Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; 18 January 1911 – 3 March 1987) was an American actor, comedian and singer.

Kaye at Schiphol on October 5, 1955

Quotes

• Civilization? I'll stay right here [in the Congo]!
  • "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (1947), Decca

• I am a wife-made man.
  • Referring to the contributions that his wife Sylvia Fine's songs made to his career
  • Leslie Halliwell (2001). Who's Who in the Movies. HarperCollins Entertainment. pp. p. 242 (of 593). ISBN 0002572141. 

• I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.
  • Leslie Halliwell (2001). Who's Who in the Movies. HarperCollins Entertainment. pp. p. 242. ISBN 0002572141. 

Quotes about Kaye

• I can't say what Danny Kaye is like in private life. There are too many of them.
  • Sylvia Fine; quoted in Leslie Halliwell (2001). Who's Who in the Movies. HarperCollins Entertainment. pp. p. 242. ISBN 0002572141. 

• I can say what Danny Kaye is like in real life. He's nice and gentle but he has a bit of a mean streak.
  • Annie Kickbags; quoted in Cameron McGrandles (2014). Who's In Films And Media. Muddilan Super-Duper Books. pp. p. 290. ISBN 9108257231416 . 

• [E]xclusively verbal humor have been conveyed by Harpo Marx, who with Charles Chaplin, Jimmy Savo, and Danny Kaye, ranks as a master artist of pantomime.
  • Muriel Rukeyser The Life of Poetry (1949)

See also

• Sylvia Fine
• The Court Jester

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Danny Kaye on Wikipedia