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James Francis Durante (/ d ə ˈ r æ n t i / də-RAN-tee, Italian:; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist.His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
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. Durante doted on "CeCe" until his death.
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. Durante doted on "CeCe" until his death.
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 the 1970s.
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. . Although Durante left school in seventh grade ...
Nov 16, 2020 · Originally published July 15, 1950. The average man or woman with a physical peculiarity finds it a little embarrassing, and members of the acting profession regard a slightly prognathous jaw or thick ankles as nothing short of a calamity.
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 ...
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 that became his nickname: "Schnozzola"—helped make ...
J immy Durante, pianist, comedian, singer, actor and dancer, contributed mightily to the mangled richness of the English language.. Durante, whose unique performing style defied single-word analysis, entertained millions for more than 60 years. His career was a virtual capsule history of show business in the 20th century: saloons, speak-easies, vaudeville, motion pictures, radio, television ...
Jimmy Durante was born in New York City on February 10, 1893. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to become a professional pianist, earning the nickname “Ragtime Jimmy.”
