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Jimmy Durante

1893 - 1980

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James Francis Durante ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Durante is the 4,686th most popular actor (down from 4,331st in 2019), the 7,433rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,351st in 2019) and the 2,150th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jimmy Durante ranks 4,686 out of 13,578. Before him are Rose Leslie, Patrick Kilpatrick, Ben Chaplin, Millie Perkins, May Britt, and Ed Helms. After him are James Darren, Bill Smitrovich, Luke Hemsworth, Irina Alfyorova, Charles Shaughnessy, and Minami Takayama.

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Among people born in 1893, Jimmy Durante ranks 213. Before him are Gabrielle Petit, Romeo Bertini, Georges Buchard, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Urho Peltonen, and Harald Cramér. After him are Charley Chase, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Blind Blake, Georg Åberg, Gladys Davis, and Stasys Girėnas. Among people deceased in 1980, Jimmy Durante ranks 223. Before him are Sherm Clark, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Fumio Gotō, Rudolf Bürger, Philip Guston, and Tim Hardin. After him are Victor Sen Yung, Enrique Hertzog, Héctor Socorro, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Anna Jantar, and László Szollás.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Durante ranks 7,435 out of 20,380. Before him are Edith Clarke (1883), Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), Hal Needham (1931), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Millie Perkins (1938), and Ed Helms (1974). After him are James Darren (1936), Bill Smitrovich (1947), Hassler Whitney (1907), George Ord (1781), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), and Robert Durst (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jimmy Durante ranks 2,151. Before him are Gina Carano (1982), Sandy Dennis (1937), Jeffrey Donovan (1968), Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), Millie Perkins (1938), and Ed Helms (1974). After him are James Darren (1936), Bill Smitrovich (1947), Aria Giovanni (1977), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), and Mary Beth Hurt (1946).

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