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A Short Biography of Jimmy Durante

Author Name:

Jimmy Durante

Born As:

James Francis Durante

Other Names:

Jimmy Durante The Schnoz

Born:

10 Feb 1893

Died:

29 Jan 1980




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Actor, comedian, pianist and singer                          
Selected Works:


Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford - 1921
Roadhouse Nights - 1930
The New Adventures of Get-Rich Quick Wallingford - 1931
The Cuban Love Song - 1931
Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party - 1931 - short subject
The Christmas Party - 1931 - short subject
Hollywood on Parade: Down Memory Lane - 1932 - short subject
The Wet Parade - 1932
Hollywood on Parade - 1932 - short subject
Speak Easily - 1932
Blondie of the Follies - 1932
The Phantom President - 1932
Give a Man a Job - 1933 - short subject
What! No Beer? - 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. 9 - 1933 - short subject
Hell Below - 1933
Broadway to Hollywood - 1933
Meet the Baron - 1933
Palooka - 1934
George White's Scandals - 1934
Strictly Dynamite - 1934
Hollywood Party - 1934
Student Tour - 1934
Carnival - 1935
Land Without Music - 1936
Start Cheering - 1938
Sally, Irene and Mary - 1938
Little Miss Broadway - 1938
Melody Ranch - 1940
You're in the Army Now - 1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner - 1942
Two Girls and a Sailor - 1944
Music for Millions - 1944
Two Sisters from Boston - 1946
It Happened in Brooklyn - 1947
This Time for Keeps - 1947
On an Island with You - 1948
The Great Rupert - 1950
The Milkman - 1950
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere - 1955 - short subject
The Heart of Show Business - 1957 - short subject
Beau James - 1957 - Cameo
Pepe - 1960 - Cameo
The Last Judgment - Il Giudizio universale 1961
Billy Rose's Jumbo - 1962
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - 1963
Frosty the Snowman - 1969
Just One More Time - 1974 - short subject

Discography:

September Song - 1963
Hello Young Lovers - 1964 
Jimmy Durante's Way of Life... - 1965
One of Those Songs - 1966
Songs for Sunday - 1967                           
Mother Rosa Lentino
Father  Bartolomeo Durante, four children.
First wife  Jeanne Olsen - 1921-1943
Second wife Margie Little - 1960-1980, one child Cecelia Alicia.
                          
                          
Fraternal Order of Eagles, who among many causes raise money for handicapped and abused children, and was greatly supported by Jimmy Durante - Franternal Order of Eagles changed their name to Jimmy Durante Children's Fund, as he had raised over 20 million dollars.