated argument over the correct pronunciation of Minneapolis ...
James Francis Durante, better known as Jimmy Durante or Schnozzle (Snozzle) Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980), was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor, whose distinctive gravel delivery, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose—his frequent jokes about it included a frequent self-reference ...
Jan 30, 1980 · Jimmy Durante, the Lower East Side youngster who parlayed a raspy voice, a nose that tickled a nation's funnybone and a talent for bringing down the house into triumph as one of America's most ...
