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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.
Don Ameche. Actor: Cocoon. 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.
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Don Ameche. Actor: Cocoon. 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. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s with fine work as an...
- Actor, Director, Soundtrack
- December 6, 1993
- May 31, 1908
Dec 8, 1993 · Don Ameche attended Columbia Academy, a Roman Catholic boy's school, and Columbia (now Loras) College, both in Dubuque, Iowa. His first stage role, at the age of 11, was the Virgin Mary; he played ...
Don Ameche married Honore Prendergast in 1932 and had six children together. The couple welcomed their first child, son Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. They had their last child, daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. Honore died in 1986, leaving behind a grieving Don Ameche after over five decades of marriage.
Dec 6, 1993 · Don Ameche born Dominic Felix Amici May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) 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. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s ...
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Dec 8, 1993 · Don Ameche, the dapper, debonair, devilish leading man of such quality 1930s hits as "Midnight" and "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" who dazzled audiences anew and won an Academy Award in ...