| Danny Kaye  AKA David Daniel Kaminski
Born: 18-Jan-1913
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 3-Mar-1987
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Hepatitis [1]
Remains: Buried, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
[1] Complications of internal bleeding and hepatitis.
Father: Jacob Kaminsky
Mother: Clara Nemerov
Wife: Sylvia Fine (composer, m. 3-Jan-1940)
Daughter: Dena Kaye
Slept with: Laurence Olivier (according to Olivier's widow)
Oscar (honorary) 1955
Oscar (honorary) 1982 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Emmy 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show
Golden Globe 1952 for On the Riviera
Golden Globe 1959 for Me and the Colonel
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6563 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Kennedy Center Honor 1984
Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses 1984
Endorsement of Phillips-Van Heusen Van Heusen shirts (1954)
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Ran Away From Home
Appendectomy Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (Dec-1962)
Traveled to the USSR Jul-1963
Asteroid Namesake 6546 Kaye
Risk Factors: Appendicitis
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Skokie (17-Nov-1981)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (12-Oct-1969) · The Ragpicker
The Man from the Diner's Club (17-Apr-1963) · Ernest Klenk
On the Double (19-May-1961) · Pfc. Ernest Williams
The Five Pennies (18-Jun-1959)
Me and the Colonel (Oct-1958) · S. L. Jacobowsky
Merry Andrew (20-Mar-1958) · Andrew Larabee
The Court Jester (27-Jan-1956) · Hubert Hawkins
White Christmas (14-Oct-1954) · Phil Davis
Knock on Wood (14-Apr-1954) · Jerry
Hans Christian Andersen (25-Nov-1952) · Hans Christian Andersen
On the Riviera (20-Apr-1951) · Jack Martin
The Inspector General (30-Dec-1949) · Georgi
A Song is Born (19-Oct-1948) · Prof. Hobart Frisbee
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (14-Aug-1947) · Walter Mitty
The Kid from Brooklyn (21-Mar-1946) · Burleigh Sullivan
Wonder Man (8-Jun-1945) · Edwin Dingle
Up in Arms (17-Feb-1944) · Danny Weems
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