"U.S.O. Tour" Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye, October 1958. Photo by Gerald Smith MPTV
Caption: "U.S.O. Tour" Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye, October 1958. Photo by Gerald Smith MPTV
Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department
Born: January 18, 1911
Star sign: Capricorn
Height: 5' 11" (1.8 m)
Known for: EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (1982), An Hour with Danny Kaye (1960), The Court Jester (1955), White Christmas (1954)
Source: IMDB
Danny Kaye left school at the age of 13 to work in the so-called Borscht Belt of Jewish resorts in the Catskill Mountains. It was there he learned the basics of show biz. From there he went through a series of jobs in and out of the business. In 1939, he made his Broadway debut in "Straw Hat Revue," but it was the stage production of the musical "...