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Danny Kaye |
David Daniel Kaminsky |
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Danny (Kaye) Kolbin as one of his original broadway billings "Highlights & Shadows" in 1937 called him was a sensational Singer, Comic, Mime, Actor and excellent comic Dancer. He starred in many Films and danced with many dancers. Honed his craft in the Catskills in NY. After the Catskills, Kaye joined the dancing act of Dave Harvey and Kathleen Young in 1933. It has been said that on opening night he lost his balance and fell and the audience loved it, he would later incorporate this many times into his acts.
Kaye made his Broadway debut in a play called "Straw Hat Revue" in 1939 with Imogene Coca and later in 1937 broke into Films but 1944 would be the the film "Up In Arms" which made him a star. |
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1/18/1913 - 3/3/1987 |
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1938/49 - London Theater |
1937 - Highlights & Shadows (as Kolbin) |
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1941 - Alvin Theater |
1939 - Straw Hat Revue |
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1953 - Palace Theater |
1941 - Lady In The Dark |
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1960 - Desert Inn, LV |
1970 - Two by Two |
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1944 - Up In Arms |
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1963 - Danny Kaye Show |
5/6/1946 - Life Mag. |
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1945 - Wonder Man |
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1975 - Peter Pan |
1953 - Hans C. Anderson Comic |
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1946 - Kid From Brooklyn |
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1981 - Stokie |
10/1963 - Show Mag. |
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1947 - Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
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Whats My Line |
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
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1948 - Song Is Born |
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1981 - An Evening with Danny Kaye |
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1949 - Inspector General |
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The Muppet Show (Swedish Chef) |
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1949 - It's A Great Feeling |
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Laugh In |
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1951 - On The Riviera |
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1952 - Hans Christian Anderson |
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1953? - Invitation to the Dance |
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1954 - Knock On Wood |
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1954 - White Christmas |
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1956 - Court Jester |
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1958 - Merry Andrew |
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Awards |
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1958 - Me and the Colonel |
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1955 - Honorary Oscar |
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1959 - Five Pennies |
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1961 - On The Double |
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1963 - Diner's Club |
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1969 - Madwoman Of Chailot |
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