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Stage Name

Birth Name

Danny Kaye David Daniel Kaminsky

   -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. Homed 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.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Brooklyn, NY 1/18/1913 - 3/3/1987 Sylvia Fine Victoria
                  Dena Kaye
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Ballroom Diana Adams $ Ballin' The Jack
Ballin' The Jack ?Fred Astaire? $ Minnie The Moocher
Comedy Dance Gene Kelly Tchaikovsky
Jazz & Tap Michael Kidd (Chor)      
Jitterbug Dave Harvey and Kathleen Young      
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Martinique 1938/49 - London Theater 1937 - Highlights & Shadows (as Kolbin)
      1941 - Alvin Theater 1939 - Straw Hat Revue
      1953 - Palace Theater 1941 - Lady In The Dark
      1960 - Desert Inn, LV 1970 - Two by Two
      London Palladium      
      Ziegfeld Theater      
 

Films

Television

Publications

1944 - Up In Arms 1963 - Danny Kaye Show 5/6/1946 - Life Mag.
1945 - Wonder Man 1975 - Peter Pan 1953 - Hans C. Anderson Comic
1946 - Kid From Brooklyn 1981 - Stokie 10/1963 - Show Mag.
1947 - Secret Life of Walter Mitty       Grimm's Fairy Tales
1948 - Song Is Born       Russian Republic of Udmurtia stamp
1949 - Inspector General            
1949 - It's A Great Feeling            
1951 - On The Riviera            
1952 - Hans Christian Anderson            
1953? - Invitation to the Dance            
1954 - Knock On Wood            
1954 - White Christmas            
1956 - Court Jester            
1958 - Merry Andrew            
1958 - Me and the Colonel            
1959 - Five Pennies            
1961 - On The Double            
1963 - Diner's Club            
1969 - Madwoman Of Chailot            
NOTE:
August 13, 2007
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