Jimmy Durante

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Birthday:

10 February 1893, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name:

James Francis Durante

Height:

170 cm

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.

[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 mad...Show more »

[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. Show less «

[ad-libbing with Bob Hope] When it comes to noses, you're a retailer. I'm a wholesaler!

I hate music, especially when it's played.

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

I like to make people laugh. Dey like me. What more could I want?

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

Be awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down.

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone?