Jimmy Durante: Biography, Facts and Career
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James Francis Durante ( də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola (Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word schnoz, meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname.
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- Full name: Jimmy Durante
- Born: 1893-02-10
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Comedian
- Wikidata ID: Q471023
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Who is Jimmy Durante?
James Francis Durante ( də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist.
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Jimmy Durante is United States.
When was Jimmy Durante born?
Jimmy Durante was born on 1893-02-10.
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