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Deanna Durbin
Acting

Deanna Durbin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-12-04,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

Lady on a Train

6.5

Lady on a Train
1945-08-03

It Started with Eve

7.1

It Started with Eve
1941-09-26

Christmas Holiday

6.4

Christmas Holiday
1944-07-31

5.3

Nice Girl?
1941-02-21

7.8

First Love
1939-11-10

Mad About Music

7.2

Mad About Music
1938-02-27

One Hundred Men and a Girl

6.262

One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937-09-05

Something in the Wind

6.3

Something in the Wind
1947-07-21

That Certain Age

4.8

That Certain Age
1938-10-06

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

6.4

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19

6.2

Because of Him
1946-01-18

Three Smart Girls

6.4

Three Smart Girls
1936-12-20

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

7.3

Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939-03-24

His Butler's Sister

7.1

His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26

3.8

Every Sunday
1936-11-28

Can't Help Singing

5.1

Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25

Los Angeles Plays Itself

7.6

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28

For the Love of Mary

5.8

For the Love of Mary
1948-09-01

6

I'll Be Yours
1947-02-02

6.4

It's a Date
1940-03-22

6.8

Hers to Hold
1943-07-16

6.8

Spring Parade
1940-09-27

Up in Central Park

7

Up in Central Park
1948-07-09

The Shining Future

4

The Shining Future
1944-04-11

That's Entertainment!

7.2

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

0

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002-02-05

Show-Business at War

7

Show-Business at War
1943-05-21

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

6.4

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002-03-21

Hollywood’s Children

0

Hollywood’s Children
1982-02-24

A Friend Indeed

0

A Friend Indeed
1941-01-02

Angels of Mercy

0

Angels of Mercy
1940-11-10

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009-01-01

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

6

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009-12-31