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| Born | February 10, 1893 |
| Hometown | New York City, New York (state), United States |
| Height | 5'8" (1.73m) |
| Spouse | Margie Little (m 1960 - 1980) , Jeanne Olsen (m 1921 - 1943) |
| Children | CeCe Durante-Bloum |
| Parents | Bartolomeo Durante , Rosa Lentino Durante |
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Emmys flashback to 1953: 70 years ago the big winners were ‘Your Show of Shows’ and ‘I Love Lucy’
- NBC’s landmark “Your Show of Shows” won its second consecutive best variety program statuette at the primetime Emmy Awards held Feb. 5, 1953 at the old Hotel Statler hosted by Art Linkletter. The 90-minute live program had strong competition- “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends” (CBS); “The Colgate Comedy Hour” (NBC); “The Jackie Gleason Show” (CBS) […]
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.X Ambassadors to showcase wonderfully weird 'The Beautiful Liar' at Knitting Factory
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Frosty the Snowman - Holiday 2011
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Billy Rose's Jumbo | Nominated |
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A call to prayer, &c.
The chief justice of South Africa is a man named Mogoeng Mogoeng, whose name reminds me of Jimmy Durante. “New York, New York,” Durante used to say: “a city whose name’s so nice, you got to say it twice.”In addition to being the chief justice, Mogoeng is a pastor, and he made a most extraordinary statement about the coronavirus. He made it on March 17 (and he was wearing a green tie, which may or may not have been coincidental).“What we must never forget is our national anthem,” said Mogoeng. “O
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Friday Ratings: ‘Frosty The Snowman’ Wins The Night With Annual Christmas Special
There must have been some magic in that old silk ratings hat they found, as the annual CBS airing of the animated Frosty the Snowman topped the night's ratings wars. The 50th airing of the Rankin-Bass animation special, based on the Walter E. Rollins and Steve Nelson song and featuring the voices of Jimmy Durante, […]
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This Is What It Takes to Sell a Luxury Manhattan Condo These Days
Humans may not be rushing to scoop up luxury condos in Manhattan, where buyers are inundated with choices. So maybe zoo animals will.
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Jared Leto Gets Lucky, Sells Hollywood Hills Home Above Asking Price
SELLER: Jared Leto LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA PRICE: $2,050,000 SIZE: 4,021 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms YOUR MAMA’S NOTES: Lucky Jared Leto got smacked with the real estate good fortune stick and sold his former home in an unheralded pocket of the Hollywood Hills for $2,050,000, a $51,000 increase over the $1.999 million asking... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/dirt/real-estalker/jared-leto-hollywood-hills-house-sold-1202481459/" title="Read Jared Leto Gets Lucky, Sells Hollywood Hi
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JFK’s ‘Lost Inaugural Gala’: How Sinatra Created Showbiz’s Biggest Political Night (Listen)
The centennial of John F. Kennedy’s birth is on Monday, and to mark the occasion, PBS stations are presenting “JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala.” The program is a one-hour documentary about the parade of showbiz A-listers who threw a big bash for the then-incoming President on Jan. 19, 1961. There had been previous star-filled inaugural... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/john-f-kennedy-jfk-lost-inaugural-gala-frank-sinatra-pbs-1202446449/" title="Read JFK’s ‘Lost Inaugural Gala’: How Sina
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Jared Leto’s Hillside Oasis Listed for Sale at $1.999M
Suicide Squad actor Jared Leto is listing his home, located off the Sunset Strip and Cahuenga Pass, for $1.999 million. While it’s highly unlikely you’ll receive an invitation to join the squad, you can own a home from one of its stars.
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Sid Smith, TV Director for Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope, Dies at 93
He worked on beauty pageants, 'Your Hit Parade' and with Elizabeth Taylor during his 50-year career.
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Scientists Discover Dinosaur With Massive Schnoz
Scientists are calling it the Jimmy Durante of Dinosaurs. Not because of its talents as a jazz pianist, but because -- like Durante -- the newly-identified dinosaur Rhinorex condrupus had quite a large nose. Paleontologists Dr. Terry Gates, a postdoctoral researcher with NC State and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and Dr. Rodney Scheetz, a researcher at the Brigham Young University's Museum of Paleontology, uncovered the duck-billed dino, a hadrosaur, in storage at BYU.
