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James Francis Durante ( / dəˈrænti / də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist.
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 ...
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.
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!".
Jackie Barnett Presents Jimmy Durante's Way of Life... with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and Chorus is a 1964 studio album by Jimmy Durante, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. [3]
Jun 28, 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.
James Francis “ Jimmy ” Durante was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America’s most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
Durante was known for his mangled English, raspy voice and oversized nose. His comedic and musical talent, along with the instant chemistry he enjoyed with Garry Moore, made Durante one of the biggest radio stars of the 1940s.
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 ...
