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Jimmy Durante

Actor

Jimmy Durante

Acting
1932 — 1962 · 9 films
Lived
9 February 1893 — d. 1980
From
New York City, New York, USA

Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo") Jimmy Durante was educated in New York public schools. He began his career as a Coney Island pianist, and organized a five-piece band in 1916. He opened the Club Durant with Eddie Jackson and Lou Clayton, with whom he later formed a comedy trio for vaudeville and on television. He appeared in the Broadway musicals "Show Girl", "The New Yorkers", "Strike Me Pink", "Jumbo", "Red Hot and Blue", and "Stars in Your Eyes".

Career Signature

How Jimmy Durante’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.