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Danny Kaye
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Danny Kaye

1911 – 1987 · aged 76

American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)

Born
18 Jan 1911 · Brooklyn
Died
3 Mar 1987 · Los Angeles

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 87 years
  1. 18 Jan 1911BornBorn in Brooklyn
  2. 1951AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
  3. 1953AwardSpecial Tony Award
  4. 1955AwardAcademy Honorary Award
  5. 1959AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
  6. 1980AwardCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
  7. 1981AwardPeabody Awards
  8. 1981AwardWateler Peace Prize
  9. 1982AwardJean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
  10. 1982AwardSAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
  11. 1984AwardKennedy Center Honors
  12. 1986AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  13. 1987AwardPresidential Medal of Freedom
  14. 3 Mar 1987DiedDied in Los Angeles

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1911 – 1987).

  1. 1914 – 1918World War I
  2. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  3. 1917Balfour Declaration
  4. 1917February Revolution
  5. 1917October Revolution
  6. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  7. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  8. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  9. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  10. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  12. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  13. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1938Munich Agreement
  15. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  16. 1939 – 1945World War II
  17. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  18. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  19. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  20. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  21. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  22. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  23. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  24. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  26. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  27. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  29. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  30. 1956Suez Crisis
  31. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  33. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  35. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  37. 1968Prague Spring
  38. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  39. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  40. 19741974 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, singer and comedian. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.

Kaye starred in 23 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling".

He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986 for his years of work with the organization.

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