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  Danny Kaye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaye was the original owner of the Seattle Mariners along with his partner Lester Smith, from 1977-81.
Danny Kaye was the consummate performer/entertainer -- he sang, he danced, he acted seriously as well as comedically, enthralling young and old without being risque or bawdy.
The bench at Danny Kaye's grave in Kensico Cemetery
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 Danny Kaye Biography
It was around this time that he changed his name to Danny Kaye and traveled to the Catskills, to an area known as the 'Borscht Belt', to work first for a radio station then by performing comedy at camps and summer hotels.
Danny couldn't resist bringing comedy to the symphony, though, and had been known to conduct "Flight of the Bumblebee" with a flyswatter and lie on the podium on his back and keep time by kicking his feet in the air.
Despite this, his conducting was well praised, with Zubin Mehta stating that Danny "has a very efficient conducting style." "Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic," broadcast on PBS, was partially responsible for the Peabody Award Danny received in 1981.
www.angelfire.com /film/dannykaye/DannyKaye_biography.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Danny Kaye Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Danny Kaye Show, which premiered on 25 September 1963, was designed as a showcase for the multi-talented entertainer who, before appearing on television, was already a veteran of the vaudeville circuit, the Broadway stage, film, radio, and nightclubs.
Kaye's series was a mixture of sketches and special musical material that showcased his inimitable talents.
For both these performances, Kaye was presented with another Peabody award "for virtuoso performances and versatility as a superb clown and as a sensitive dramatic actor." Kaye died in 1987.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/D/htmlD/dannykayesh/dannykayesh.htm   (722 words)

  
 UNICEF - UNICEF People - Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was born David Daniel Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, in 1913.
Kaye was equally successful on the small screen, winning an Emmy for his long-running television variety series, The Danny Kaye Show.
Danny Kaye's legacy, both as an entertainer and as a campaigner for children, is set to endure.
www.unicef.org /people/people_danny_kaye.html   (504 words)

  
 Danny Kaye - MSN Encarta
Danny Kaye (1913-1987), American comedian, singer, dancer, and musician, known for his talents of mimicry, the imitation of speech accents, and for using broad physical gestures to entertain.
Under contract to American producer Samuel Goldwyn, Kaye appeared in such films as Up in Arms (1944), Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), A Song Is Born (1948), and Hans Christian Andersen (1952).
Kaye often portrayed dual characters or performed in multiple-personality roles.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579660/Danny_Kaye.html   (294 words)

  
 The Lively Set, Danny Kaye
Danny and Bing are in the army together, singing and dancing to entertain the men when they're not fighting the enemy.
Danny was multi talented; he was a singer, comedian, dramatic actor and dancer who in his spare time was also a chef, humanitarian and pilot.
Danny was also successful on television and, beginning in 1963, hosted his own award-winning variety show filled with sketches and skits and special guests.
www.encore4.net /livelyset/take5/danny_kaye.html   (1187 words)

  
 Kaye Danny
After that Fine and Kaye were married in January 1940 Kaye appeared in a smash hit engagement at I a Martinique nightclub in New York, which led to a part in 'Lady In The Dark', starring Gertrude Lawrence.
Kaye had to leave the show early in 1942, suffering from nervous exhaustion, but having recovered, he toured on behalf of the war effort and is said 10 have sold a million dollars' worth of government bonds in six months.
Shortly after the show opened, Kaye tore a ligament in his leg during a performance, and subsequently appeared on crutches or in a wheel-chair, in which he tried to run down the other actors, adapting the show to his injury, much to the distaste of producer and composer Richard Rodgers.
www.maurice-abravanel.com /kaye_danny.html   (1583 words)

  
 American Masters . Danny Kaye | PBS
Born David Daniel Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1913, Danny Kaye was the son of an immigrant Russian tailor.
THE DANNY KAYE SHOW ran for four years and was an enormous hit, winning an Emmy in its first season.
His deep and continued commitment to the betterment of the peoples of the world was an inspiration to all, and his intelligent humor created a style all his own that made him one of the most beloved entertainers of his time.
www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/kaye_d.html   (579 words)

  
 Remembering Danny Kaye   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaye's popularity was even greater in Britain, where he enjoyed huge success with record-breaking engagements at the Palladium in 1948 and 1949 and made personal appearances at the royal palace.
Danny Kaye died in 1987 at the age of 74 of hepatitis and internal bleeding, the consequence of a transfusion of contaminated blood during quadruple bypass heart surgery in 1983.
Danny Kaye's final resting place: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla NY But we will never forget the man who made us laugh, or cry, or sing, or dance, or love...
www.geocities.com /Wellesley/4214/dannykaye.html   (715 words)

