Jimmy Durante (I) (1893–1980) |
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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.
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Born:in New York City, New York, USADied:(age 86) in Santa Monica, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (63 credits)
Soundtrack (63 credits)
2011
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Arthur Christmas
(2011)
... (performer: "Make Someone Happy")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (performer: "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited) / (writer: "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited)
2007
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
(2007)
... (performer: "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart")
2000
Family Ties
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2000)
... (performer: "As Time Goes By" - uncredited)
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Toscanini, Stokowski and Me") / (performer: "Hop, Skip, Jump and Slide", "Toscanini, Stokowski and Me")
1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien
(performer: "Did You Ever Have The Feeling") / (writer: "Did You Ever Have The Feeling")
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(Documentary) (music: "Inka, Dinka Doo" (1934) - uncredited) / (performer: "Inka, Dinka Doo" (1934), "I Believe" (1947) - uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment!
(Documentary) (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" (1929), "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart" (1947) - uncredited)
1972
Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary
(TV Special) (performer: "September Song")
Monty Python's Flying Circus
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1970) (writer - 1 episode, 1970)
- Archaeology Today
(1970)
... (performer: "I'm the Man Who Found the Lost Chord" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'm the Man Who Found the Lost Chord" - uncredited)
1970
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Jerry Lewis, Jack Jones
(1970)
... (performer: "The Father of Girls" - uncredited)
1969
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
(performer: "Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies")
1969
The Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Jimmy Durante and Don Knotts Do Their Thing... Also!
(1969)
... (performer: "Dear World")
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1965 - 1966) (performer - 2 episodes, 1965 - 1966)
- Guest Host: Jimmy Durante; Guest Stars: Mrs. Miller, the Turtles, Peter Lawford, George Carlin, Elaine Dunn
(1966)
... (performer: "Inka Dinka Do") / (writer: "Inka Dinka Do")
- Episode #3.33
(1966)
... (writer: "Inka-Dinka-Doo" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.30
(1965)
... (performer: "Jimmy, the Well Dressed Man", "What a Day", "Alley Cat", "Again You Turna", "Old Man Time") / (writer: "Jimmy, the Well Dressed Man", "What a Day", "Again You Turna")
1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(TV Movie) ("Twas Brillig" (Twas brillig)., "Opening & Closing Theme" (Tema de apertura y cierre).) / (performer: "Through the Looking Glass" (opening & closing theme), "Twas Brillig", "'Twas Brillig" (2:17))
1966
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.14
(1966)
... (writer: "You Gotta Start Off Each Day with a Song", "Who Will Be With You When I'm Far Away?" - uncredited)
1965
Shindig!
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.13
(1965)
... (performer: "Someday Someday")
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1963) (music - 1 episode, 1949)
- Episode #17.1
(1963)
... (performer: "A Piano Is a Delicate Thing", "September Song" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.44
(1949)
... (music: "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited)
1963
The Judy Garland Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1963)
... (writer: "Inka Dinka Do" - uncredited)
1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo
(performer: "Circus On Parade", "Sawdust And Spangles And Dreams" (uncredited))
1962
The Jack Benny Program
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Bob Hope Show
(1962)
... (writer: "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited)
The Danny Thomas Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1961) (performer - 1 episode, 1961)
- Danny and Durante
(1961)
... (lyrics: "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited) / (performer: "Prelude In C Major", "Inka Dinka Doo" (uncredited), "First You Tip Your Hat-ta" (uncredited))
1959
Sunday Showcase
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Give My Regards to Broadway
(1959)
... (performer: "That's Entertainment" (uncredited), "Together, Wherever We Go" (uncredited), "You Gotta Have Heart" (uncredited), "Waltzing Matilda" (uncredited), "Everybody Likes My Girl", "If You're Young at Heart" (uncredited), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (uncredited), "Mary Is a Grand Old Name" (uncredited), "Harrigan" (uncredited), "Give Me Regards to Broadway" (uncredited))
1959
Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes
(TV Special) (music: "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited) / (performer: "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey" - uncredited) / (writer: "You Gotta Start Off Each Day with a Song" - uncredited)
1958
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jane Wyman, Don Ameche, Art Carney, Dean Martin, The McGuire Sisters
(1958)
... (writer: "Start Off Each Day with a Song" - uncredited)
The Jimmy Durante Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1955 - 1956) (writer - 1 episode, 1955)
- Episode #2.23
(1956)
