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Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913–March 3, 1987)
was an American actor, singer and
comedian.

Born in Brooklyn as David Daniel Kaminski,
red-haired Kaye became one of the world's
best-known comedians.  In 1941 he appeared in the
Broadway show, Lady in the Dark and performed the
famous number Tchaikovsky, by Kurt Weill and Ira
Gershwin, in which he sang the names of a whole
string of Russian composers at breakneck speed,
seemingly without taking a breath. 

He was propelled to what today would be called
superstardom in 1948 when he appeared at the
London Palladium music hall. According to The New
York Times, he roused the Royal family to shrieks
of laughter and was the first of many performers
who have turned English variety into an American
preserve. Life (magazine)|Life magazine described
his reception as worshipful hysteria and noted
that the Royals, for the first time in history,
left the royal box to see the show from the front
row of the orchestra. 

Kaye made his film debut in a 1935 comedy short
subject  entitled Moon Over Manhattan., although
his feature film debut was Up in Arms (1944).  He
starred in several movies with actress Virginia
Mayo in the 1940's, and is well known for his
roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), White
Christmas (1954), Knock on Wood (1954), The Court
Jester (1956), and Merry Andrew (1958). Kaye
starred in two pictures based on biographies, Hans
Christian Andersen (movie)|Hans Christian Andersen
(1952)  about the Danish story-teller, and The
Five Pennies (1959) about jazz pioneer Red
Nichols.

Kaye also worked in television.  He hosted a
variety hour on CBS, The Danny Kaye Show, from
1963 to 1967.  He also guest-starred in episodes
of The Cosby Show and of the 1980's remake of  The
Twilight Zone. 

Danny Kaye also acted in a pantomime production of
Cinderella, in Sydney,New South Wales, Australia,
during the 1950's, where he played the role of
Buttons (pantomime)|Buttons, Cinderella's
stepfather's servant, and also  Cinderella's
friend.

In many of his movies, as well as on stage, Danny
Kaye proved to be an able actor, singer, dancer
and comedian, often having his comedic talents
showcased by special material written by his wife,
Sylvia Fine. He showed quite a different and
serious side as Ambassador for UNICEF, and in one
of his few dramatic roles in the memorable
TV-movie Skokie, in which he played a the
Holocaust|Holocaust survivor. Before he died in
1987, Kaye also demonstrated his ability to
conduct an orchestra during a comical, but
technically sound, series of concerts organised
for UNICEF fundraising.  Kaye received two Academy
awards, an Academy Honorary Award|honorary award
in 1955 and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
in 1982.

Joan Plowright, widow of the actor Laurence
Olivier, claimed that Olivier had a long
homosexual relationship with Kaye while Olivier
was still married to his second wife, Vivien
Leigh. Kaye's widow Sylvia denied these rumors.

Danny Kaye died in 1987, and is interred in the
Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

==Filmography==
*Moon Over Manhattan (1935) (short subject)
*Dime a Dance (1937) (short subject)
*Money On Your Life (1938) (short subject)
*Getting an Eyeful (1938) (short subject)
*Cupid Takes a Holiday (1938) (short subject)
*Up in Arms (1944)
*Wonder Man (film)|Wonder Man (1945)
*The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
*The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
*Screen Snapshots: Out-of-This-World Series (1947)
(short subject)
*A Song Is Born (1948)
*It's a Great Feeling (1949) (Cameo)
*The Inspector General (1949)
*On the Riviera (1951)
*Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian
Andersen (1952)
*Assignment Children (1954) (short subject)
*Knock on Wood (1954)
*Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954)
(short subject)
*White Christmas (1954)
*Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955) (short
subject)
*Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood (1956)
(short subject)
*The Court Jester (1956)
*Merry Andrew (1958)
*Me and the Colonel (1958)
*The Five Pennies (1959)
*The Millionairess (1960) (Cameo)
*On the Double (1961)
*The Man from the Diner's Club (1963)
*The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

==References==
*Parnell of the Palladium, Willi Frischauer, Oct.
24, 1948, p. X3. The London Palladium and Kaye's
reception.
*http://www.angelfire.com/film/dannykaye/DannyKaye
_biography.htm Danny Kaye bio, quotes Life
magazine.
Commons|Danny Kaye

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Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913–March 3, 1987)
was an United States|American actor, singer and
comedian.

