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Jimmy Durante
Birthday:
10 February 1893
Birth Name:
James Francis Durante
Height:
170 cm
Biography
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.
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.
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?
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.
[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!
[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.
[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.
Jimmy Durante
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.
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