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margin:10px;"><a class="nohover" href="/wiki/Privacy#Open"><img src="/images/icons/privacy60.png.pagespeed.ce.40ChhYgHYM.png" title="Privacy Level: Open" alt="Privacy Level: Open (White)" width="60" height="60" border="0"></a> </span> <h1> <span itemprop="name">Dominic Felix (Amici) Ameche</span> (1908 - 1993) </h1> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="container full-width"> <div id="ancestorTreeContainer" style="display:none;"></div> </div> <div id="content" class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <div id="descendantsContainer" style="display:none;"></div> </div> <div class="ten columns"> <div class="VITALS"><span class="large"> <strong><span itemprop="givenName">Dominic</span></strong> <strong><span itemprop="additionalName">Felix</span></strong> <strong>(Don)</strong> <meta itemprop="familyName" content="Amici"/> <strong><a href="/genealogy/AMECHE" title="Click here for the surname index page">Ameche</a></strong> formerly <strong><a href="/genealogy/AMICI" title="Click here for the surname index page">Amici</a></strong></span></div> <div class="VITALS">Born <strong><time itemprop="birthDate" datetime="1908-05-31">31 May 1908</time></strong> in <strong><span itemprop="birthPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a></div> <span data-mid="11432316" class="showHideTree button small" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:5px; padding:3px;" title="Ancestors in a pedigree-style family tree chart">Ancestors <img src="/images/icons/pedigree.gif.pagespeed.ce.4kSwuvQoBH.gif" border="0" width="8" height="11" alt="ancestors"></span> <div class="VITALS">Son<meta itemprop="gender" content="male"/> of <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-9" itemprop="url" title="Father: b. 24 Jun 1873 Montemona, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italia son of &nearr; [unknown paternal grandfather] &searr; [unknown paternal grandmother]"><span itemprop="name">Felice (Amici) Ameche</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Hertel-209" itemprop="url" title="Mother: b. 29 Jan 1888 Illinois, USA daughter of &nearr; George Hertel &searr; [unknown maternal grandmother]"><span itemprop="name">Barbara Etta (Hertel) Amici</span></a></span> </div>  <div class="VITALS">Brother of <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-13" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1906 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States"><span itemprop="name">Elizabeth C Amici</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-12" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1911 Wisconsin, USA"><span itemprop="name">Louis Amici</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-11" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States"><span itemprop="name">James P (Amici) Ameche</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-10" itemprop="url" title="brother b. 1918 Wisconsin, USA"><span itemprop="name">Umberto H Amici</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-14" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1921 Wisconsin, USA"><span itemprop="name">Catherine E Amici</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-15" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1923 Wisconsin, USA"><span itemprop="name">Mary J Amici</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="sibling" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Amici-16" itemprop="url" title="sister b. 1926 Wisconsin, USA"><span itemprop="name">Anna L Amici</span></a></span> </div> <div class="VITALS">Husband of <span itemprop="spouse" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Prendergast-178" itemprop="url" title="wife b. 1907-09-07 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States"><span itemprop="name"><strong>Honore (Prendergast) Ameche</strong></span></a></span> — married [date unknown] [location unknown] </div>  <div class="VITALS">Father of <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Ameche-2" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 1934 Illinois, USA "><span itemprop="name">Don J Ameche</span></a></span>, <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Ameche-3" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 1936 Illinois, USA "><span itemprop="name">Ronald J Ameche</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="children" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Ameche-4" itemprop="url" title="Son: b. 20 Jul 1939 Los Angeles, California, United States "><span itemprop="name">Thomas Anthony Ameche</span></a></span> </div> <div class="VITALS">Died <strong><time itemprop="deathDate" datetime="1993-12-06">6 Dec 1993</time></strong> <span title="Born 116 years ago; died at age 85">at age 85</span> in <strong><span itemprop="deathPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> </div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#ffe183;"> <span class="problemQuestionLink button small" data-mnamedb="Amici-17" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:2px; padding:3px;" title="Open Problems and Questions Guide">Problems/Questions</span> <span title="The manager cares for the profile and leads the collaboration">Profile manager</span>: <a href="/wiki/Berkey-557" title="Click to visit Michael's WikiTree profile">Michael Berkey</a> <a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="25542938" data-ref="12140118" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Michael about this profile"><img src="/images/icons/mail.gif.pagespeed.ce.Q4d4kzofWu.gif" border="0" width="15" height="11" alt="private message"/></a> [<a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="25542938" data-ref="12140118" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Michael about this profile">send private message</a>] </div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#e1efbb;">Profile last modified <time itemprop="modifiedDate" datetime="2024-04-16">16 Apr 2024</time> | Created 5 Oct 2015</div><div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#eee;">This page has been accessed 3,457 times.</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> <b>Don Ameche</b><i> was an American actor and voice artist, and comedian.</i> </p> <a name="Biography"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Biography </span></h2><div style="width:250px; min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Project:Notables"><img alt="Notables Project" src="/photo.php/a/a2/WikiTree_Image_Library-37.png" width="50" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">Don (Amici) Ameche is Notable.