Inimitable, multi-talented entertainer Danny Kaye first gained fame on Broadway by upstaging the great... (Learn more)
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Danny Kaye’s Milestones
| Returned to Broadway as Noah in the Richard Rodgers-Martin Charnin musical "Two By Two" | |
| Stage debut in a vaudeville revue that toured US and Asia, "La Vie Paris" | |
| Toured with Abe Lyman's Band | |
| Travelled to the Orient with A.B. Marcus Show | |
| Worked as a performing busboy at Catskill summer camps; worked as a soda jerk between engagements | |
| 1937 | Short film debut, "Dime a Dance" (two-reel short; produced by small independent film company, Educational Pictures) |
| 1938 | Performed in cabaret show at the Dorchester in London |
| 1938 | Starred in "Getting an Eyeful" and "Cupid Takes a Holiday", short subjects for Educational Pictures; three shorts were later compiled into film titled, "The Danny Kaye Story/Birth of a Star" (1944) |
| 1939 | Broadway debut in "The Straw Hat Revue", comprised of skit material from summer camp in Pennsylvania that he, Sylvia Fine, Max Liebman and Imogene Coca had worked in |
| 1939 | New York stage debut, "Left of Broadway" |
| 1941 | Gained first major notice for his high-speed novelty number, "Tchaikovsky" in the Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin Broadway musical, "Lady in the Dark" |
| 1941 | Headlined a vaudeville revue at the Palace Theater in NY |
| 1941 | Rejected MGM contract at $3,000 per week |
| 1941 | Starred in the Cole Porter musical "Let's Face It" on Broadway |
| 1943 | Signed contract with Samuel Goldwyn who insisted he lighten his hair to blond; Sylvia Fine also signed by Goldwyn to write special material for husband |
| 1944 | Feature film debut in "Up in Arms" |
| 1945 | Premiere of "The Danny Kaye Show" on CBS radio |
| 1948 | First performed at the London Palladium |
| 1952 | Formed Dena Productions with Sylvia Fine |
| 1953 | Signed with MGM to film a musical version of "Huckleberry Finn" co-starring Gene Kelly; film postponed, then project abandoned |
| 1963 - 1967 | Starred on "The Danny Kaye Show" on TV |
| 1966 | Toured Vietnam war fronts with the USO |
| 1969 | Played character part of ragpicker in final film, "The Madwoman of Chaillot" |
| 1981 | TV movie debut, "Skokie" |
| 1986 | Made guest appearance playing a dentist on "The Bill Cosby Show" |
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