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Jimmy Durante

Jimmy DuranteAKA James Francis Durante

Born: 10-Feb-1893
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 20-Jan-1980
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Comic, Radio Personality

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Everybody wants ta get inta da act

Radio and TV personality with gigantic schnoz, sang Frosty The Snowman.

Wife: Jeane Olson (m. 19-Jun-1921, d. 1943)
Wife: Marjorie Little (m. 1960, one adopted daughter)

    Friars Club
    Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Co-Founder (1937-)
    Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1600 Vine Street (motion pictures)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1648 Vine Street (radio)
    Kentucky Colonel
    National Rifle Association
    Italian Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963)
    Billy Rose's Jumbo (6-Dec-1962)
    Pepe (21-Dec-1960) Himself
    The Milkman (17-Oct-1950)
    The Great Rupert (8-Jan-1950)
    On an Island with You (3-May-1948)
    This Time for Keeps (17-Oct-1947)
    It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
    Two Sisters from Boston (Apr-1946)
    Two Girls and a Sailor (27-Apr-1944)
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (1-Jan-1942)
    You're in the Army Now (1-Nov-1941)
    Melody Ranch (15-Nov-1940)
    Little Miss Broadway (16-Sep-1938)
    Start Cheering (3-Mar-1938)
    Hollywood Party (24-May-1934) Himself
    Meet the Baron (20-Oct-1933)
    Hell Below (25-Apr-1933)
    Blondie of the Follies (1-Sep-1932)
    Speak Easily (13-Aug-1932)
    The Wet Parade (17-Mar-1932)


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