Jimmy Durante

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 wife adopted a baby girl, Cecelia Alicia on Christmas day 1961. Durante doted on "CeCe" until his death.

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

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

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

I hate music, especially when it's played.

I hate music, especially when it's played.

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?

[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. Show less «

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.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

[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.

Jimmy Durante's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (16)

Frosty the Snowman

Two Sisters from Boston

Thats Entertainment, Part II

Thats Entertainment

The Dean Martin Show - Season 2

The Dean Martin Show - Season 1

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

The Lucy Show - Season 2

The Lucy Show - Season 1

On an Island with You

Music for Millions

Two Girls and a Sailor

The Man Who Came to Dinner [Audio: English]

Hollywood Party

Watch Now

Jimmy Durante'S roles

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