Birthday: January 18, 2013
Inimitable, multi-talented entertainer Danny Kaye first gained fame on Broadway by upstaging the great Gertrude Lawrence in Lady in the Dark in 1941 with an unforgettable rendition of the "Tchaikovsky," in which he rapidly fired off the names of 54 Russian composers in 38 seconds. Born David Daniel Kaminski, a garment worker's son in Brooklyn, New York, Kaye left school at age 13 to ...more- 1981
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma
- Skokie
- nom
- 1958
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- Me and the Colonel
- win
- 1956
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
- The Court Jester
- nom
- 2049
- The Inspector General
- Georgi
- 2049
- It's a Great Feeling
- Himself
- 2048
- A Song Is Born
- Prof. Robert Frisbee
- 2047
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- Walter Mitty
- 2046
- The Kid from Brooklyn
- Burleigh Sullivan
- 1981
- New York Philharmonic: Evening with Danny Kaye
- Director













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