Jimmy Durante

Birthday: 10 February 1893, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name: James Francis Durante

Height: 170 cm

First wife Jeanne died in 1943. Wed second wife, Marjorie Little after 16 year courtship when she was 39 and he 67 Marjorie Little had been the hatcheck girl at the Copacabana. Durante and his second ...Show More

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

[ad-libbing with Bob Hope] When it comes to noses, you're a retailer. I'm a wholesaler! [ad-libbing with Bob Hope] When it comes to noses, you're a retailer. I'm a wholesaler!

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.

I like to make people laugh. Dey like me. What more could I want? I like to make people laugh. Dey like me. What more could I want?

Be awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down. Be awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down.

[on his funny looks as a child] I'd go home [from school] and cry. I made up my mind never to hurt a Show more [on his funny looks as a child] I'd go home [from school] and cry. I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, crossed eyes, or their stuttering. Hide

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone? Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone?

I hate music, especially when it's played. I hate music, especially when it's played.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did. Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

Jimmy Durante's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (12)

Thats Entertainment, Part II

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

On an Island with You

Two Girls and a Sailor

The Dean Martin Show - Season 1

Greedy

Thats Entertainment