 Jimmy Durante, 10 Feb 1893 - 29 Jan 1980. Color carbro print, 42 x 31.9 cm (16 9/16 x 12 9/16"). Image by Harry Warnecke, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC0 |
Jimmy DuranteJimmy Durante Jimmy Durante American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist (1893–1980) "Schnozzola" redirects here. For the Mr. Meaty episode, see List of Mr. Meaty episodes § Schnozzola. James Francis Durante (/dəˈrænti/ də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an Italian-American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola (Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word schnoz, meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname. Quick facts Born, Died ... Jimmy Durante Durante in 1948 Born… (Source: Wikipedia)
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