  
 Danny Kaye | Biography (1913-1987)
Danny Kaye was definately a man of his times.
Danny Kaye had his now: it is even said that Laurence Olivier got a crush on him.
(Kaye was especially popular in England.) And even now one can pick up the feeling of nearly inhuman energy in Kaye on screen, somewhere between child, machine, and rogue cuckoo clock.
www.leninimports.com /danny_kaye.html   (418 words)

  
 Any Day Danny Kaye   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Yet, the range of characters that Kaye played was limited and elements in all the characters repeat themselves, depending heavily on the of the Kaye’s Catskills comedy origins.
The fey side of Danny Kaye is captured by the persistent rumors of a homosexual relationship with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Kaye reluctantly was a late entry into the television variety sweepstakes for a few years and even did a relatively successful return to Broadway playing Noah in the 1971 Richard Rogers musical Two by Two.
www.filmsondisc.com /features/dannykaye/anydaydannykaye.htm   (1695 words)

  
 Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was one of the most popular entertainers in the United States and England during the 1940s and '50s, thanks largely to a string of successful films that showcased his witty song-and-dance routines.
For years Kaye was a spokesman for the United Nation's Children's Fund, and in 1954 he was awarded a special Oscar for his humanitarian efforts.
Danny Kaye - Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminsky or Kominski) actor, singer, comedian Born: 1/18/1913 Birthplace:...
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 Danny Kaye Encyclopedia Article @ BareHands.com (Bare Hands)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer and comedian.
Dame Joan Plowright, widow of the actor Lord Laurence Olivier, claimed that Olivier had a long homosexual relationship with Kaye while Olivier was still married to his second wife, Vivien Leigh.
Danny Kaye was the consummate performer/entertainer -- he sang, he danced, he acted seriously as well as comedically, enthralling young and old without being risky or bawdy.
www.barehands.com /encyclopedia/Danny_Kaye   (853 words)

  
 The Biography of Danny Kaye - Associated Content
Danny Kaye passed away on March 3, 1987 at the age of seventy-four.
Danny Kaye was born as "David Daniel Kaminski" on January 18, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York.
Another example is in the movie, "The Court Jester." Danny Kaye made the tongue-twisting line, "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true" famous.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/23575/the_biography_of_danny_kaye.html   (1719 words)

  
 Danny Kaye
Kaye was born David Daniel Kaminksy, on January 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York.
Kaye had married a young woman named Sylvia Fine in 1940, and this marked another turning point in his career, because Sylvia Fine would become not only his manager, but the author of some of his best gags and routines, as well as his lyricist.
Kaye died on March 3, 1987, of hepatitis and internal bleeding, the result of a transfusion of contaminated blood during a 1983 quadruple bypass heart surgery.
www.holeintheweb.com /drp/bhd/DannyKaye.htm   (830 words)

  
 Solid! -- Danny Kaye
The son of an immigrant Russian tailor, Kaye dropped out of high school to work for a local radio station.
Though Kaye's popularity began to decline in the late 1950s he continued to appear in films until the early 1960s.
Danny Kaye died in 1987 after suffering a heart attack.
www.parabrisas.com /d_kayed.php   (281 words)

  
 Librarian's Lobby July 2002, by Daniel D. Stuhlman -- Jewish Comedians part II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski, January 18, 1913 - March 3, 1987) was the youngest child of Jacob and Clara Kaminski.
Danny Kaye was to be the centerpiece of the entire season.
Danny Kaye died in 1987 of hepatitis and internal bleeding, the consequence of a transfusion of contaminated blood during bypass heart surgery in 1983.
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 Danny Kaye - Biography - AOL Music
In 1933 he joined the Three Terpsichoreans' vaudeville act, performing for the first time as "Danny Kaye"; after touring the country in the stage revue La Vie Paree, the troupe sailed to the Orient in 1934.
The trip proved unsuccessful, and soon Kaye was back in New York; there he met pianist and songwriter Sylvia Fine, who became not only his performing partner but also his wife.
Kaye then went to Canada in 1950, becoming the first solo performer to star at the Canadian National Exhibition, before returning to Britain in 1952 for a tour of the nation's provincial music halls.
music.aol.com /artist/danny-kaye/3112/biography   (721 words)