... (performer: "Las Vegas Style", "I'm The Ballet Master, Who Can Turn Much Faster", "Every Street's A Boulevard In Old New York", "The Second Boy From The Right" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.16
(1955)
... (performer: "Umbriago", "September Song", "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey" - uncredited) / (writer: "Umbriago" - uncredited)
1950
The Milkman
(performer: "NOBODY WANTS MY MONEY", "IT'S BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US", "THAT'S MY BOY") / (writer: "NOBODY WANTS MY MONEY")
1950
The Great Rupert
(performer: " (Isn't it a shame that) Christmas comes but once a year", "Jingle Bells", "Take an L" - uncredited) / (writer: " (Isn't it a shame that) Christmas comes but once a year", "Take an L" - uncredited)
1949
The Milton Berle Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.11
(1949)
... (music: "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited)
1948
On an Island with You
(performer: "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway" (1929), "Takin' Miss Mary to the Ball" (1948), "I'll Do the Strut-Away (In My Cutaway)" (1944), "You Gotta Start Off Each Day with a Song" (1944) - uncredited) / (writer: "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway" (1929), "I'll Do the Strut-Away (In My Cutaway)" (1944), "You Gotta Start Off Each Day with a Song" (1944) - uncredited)
1947
This Time for Keeps
(performer: "I'm the Man Who Found the Lost Chord", "A Little Bit This and a Little Bit That", "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'm the Man Who Found the Lost Chord", "A Little Bit This and a Little Bit That", "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited)
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
(performer: "Hello, Hello, Hello" (1946), "There Are Two Sides to Ev'ry Girl" (1946), "The Firechief's Daughter" (1946), "G'Wan Home Your Mudder's Callin'" (1946), "Down By the Ocean" (1946) - uncredited) / (writer: "Hello, Hello, Hello" (1946) - uncredited)
1944
Music for Millions
(performer: "Toscanini, Iturbi and Me" (1940), "Umbriago" (1944) - uncredited) / (writer: "Toscanini, Iturbi and Me" (1940), "Umbriago" (1944) - uncredited)
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
(music: "Inka Dinka Doo" (1933) - uncredited) / (performer: "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?" (1942), "Who Will Be with You When I'm Far Away" (1929), "Inka Dinka Doo" (1933) - uncredited) / (writer: "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?" (1942), "Who Will Be with You When I'm Far Away" (1929) - uncredited)
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(performer: "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?" - uncredited) / (writer: "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?" - uncredited)
1941
You're in the Army Now
(performer: "I'm Glad My Number Was Called" (1941), "Vacuum Cleaner of the Day" (1941), "I'm an Army Man" (1941), "Happy Birthday to You" (1893) - uncredited) / (writer: "Vacuum Cleaner of the Day" (1941), "I'm an Army Man" (1941) - uncredited)
1938
Start Cheering
(performer: "When I Strut Away in My Cutaway" (1937) - uncredited) / (writer: "When I Strut Away in My Cutaway" (1937) - uncredited)
1934
Hollywood Party
(performer: "Hello" (1934), "Reincarnation" (1934), "I've Had My Moments" (1934), "Inka Dinka Doo" - uncredited)
1934
Strictly Dynamite
(performer: "I'm Putty in Your Hands" (1933), "Hot Pattata" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'm Putty in Your Hands" (1933), "Hot Pattata" - uncredited)
1934
George White's Scandals
(performer: "Cabin in the Cotton and The Cotton in the Cabin", "My Dog Loves Your Dog", "Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby")
1934
Palooka
(lyrics: "Inka Dinka Doo" (1933) - uncredited) / (performer: "Inka Dinka Doo" (1933), "M-O-T-H-E-R, a Word That Means the World to Me" (1915) - uncredited)
1932
The Phantom President
(lyrics: "ROBINSON CRUSOE") / (performer: "THE MEDICINE SHOW", "SCHNOZZOLA") / (writer: "SCHNOZZOLA")
1932
Speak Easily
(lyrics: "Can Broadway Do Without Me?" (1929) - uncredited) / (music: "Can Broadway Do Without Me?" (1929) - uncredited) / (performer: "Good Times Are Here Again" (1932), "Singin' in the Rain" (1929), "Can Broadway Do Without Me?" (1929) - uncredited)
1931
The Cuban Love Song
("Go to Sleep My Baby", uncredited) / (performer: "London Bridge is Falling Down" (1888) - uncredited)
1931
New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
(performer: "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?" - uncredited) / (writer: "Did You Ever Have the Feeling That You Wanted to Go?" - uncredited)
1930
Roadhouse Nights
(lyrics: "Everything Is On the Up and Up", "Hello, Everybody, Folks", "Everybody Wants My Girl") / (music: "Everything Is On the Up and Up", "Hello, Everybody, Folks", "Everybody Wants My Girl")
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(5/10/44) Radio: Appeared on "The Orson Welles Almanac" (also known as Radio Almanac and The Orson Welles Comedy Show) radio show, which was broadcast from the U.S. Army Air Force Center, Santa Monica, CA, also with Aurora Miranda. The weekly skit was entitled "Woodrow Wilson". This is considered a "lost" episode, as there is ... See more »Publicity Listings:
4 Print Biographies | 20 Portrayals | 4 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »Alternate Names:
Jimmy 'Schnozzle' Durante | Jimmy Durante {'Schnozzle'}/Jimmy {'Schnozzle'} Durante | DuranteHeight:
5' 7" (1.7 m)
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Personal Quote:
[ad-libbing with Bob Hope] When it comes to noses, you're a retailer. I'm a wholesaler! See more »Trivia:
His mid-century modern-style home on Beverly Dr. in Beverly Hills is shown in Hollywood Mouth (2008). See more »Trademark:
Rumpled hat, patter songs ("Inka Dinka Doo") and, of course, his huge proboscis.Nickname:
The SchnozStar Sign:
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