Danny Kaye

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Born: 1/18/1913 · Brooklyn, NY

Biography: Inimitable, multi-talented entertainer Danny Kaye first gained fame on Broadway by upstaging the great Gertrude Lawrence in Lady in the Dark in 1941 with an unforgettable rendition of the "Tchaikovsky," in which he rapidly fired off the names of 54 Russian composers in 38 se …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

The Cosby Show: The Dentist [TV Series] as Dr. Burns

1986

An Evening with Danny Kaye [Movie]

1981

Skokie [Movie] as Max Feldman

1981

The Muppet Show: Danny Kaye [TV Series]

1979

Pinocchio [Movie]

1976

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie [Movie] as Narrator

1971

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New York Philharmonic: Evening with Danny Kaye [Movie]

1981

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NEWS & GOSSIP

Brad Paisley: A Face Made for Videos

06/30/09 Brad Paisley's new album, American Saturday Night , was released Tuesday (June 30). | CMT (Country Music Televison)
Court jester draws record reader response

06/26/09 DFW of San Ramon said of "exit lane cheaters," those who use exit lanes to circumvent backed-up traffic: "To paraphrase the best-ever court jester, the vessel with the pestle may have the brew that is true, but the cheater in the Beemer keeps the flow going slow." | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Chip Davis will conduct famed choir

06/22/09 Christmas is coming a bit early to the Holland Performing Arts Center. | Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE
Carol Burnett charms fans in T.O.

06/12/09 The sold-out crowd at Massey Hall were so glad they had some time together with TV legend Carol Burnett on Friday night, even though it seemed that just as she got started, came the time to say so long. | JAM! Showbiz
Friedman, dentist with light touch, dies at 97

06/08/09 Nathan Friedman, a dentist whose comforting rapport with patients drew celebrities such as Danny Kaye and Lucille Ball to his Beverly Hills practice, has died. | The Fresno Bee - Fresno CA
Opera review: 'Tosca' arias pulsate

06/03/09 The rest of the opera, unfortunately, is something of a hit-or-miss undertaking. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
DVD: 'A Song Is Born'

05/23/09 Seven years after making "Ball of Fire," with Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper, director Howard Hawks revisited the same material in a musical, with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. Kaye plays a shy musicologist with a special interest in jazz, and she's a jazz-singing gun moll who, for a variety of circumstances not worth getting into, ends up hiding out in his house. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
Kaye, spouse chronicled in 'Danny and Sylvia'

05/23/09 It's often said that behind every successful man, there's a woman. | Asbury Park Press - Neptune NJ
Danny Kaye Musical Skips Over Best Parts of Real Walter Mitty: John Simon

05/14/09 | Bloomberg.com
DVD Review: A Song Is Born

05/07/09 Film director Billy Wilder once co-wrote a story entitled "From A To Z" which would later turn into a 1941 film Ball Of Fire starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck and directed by Howard Hawks. | Blogcritics.org Video
May's DVD releases offer a glimpse at mostly small films

05/03/09 May's video releases begin with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," in which Brad Pitt lives his life from back to front, although he doesn't remember the future. | mySA - San Antonio TX
Liberace Musical Keying Up for Broadway

04/23/09 Is a lit candelabrum atop a grand piano still compliant with New York fire prevention and building codes? | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
DVD Extra: Great Day

04/13/09 It's interesting to compare the 37-year-old virgin played by Doris Day in "Pillow Talk," which I review today for its 50th anniversary DVD release, with some work from earlier in his career collected in Warner Home Video's just-released third collection of her movies under the TCM Spotlight label. | Lou Lumenick On Film

Year
Result
Award
Movie

1981
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
Skokie

1958
Nominated
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
Me and the Colonel

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