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Jimmy Durante
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Actor Born: February 10, 1893 in New York City, NY Death: January 29, 1980 in San Diego, CA Biography:Known to friends, family and fans as "The Schnozzola" because of his Cyrano-sized nose, American entertainer "Jimmy Durante" was the youngest child of an immigrant Italian barber. Fed up with his schooling by the second grade, "Durante" dedicated himself to becoming a piano player, performing in the usual dives, beer halls and public events. He organized a ragtime band, playing for such spots as the Coney Island College Inn and Harlem's Alamo Club. He secured two long-lasting relationships in 1921 when he married Maud Jeanne Olson and formed a professional partnership with dancer Eddie Jackson; two years later "Durante" and Jackson combined with another dancer, Lou Jackson, to form one of the best-known roughhouse teams of the 1920s. Clayton, Jackson and "Durante" opened their own speakeasy, the Club Durant (they couldn't afford the "E" on the sign), which quickly became the "in" spot for show-business... Full Biography
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