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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
Danny Kaye |
David Daniel Kaminsky |
| Danny Kolbin |
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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. |