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.

[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!

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

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.

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

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

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.

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 «

I hate music, especially when it's played.

I hate music, especially when it's played.

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

Jimmy Durante's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (12)

Thats Entertainment

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

The Dean Martin Show - Season 2

On an Island with You

The Dean Martin Show - Season 1

Hollywood Party

Two Girls and a Sailor

Frosty the Snowman

The Man Who Came to Dinner [Audio: English]

Thats Entertainment, Part II

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Jimmy Durante'S roles

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