Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante
Durante in 1964
Born	James Francis Durante (1893-02-10)February 10, 1893 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 29, 1980(1980-01-29) (aged 86) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Other names	The Schnoz The Great Schnozzola
Occupations	Comedian actor singer pianist
Years active	1920–1974
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Jeanne Olsen ​ ​ (m. 1921; died 1943)​ Margie Little ​ (m. 1960)​
Children	1 (adopted)
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James Francis Durante (/dəˈrænti/ də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an 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.