1908-05-31 ( 116 years old ) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Don Ameche born Dominic Felix Amici May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s with fine work as an aging millionaire in Trading Places (1983) and a rejuvenated oldster in Cocoon (1985). Don Ameche was an Academy Award winning American actor.
Ameche, standing in at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born May 31, 1908 (Gemini) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA as Dominic Felix Amici to mother, Barbara Edda (Hertel) and father, Felice Amici, a bartender. Has a younger brother Jim Ameche. His father was an Italian immigrant. His mother had German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Americans pronounced his last name incorrectly in Italian ("Ah-mee-see"). So he changed it from "Amici" (correctly pronounced "Ah-mee-chee") into "Ameche", in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation. He had the nickname "The Latin Lover". Married Honore Prendergast on the 6th of December 1932. They had 6 children together. Became a father for the first time at age 25 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Dominic Felix Ameche--aka Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. Became a father for the second time at age 27 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Ronald Ameche on December 30, 1935. He died on January 2, 2001 in Iowa, aged 65. Became a father for the third time at age 31 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Thomas Anthony Ameche on July 20, 1939. Became a father for the fourth time at age 32 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Lawrence Michael Ameche on July 20, 1940. Became a father for the fifth time at age 36 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Barbara Balinda Ameche on March 13, 1945. Became a father for the sixth time at age 39 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. His wife of 54 years, died on the 5th of September 1986. He died on December 6, 1993 at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA from prostate cancer.
Movies
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997-11-01
Corrina, Corrina
1994-08-12
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993-02-03
Sunstroke
1992-09-23
Folks!
1992-05-01
Oscar
1991-04-26
Oddball Hall
1990-06-22
Things Change
1988-10-21
Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13
Coming to America
1988-06-29
Harry and the Hendersons
1987-06-05
Pals
1987-01-01
A Masterpiece of Murder
1986-01-27
Cocoon
1985-06-21
Trading Places
1983-06-07
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The Chinese Typewriter
1979-03-03
Gidget Gets Married
1972-01-04
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970-09-11
The Boatniks
1970-07-01
Shadow Over Elveron
1968-03-05
Rings Around the World
1967-12-06
Picture Mommy Dead
1966-11-02
A Fever in the Blood
1961-01-28
Slightly French
1949-02-02
Sleep, My Love
1948-02-18
That's My Man
1947-06-01
So Goes My Love
1946-05-01
Guest Wife
1945-07-27
It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21
Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
Wing and a Prayer
1944-01-01
Happy Land
1943-11-10
Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05
Something to Shout About
1943-02-25
Girl Trouble
1942-10-09
The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01
Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
The Feminine Touch
1941-10-01
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941-08-01
Moon Over Miami
1941-07-04
That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
Four Sons
1940-06-14
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Swanee River
1939-12-29
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939-04-08
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
Midnight
1939-03-24
The Three Musketeers
1939-02-17
Gateway
1938-08-05
Josette
1938-06-03
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24
In Old Chicago
1938-04-15
Happy Landing
1938-01-23
Love Under Fire
1937-08-20
You Can't Have Everything
1937-08-02
Fifty Roads to Town
1937-06-03
Love Is News
1937-02-26
One in a Million
1937-01-01
Ladies In Love
1936-10-09
Ramona
1936-09-25
Sins of Man
1936-06-19
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