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===Awards and other recognition=== * [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor β Motion Picture Musical or Comedy#1950s|Best Actor β Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] in 1951, for ''[[On the Riviera]]'' * Received an honorary Academy Award Oscar in 1955 "for his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people". * Golden Globe Award for [[16th Golden Globe Awards#Best Actor β Musical or Comedy|Best Actor β Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] in 1958, for ''[[Me and the Colonel]]'' * [[Lions Clubs International]] The first recipient of the Lions Clubs International Foundation's Humanitarian Award. (1973β74)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lcif.org/EN/apply-for-a-grant/humanitarian-award-winners.php |title=Humanitarian Award Winners |website=Lions Clubs International Foundation |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref> * [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] (1981) * Asteroid [[6546 Kaye]] * Three stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]; for his work in music, radio, and films<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/danny-kaye |title=Danny Kaye-Hollywood Star Walk |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref> * [[Kennedy Center Honor]] (1984) * [[Grand Marshals of the Tournament of Roses Parade#1980s|Grand Marshal]] of the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]] (1984) * The song "I Wish I Was Danny Kaye" on [[Miracle Legion]]'s 1996 album ''[[Portrait of a Damaged Family]]'' * UNICEF's New York Visitor's Centre is named to honor Danny Kaye.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/virtualtour |title=Danny Kaye Visitor's Centre Virtual Tour |website=UNICEF |access-date=January 19, 2011 |archive-date=March 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310220014/http://www.unicef.org/virtualtour/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> * In December 1996, the [[PBS]] series ''[[American Masters]]'' aired a special on Kaye's life.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Danny Kaye β About the Actor |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/danny-kaye-about-the-actor/504/ |series=American Masters |date=September 16, 2005 |network=PBS |access-date=January 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115205512/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/danny-kaye-about-the-actor/504/ |archive-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref> * In San Antonio, Texas named a street in the neighborhood Oak Hills Terrace (located in the city's northwest) is named for Danny Kaye near streets bearing other familiar names from TV and movies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-express-adventure-homes-sh/133637415/ |title='Adventure' Homes Shown In Oak Hills |newspaper=[[San Antonio Express]] |date=January 16, 1971| page=2G |access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref> The neighborhood was established in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oak Hills Terrace β A 'Back to School' Sale |work=San Antonio Express |date=August 3, 1969 |page=5G}}</ref> * The careers of Kaye and Fine are immortalized in The Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection at the [[Library of Congress]]. The materials preserved in the collection include manuscripts, scores, scripts, photographs, sound recordings, and video clips.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection: About the Collection |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/kayefine/kayefine-about.html|website=American Memory |access-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> * On June 9, 1986, Danny Kaye was crowned King of Brooklyn at the Back to Brooklyn Day Festival. Danny Kaye was there to accept his crown.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quirks in the News |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/06/09/Quirks-in-the-News/1639518673600/ |website=UPI Archives |access-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref>
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