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Don Ameche

Don AmecheAKA Dominic Felix Amici

Born: 31-May-1904
Birthplace: Kenosha, WI
Died: 6-Dec-1993
Location of death: Scottsdale, AZ
Cause of death: Cancer - Prostate
Remains: Cremated, Ashes buried at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, IA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Trading Places

Brother: Jim Ameche (actor, b. 6-Aug-1915, d. 4-Feb-1983)
Wife: Honore Prendergast (m. 6-Dec-1932, d. Sep-1986, four sons, two daughters)
Son: Ronald (d.)
Son: Dominic ("Don Ameche, Jr.")
Son: Thomas
Son: Lawrence ("Lonnie")
Daughter: Bonnie
Daughter: Connie

    Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1986 for Cocoon
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6101 Hollywood Blvd.
    Radio Hall of Fame 1992
    Italian Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Corrina, Corrina (12-Aug-1994)
    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (3-Feb-1993) [VOICE]
    Folks! (1-May-1992)
    Oscar (26-Apr-1991)
    Cocoon: The Return (23-Nov-1988)
    Things Change (21-Oct-1988)
    Coming to America (29-Jun-1988)
    Harry and the Hendersons (5-Jun-1987)
    Cocoon (21-Jun-1985)
    Trading Places (8-Jun-1983)
    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (11-Sep-1970)
    The Boatniks (1-Jul-1970)
    Picture Mommy Dead (2-Nov-1966)
    Slightly French (2-Feb-1949)
    Sleep, My Love (18-Feb-1948)
    Greenwich Village (27-Sep-1944)
    Wing and a Prayer (24-Jul-1944)
    Heaven Can Wait (11-Aug-1943)
    Girl Trouble (9-Oct-1942)
    The Feminine Touch (Oct-1941)
    Moon Over Miami (18-Jun-1941)
    That Night in Rio (11-Apr-1941)
    Down Argentine Way (11-Oct-1940)
    Lillian Russell (15-May-1940)
    Swanee River (29-Dec-1939)
    Hollywood Cavalcade (13-Oct-1939)
    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1-Apr-1939)
    Midnight (15-Mar-1939)
    The Three Musketeers (17-Feb-1939)
    Alexander's Ragtime Band (24-May-1938)
    Happy Landing (23-Jan-1938)
    In Old Chicago (6-Jan-1938)
    One in a Million (31-Dec-1936)



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