</div></div> <p>Dominic Felix Amici was born on May 31, 1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin to <a href="/wiki/Amici-9" title="Amici-9">Felix Amici</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hertel-209" title="Hertel-209">Barbara Etta (Hertel) Amici</a>. His brother, Jim Ameche, was also a well known actor. </p><p>He married Honore Prendergast in 1932. The marriage flourished until her death in 1986. </p><p>Together they became the parents of 6 children. </p> <dl><dd><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ptvz4DGrK4" class="external text" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ptvz4DGrK4" rel="nofollow">Don Ameche Wins Supporting Actor: 1986 Oscars</a> </dd></dl> <dl><dd>"Ramona" is a 1936 American Technicolor drama film directed by Henry King,[1] based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. This was the third adaptation of the film, and the first one with sound. It starred Loretta Young and Don Ameche. </dd></dl> <dl><dd>"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1938)It stars Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley and Jean Hersholt </dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR9byV97v1s" class="external text" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR9byV97v1s" rel="nofollow">'The Story of Alexander Graham Bell"</a> is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Mabel, his wife, who contracted scarlet fever at an early age and became deaf. </dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoon_%28film%29" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoon_%28film%29" rel="nofollow">Cocoon</a> is a 1985 science-fiction/fantasy film directed by Ron Howard about a group of elderly people rejuvenated by aliens.[4][5] The movie stars Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, and Linda Harrison. </dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1HNpMmhn8M" class="external text" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1HNpMmhn8M" rel="nofollow">Cocoon</a> </dd></dl> <p><b>Burial</b> </p> <dl><dd>Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA </dd><dd>Plot: Ashes Buried and plot is unmarked [unmarked] </dd><dd><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25" class="external text" title="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25" rel="nofollow">Find A Grave Memorial# 25</a> </dd></dl> <a name="Sources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Sources </span></h2> <p>See also: </p> <ul><li> Wikipedia: Don Ameche <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ameche" class="external free" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ameche" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ameche</a> </li><li> Wikidata: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310413" class="external text" title="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310413" rel="nofollow">Item Q310413</a>, <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:GoToLinkedPage/en/Q310413" class="external text" title="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:GoToLinkedPage/en/Q310413" rel="nofollow">en:Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wikidata" class="external text" title="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wikidata" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.wikitree.com/images/icons/help.gif.pagespeed.ce.1TvA_97yy8.gif" alt="help.gif" class="scale-with-grid"/></a> </li><li> "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFVJ-J7K" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFVJ-J7K" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFVJ-J7K</a> : 14 December 2015), Dominic F Ameche in household of Felix Ameche, Kenosha Ward 4, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 11B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,991. </li><li> "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9QP-9KY" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9QP-9KY" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9QP-9KY</a> : 8 December 2015), Dominic F Ameche in entry for Felix Ameche, 1930. </li><li> "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:242Z-Y4L" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:242Z-Y4L" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:242Z-Y4L</a> : 2 October 2015), Dominic F Ameche, 1938; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). </li><li> "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HG-M92" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HG-M92" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HG-M92</a> : 17 May 2014), Don Felix Ameche, Councilmanic District 1, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1319, sheet 3A, family , NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 377. </li><li> "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW6-LWKT" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW6-LWKT" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW6-LWKT</a> : 16 September 2015), Dominic Felix Or Don Amici Or Ameche, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 08 Dec 1993; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://www.genealogybank.com" class="external free" title="http://www.genealogybank.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.genealogybank.com</a> : 2014); citing Wisconsin State Journal, born-digital text. </li><li> "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5L-15FW" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5L-15FW" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5L-15FW</a> : 5 September 2015), Dominic Felix Or Don Amici Or Ameche, Colorado, United States, 08 Dec 1993; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://www.genealogybank.com" class="external free" title="http://www.genealogybank.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.genealogybank.com</a> : 2014); citing , born-digital text. </li><li> "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7T-VSWJ" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7T-VSWJ" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7T-VSWJ</a> : 16 September 2015), Dominic Felix Or Don Amici Or Ameche, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 08 Dec 1993; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://www.genealogybank.com" class="external free" title="http://www.genealogybank.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.genealogybank.com</a> : 2014); citing Arizona Daily Star, The, born-digital text. </li></ul> <a name="Acknowledgements"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Acknowledgements </span></h3> <ul><li>Created by <a href="/wiki/Braun-712" title="Braun-712"> Laura Scott</a>, Sunday, November 16, 2014. </li></ul>  <br/><br/> <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5983849578006601" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-5983849578006601" data-ad-slot="1783638731" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> </ins> <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});</script> <br/><br/> </div> <div class="six columns"> <div class="box rounded row"> Is Don your ancestor? 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