Danny Kaye Net Worth
David Daniel Kaminski net worth is
$10 Million
David Daniel Kaminski Wiki Biography
Daniel David Kaminsky was born on 18th January 1911, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, and as Danny Kaye, was an actor, comedian, and singer for many years. He was one of the most popular comic actors in the US. He played major roles in comedies like “The Kid from Brooklyn” (1946) and “The Court Jester” (1956) and was active in the entertainment industry from 1933 to 1986; he passed away in 1987.
As of mid-2017, authoritative sources estimate the net worth of Danny Kaye to be around $10 million.
$10 Million- Danny Kaye Net Worth
Kaye was the son of Jewish immigrants from Yekaterinoslav in the Russian Empire. Despite living in modest circumstances during his childhood, he left school at the age of 13 and learned the basics of show business in the famous resort of Borscht Belt in the Catskills. His career began when he joined the dance couple Dave Harvey and Kathleen Young in 1933.
Kaye made his Broadway debut in 1939 with “The Straw Hat Revue” and gained popularity with the musical “Lady in the Dark” (1941), where he chattered more than fifty syllable Russian and Polish composer names in just 39 seconds. He continued to work in films during the 1950s and 1960s and also had his own TV show “The Danny Kaye Show” starting in 1963. His work extended to television and he also took on notable roles in films such as “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (1947) and “White Christmas” (1954).
Kaye began his long-standing ambassadorship for UNICEF in 1959 and received an honorary Oscar the same year for his humanitarian commitment. He passed away in 1987 due to heart failure and internal bleeding.
Personal Life and Contributions
Kaye married Sylvia Fine in 1940 and had a daughter born in 1946. He continued to work for UNICEF well into his old age and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1982 at the 54th Academy Awards.
| Full Name | Danny Kaye |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | January 18, 1911, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | March 3, 1987, (aged 86), Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Height | 5′ 11″ (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician |
| Education | Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn (didn’t graduate) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Sylvia Fine (m. 1940–1987, his death) |
| Children | Dena Kaye |
| Parents | Clara Nemerovsky Kaminsky, Jacob Nemerovsky Kaminsky |
| Siblings | Larry Nemerovsky Kaminsky, Mac Nemerovsky Kaminsky |
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| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001414 |
| Allmusic | https://www.allmusic.com/artist/danny-kaye-mn0000029750 |
| Awards | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1982, Academy Award President Gregory Peck), Golden Globe Award as the Best Motion Picture Actor – Comedy/Musical (1959), Academy Honorary Award (1955), Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance (1964),Special Tony Award (1953) |
| Albums | “The Court Jester” (1956, soundtrack) |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award (1952), Kennedy Center Honors (1984), Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1982), Peabody Award, |
| Movies | “The Kid from Brooklyn” (1946), “The Court Jester” (1956), “Peter Pan” (1976), “Pinocchio” (1976), “The Court Jester”, “Me and the Colonel” (1958) |
| TV Shows | “The Straw Hat Revue” (1939), “Lady in the Dark” (1941), “The Danny Kaye Show” (1963-1967), “See It Now with Edward R. Murrow” (1956), “An Evening with Danny Kaye” |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Able to tongue twist faster than anyone else |
| Red hair |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Hans Christian Andersen (1952) | $200,000 |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to. |
| 2 | If you’re not cooking with joy, happiness, and love, you’re not cooking well. |
| 3 | You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway. [on being an overnight film success in the 1940s] |
| 4 | Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Goldwyn’s wife Francis Howard would often travel to New York City scouting Broadway productions, looking for talent in both the production’s acting areas and the creative teams involved in a Broadway production’a staging. Francis’ trip (1941) to see the Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin-Moss Hart musical “Lady in The Dark” — she discovered Danny Kaye. Returning to Hollywood, Francis’ ability to mint new stars from seemingly nowhere, Francis insisting her Husband, Samuel Goldwyn, put Danny Kaye under contract. After Danny Kaye arrived in Hollywood, several screen tests were made, studied, to determine the best possible path for Danny Kaye’s future in Goldwyn’s film business. The major problem with Kaye’s physical look, besides his nose, was his natural dark-brown hair. Francis, upon seeing Kaye’s screen tests, dictated to her husband — “they had to change his hair color!” Francis was the one who said, “turn Danny into a red-headed strawberry-blond!” Goldwyn’s studio press agent always insisted Danny Kaye’s strawberry-blond hair was his natural hair color for publicity reckoning. |
| 2 | Danny Kaye held a Commercial Pilot
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