Danny Kaye

Born on January 18, 1913 in Brooklyn, NY

Inimitable, multi-talented entertainer Danny Kaye first gained fame on Broadway by upstaging the great Gertrude Lawrence in Lady in the Dark in 1941 with an unforgettable rendition of the "Tchaikovsky," in which he rapidly fired off the names of 54 ... Read Full Biography

Year	Award	Category	Movie	Result
1981	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Skokie	Nominated
1958	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	Me and the Colonel	Won
1956	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	Court Jester	Nominated
1952	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	Hans Christian Andersen	Nominated
1951	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	On The Riviera	Won