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person_profile-Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Deanna Durbin

Date of Birth:

Dec 04, 1921

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Apr 20, 2013

Biography of

Deanna Durbin

    Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the USA with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed many styles from popular standards to operatic arias. In 1946, Durbin was the second-highest-paid woman in the United States, just behind Bette Davis; her fan club ranked as the world's largest during her active years.

    Durbin was a child actress who made her first film appearance with Judy Garland in Every Sunday (1936), and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios. She achieved success as the ideal teenaged daughter in films such as Three Smart Girls (1936), One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937), and It Started with Eve (1941). Her work was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy, and led to Durbin being awarded the Academy Juvenile Award in 1938.

    As she matured, Durbin grew dissatisfied with the girl-next-door roles assigned to her and attempted to move into sophisticated non-musical roles with film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945). These films, produced by frequent collaborator and second husband Felix Jackson, were not as successful; she continued in musical roles until her retirement. Upon her retirement and divorce from Jackson in 1949, Durbin married producer-director Charles Henri David and moved to a farmhouse near Paris. She withdrew from public life, granting only one interview on her career in 1983.

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Filmography of

Deanna Durbin

Found 27 Movies in total

... 2009

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2002

Hollywood’s Children

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974

For the Love of Mary

Mary Peppertree ( Actor )

... 1948

Up in Central Park

Rosie Moore ( Actor )

... 1948

Something in the Wind

Mary Collins ( Actor )

... 1947

I'll Be Yours

Louise Ginglebusher ( Actor )

... 1947

Because of Him

Kim Walker ( Actor )

... 1946

Lady on a Train

Nikki Collins / Margo Martin ( Actor )

... 1945

Can't Help Singing

Caroline Frost ( Actor )

... 1944

Christmas Holiday

Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin ( Actor )

... 1944

His Butler's Sister

Ann Carter ( Actor )

... 1943

Hers to Hold

Penelope “Penny” Craig ( Actor )

... 1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Ruth Kirke Holliday ( Actor )

... 1943

It Started with Eve

Anne Terry ( Actor )

... 1941

Nice Girl?

Jane 'Pinky' Dana ( Actor )

... 1941

Spring Parade

Ilonka Tolnay ( Actor )

... 1940

It's a Date

Pamela Drake ( Actor )

... 1940

First Love

Constance (Connie) Harding ( Actor )

... 1939

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Penny Craig ( Actor )

... 1939

That Certain Age

Alice Fullerton ( Actor )

... 1938

Mad About Music

Gloria Harkinson ( Actor )

... 1938

One Hundred Men and a Girl

Patricia Cardwell ( Actor )

... 1937

Three Smart Girls

Penny Craig ( Actor )

... 1936