Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1893-02-09
Day of Death
1980-01-29
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Jimmy Durante
Biography
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. He opened the Club Durant with Eddie Jackson and Lou Clayton, with whom he later formed a comedy trio for vaudeville and on television. He appeared in the Broadway musicals "Show Girl", "The New Yorkers", "Strike Me Pink", "Jumbo", "Red Hot and Blue", and "Stars in Your Eyes". By 1936, he had appeared at the Palladium in London. Later he had his own radio and television shows, and was a featured headliner in night clubs. Biographer Gene Fowler wrote his biography, "Schnozzola". Joining ASCAP in 1941, he collaborated musically with Jackie Barnett and Ben Ryan, and his other popular song compositions include "I'm Jimmy That Well-Dressed Man", "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "I Ups to Him and He Ups to Me", "Daddy Your Mamma Is Lonesome For You", "Umbriago", "Any State In the Forty-Eight", "Chidabee Chidabee Chidabee", and "I'm Jimmy's Girl".
Filmography (76)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Vaudeville
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
