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Don Ameche (/ ə ˈ m iː tʃ i /; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, repertory theatre , and vaudeville , he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which led to the offer of a movie contract from 20th Century Fox in 1935.
Dec 8, 1993 · Don Ameche, who was one of Hollywood's busiest and most versatile stars in the 1930's and 40's and who saw his fame triumphantly rekindled when he won an Oscar for his work in the comedy...
Dec 5, 2013 · The trifecta of Don Ameche’s dapper good looks –– including his trademark skinny mustache –– his resonant velvety voice and his all-around likeability led him to an almost 60-year career in...
Jun 1, 2024 · Don Ameche, who broke into Hollywood films as a popular leading man in the 1930s but had to wait nearly five decades to win his first Oscar, died Monday of cancer, according to broadcast news...
Don Ameche was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV.
Oct 10, 2005 · The actor, 85, died of cancer Monday night at the home of his son, Don Ameche Jr., in Scottsdale, Ariz. Ameche was known to older audiences as the debonair leading man of such 1930s hits as...
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Don Ameche and his wife Honore Prendergast on the Queen Mary in 1938. The debonair movie and radio star Don Ameche was only married once during his lifetime. He wed Honore Prendergast in 1932, they had six children and the union lasted until her death in 1986.
