Danny Kaye never did win any Oscars for his movies, despite their public popularity. The awards and honors he did receive were based more on his humanitarian work than his actual comedy work. Then again, Danny put his talents to use in everything he accomplished, so maybe we can say that he was awarded for doing what he did best - making us laugh.
1954 - Honorary Acadamy Award as a performer, for his humanitarian work.
1963 - Emmy Award for the "Danny Kaye Show", in it's first season.
1975 - Emmy Award for "Danny Kaye's Look-In and the Metropolitan Opera," part of "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" series.
1981 - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
1981 - Peabody Award for "his superb and stimulating entertainment efforts" both for "Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic," and for his serious dramatic role as a Nazi concentration camp survivor in "Skokie" that year.
1984 - Kennedy Center Honoree
Awarded by B'nai B'rith for his outstanding work with UNICEF
View My Guestbook
Sign My Guestbook
Main Biography Filmography Links Lyrics All photos are used by permission, or are copyright free.
