Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His best known performances featured physical comedy, ...

When he was only five, David Daniel Kaminski, lean, red-haired son of a Russian-born garment worker, made his professional debut as a watermelon seed in a play at Brooklyn’s P.S. 149. Within 25 years, ...

Throughout generations, Brooklyn has seen numerous budding talents take root and sprout into theatrical legends. None had germination as perfectly metaphoric as that of six-year-old David Daniel ...

Frankfurt, Germany, March 17, 1948: Comedian Danny Kaye, just in from Paris, poses at the footlights during a rehearsal at Rhine-Main Air Base’s Gateway Theater. Kaye later went to Bad Neuheim for ...