Born in Brooklyn as David Daniel Kaminski,
red-haired Kaye became one of the world's
best-known comedians.  In 1941 he appeared in the
Broadway show, Lady in the Dark and performed the
famous number "Tchaikovsky," by Kurt Weill and Ira
Gershwin, in which he sang the names of a whole
string of Russian composers at breakneck speed,
seemingly without taking a breath. 

He was propelled to what today would be called
superstardom in 1948 when he appeared at the
London Palladium music hall. According to The New
York Times, he "roused the Royal family to shrieks
of laughter and was the first of many performers
who have turned English variety into an American
preserve." Life (magazine)|Life magazine described
his reception as "worshipful hysteria" and noted
that the Royals, for the first time in history,
left the royal box to see the show from the front
row of the orchestra. 

Kaye made his film debut in a 1935 comedy short
subject  entitled Moon Over Manhattan., although
his feature film debut was Up in Arms (1944).  He
starred in several movies with actress Virginia
Mayo in the 1940's, and is well known for his
roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), White
Christmas (1954), Knock on Wood (1954), The Court
Jester (1956), and Merry Andrew (1958). Kaye
starred in two pictures based on biographies, Hans
Christian Andersen (movie)|Hans Christian Andersen
(1952)  about the Danish story-teller, and The
Five Pennies (1959) about jazz pioneer Red
Nichols.

Kaye also worked in television.  He hosted a
variety hour on CBS, The Danny Kaye Show, from
1963 to 1967.  He also guest-starred in episodes
of The Cosby Show and of the 1980's remake of  The
Twilight Zone. 

Danny Kaye also acted in a pantomime production of
Cinderella, in Sydney,New South Wales, Australia,
during the 1950's, where he played the role of
"Buttons (pantomime)|Buttons", Cinderella's
stepfather's servant, and also  Cinderella's
friend.

In many of his movies, as well as on stage, Danny
Kaye proved to be an able actor, singer, dancer
and comedian, often having his comedic talents
showcased by special material written by his wife,
Sylvia Fine. He showed quite a different and
serious side as Ambassador for UNICEF, and in one
of his few dramatic roles in the memorable
TV-movie Skokie, in which he played a the
Holocaust|Holocaust survivor. Before he died in
1987, Kaye also demonstrated his ability to
conduct an orchestra during a comical, but
technically sound, series of concerts organised
for UNICEF fundraising.  Kaye received two Academy
awards, an Academy Honorary Award|honorary award
in 1955 and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
in 1982.

Joan Plowright, widow of the actor Laurence
Olivier, claimed that Olivier had a long
homosexuality|homosexual relationship with Kaye
while Olivier was still married to his second
wife, Vivien Leigh. Kaye's widow Sylvia denied
these rumors.

Danny Kaye died in 1987, and is interred in the
Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

==Filmography==
*Moon Over Manhattan (1935) (short subject)
*Dime a Dance (1937) (short subject)
*Money On Your Life (1938) (short subject)
*Getting an Eyeful (1938) (short subject)
*Cupid Takes a Holiday (1938) (short subject)
*Up in Arms (1944)
*Wonder Man (film)|Wonder Man (1945)
*The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
*The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
*Screen Snapshots: Out-of-This-World Series (1947)
(short subject)
*A Song Is Born (1948)
*It's a Great Feeling (1949) (Cameo)
*The Inspector General (1949)
*On the Riviera (1951)
*Hans Christian Andersen (film)|Hans Christian
Andersen (1952)
*Assignment Children (1954) (short subject)
*Knock on Wood (1954)
*Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954)
(short subject)
*White Christmas (1954)
*Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955) (short
subject)
*Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood (1956)
(short subject)
*The Court Jester (1956)
*Merry Andrew (1958)
*Me and the Colonel (1958)
*The Five Pennies (1959)
*The Millionairess (1960) (Cameo)
*On the Double (1961)
*The Man from the Diner's Club (1963)
*The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

==References==
*"Parnell of the Palladium," Willi Frischauer,
Oct. 24, 1948, p. X3. The London Palladium and
Kaye's reception.
*http://www.angelfire.com/film/dannykaye/DannyKaye
_biography.htm Danny Kaye bio, quotes Life
magazine.
Commons|Danny Kaye