Danny Kaye Children: Meet Dena Kaye

Dena Kaye is an American actress, philanthropist and journalist.

She was born on December 17, 1946 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

Dena is the only child and daughter of actor Danny Kaye and songwriter-producer Sylvia Fine Kaye.

Raised in California, Dena graduated from Stanford University. She has had a multimedia career as a journalist.

She was the travel correspondent on the CBS Morning News and produced and hosted TRAVELTALK, a radio show in New York. She has written for Town & Country, Vogue, European Travel & Life, Travel+Leisure, and Architectural Digest.

Dena taught journalism at the University of South Carolina and is a published poet.

Her book, The Traveling Woman, was published by The Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Bantam Books. She was a spokesperson for American Express Travelers Cheques and Polaroid in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.

Kaye is president of the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation. She is on the Arts Arena Advisory Counsel and the board of the French Heritage Society.

As an actress, she is known for The George Burns Show (1958), The London Palladium: The Greatest Stage on Earth (2018) and American Masters (1985).

Dena Kaye is 76 years old as of 2022.