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Signature. James Francis "Jimmy" Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His famous nickname was The Great Schnozzola (a reference to his big nose ). He was also known for his deep raspy voice when he said "Ha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha-Chaaaaa!".
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. As a boy, Durante wanted to become a saloon pianist. His father, a barber, bought him a piano and provided intermittent lessons.
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 ...
Jul 9, 2010 · Jimmy Durante, the legendary comedian and singer, performs his signature song "Inka Dinka Doo" in this classic video clip. Watch him charm the audience with his humor and his famous nose. If you ...
Nov 16, 2020 · That man, of course, is Jimmy Durante, who has frequently boasted, “Dere’s a million good-lookin’ guys, but I’m a novelty!”. 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.
A big-nosed, ingratiating performer of stage, screen and radio, Jimmy Durante possessed a unique gravelly voice, a raucous manner and a persona which later in life radiated a love of the old showbiz traditions of vaudeville and slapstick. He began his career playing honky-tonk piano in New York...
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...