  
 Biography for Danny Kaye   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Danny Kaye left school at the age of 13 to work in the Borscht Belt of the Catskill Mountains.
His debut, as Danny, was successful and he continued to make hit movies such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and The Inspector General (1949).
According to daughter Dena Kaye, for the rest of his life, whenever someone would recognize him in public, they would run up to him and recite the "pellet with the poison..." speech from The Court Jester (1956).
us.imdb.com /Bio?Kaye,+Danny   (739 words)

  
 Danny Kaye, James Beard and me - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
My husband and I had never met Danny Kaye, but about 20 years ago we heard that he was in our town, Miami Beach.
My husband called Kaye at his hotel and explained that I was a well-known baker and cookbook author and that we would like to invite him to visit.
Some were to be made on homemade brioche and some on oatmeal bread; some included sliced onions and some had chopped onions mixed with mayonnaise and parsley instead; sometimes the sandwiches were cut into rounds, and sometimes they were oblong or square.
dir.salon.com /story/mwt/feature/2004/09/03/danny_kaye/index_np.html   (504 words)

  
 Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Danny Kaye
Kaye recalled that he took up the baton at the invitation of Eugene Ormandy.
It was while Kaye was playing in a stage show in Philadelphia in a theater located a block away from the Academy of Music.
Although performing was the backbone of his life, Kaye's heart was also with UNICEF for which he was a permanent ambassador-at-large to the world's children.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3748&source_type=A   (742 words)

  
 Danny Kaye Show OTR MP3 List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Danny Kaye, born David Daniel Kaminski and a one of the first owners of Seattle's baseball club, the Mariners, splashed onto the scene in 1940 when he appeared in the Broadway smash "Lady in the Dark," which boosted his career.
Danny Kaye circa 1966Danny's career musical career was so demanding that he had to play in a musical, "Two by Two," with a broken leg that he suffered a day before, since he did not use understudies.
Nineteen-forty must have been a very interesting year for Danny for that was the year that he met, and married, Sylvia Fine, who then took immediate charge of Danny's career.
www.otrcat.com /dannykaye.htm   (446 words)

  
 Danny Kaye - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Danny Kaye - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Kaye, Danny (1913-1987), American comedian, singer, dancer, and musician, known for his talents of mimicry, the imitation of speech accents, and...
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, and the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
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 Danny Kaye
Third film version of Folies Bergere stars Danny Kaye in the role of a rich baron as well as his double, a nightclub performer.
Danny Kaye stars as a ventriloquist who is mistaken for an international spy and gets involved with vampy agent Mai Zetterling.
In this hilarious semi remake of On the Riviera, Danny Kaye stars as a hapless American GI who impersonates a famed English general in order to root out German spies.
www.cabbageboymovies.com /kaye.html   (99 words)

  
 myDannyKaye.com - Secret life of Walter Mitty, The Court Jester, Hans Christian Anderson, Sylvia Fine, Man from the ...
Danny Kaye has a huge impact on me, and I created this site in order to show you my Danny Kaye, the friend to children, the entertainer, the comedian, the singer, the man. This site is here to help raise his profile and remind people of the impact he made on modern cinema and comedy.
Not only was Danny a singer, dancer and actor, but he was a fine slapstick comedian - as is evident in his many films.
When Danny was in the prime of his career, riots ensued wherever he went as people lined for hours to catch a glimpse or buy a ticket to a show.
dannykaye.fcpages.com   (666 words)

  
 Danny Kaye - Secret life of Walter Mitty, The Court Jester, Hans Christian Anderson
Danny Kaye with Johnny Green and his orchestra and Victor Young and his orchestra.
Danny Kaye was reputedly a first-class G&S fan, but he never played any G&S on stage, so far as I know.
He goes on to describe a meeting with Danny Kaye, and tells his how much he'd like to hear the recordings.
www.mydannykaye.com /gas.html   (1365 words)

  
 Danny Kaye @ Filmbug
Danny Kaye was an American actor and comedian.
Born in Brooklyn as red-haired David Daniel Kaminski, Kaye became one of the world's best-known comedians.
Kaye starred in two biopics, Hans Christian Andersen about the Danish story-teller, and The Five Pennies (1959), about jazz pioneer Red Nichols.
www.filmbug.com /db/292334   (446 words)

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