Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987)
was an American award-winning actor, singer and comedian.
Early years
Born
David Daniel Kaminsky to
Jewish Ukrainian immigrants in
Brooklyn, Kaye became one of the world's best-known comedians. He spent his early youth attending Public School 149 in
East New York, Brooklyn, before moving to
Thomas Jefferson High School, but he never graduated. He learned his trade in his teenage years in the
Catskills as a
tummler in the
Borscht Belt.
