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Deanna Durbin
Canadian singer and actress (1921–2013)
Deanna Durbin | |
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Durbin in 1944 (publicity photo for Can't Help Singing) | |
Born | Edna Mae Durbin (1921-12-04)December 4, 1921 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | April 17, 2013(2013-04-17) (aged 91) Paris, France |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1935–1949 |
Spouses | Vaughn Paul (m. 1941; div. 1943)Felix Jackson (m. 1945; div. 1949) |
Children | 2 |
Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013),[1] known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born American singer and actress, who moved to the U.S. with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With the technical skill of a legitimate lyric soprano, she was known for singing opera and semi-classical music, which is today called classical crossover.
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Deanna Durbin (born Edna Mae Durbin on December 4, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to English immigrant parents) was a popular young singer and actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Changing her name to Deanna Durbin at the commencement of her career, Durbin signed a contract with MGM in 1935 and made her first film appearance in a short subject Every Sunday with another contractee, Judy Garland.
Durbin was released from her contract shortly thereafter as studio executive Louis B. Mayer felt he did not need two young female singers under contract. Hollywood legend has recorded that he instructed his staff to "drop the fat one" and that they had dismissed Durbin, misunderstanding that Mayer had in fact intended to terminate the contract of Garland.
Durbin was quickly signed to a contract with Universal Studios and made her first feature-length film Three Smart Girls in 1936. The huge success of her films were reported to have saved the studio from bankr
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Deanna Durbin
Deanna Durbin | |
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Born | Edna Mae Durbin 4 månad 1921(1921-12-04) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadae |
Dee'd | 17 Apryle 2013(2013-04-17) (aged 91) Paris, Fraunce |
Thrift | Actress/Sangster |
Years active | 1936–1948 |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Vaughn Paul (1941–1943) Felix Jackson (1945–1949) Charles David (1950–1999) |
Bairns | 2 |
Deanna Durbin (born Edna Mae Durbin, 4 Dizember 1921 – 17 Apryle 2013)[1][2][3]) wis a Canadian sangster an actress, who appeared in a siffra o muisical films in the 1930s an 1940s singin staundarts as well as operatic arias.
Durbin made her first bio appearance in 1936 wi Judy Garland in Every Sunday, an subsequently signed a contract wi Universal Studios. Her success as the ideal teenage dochter in films such as Three Smart Girls (1936) wis creditit wi savin the studio frae bankruptcy.[4] In 1938 Durbin wis awairdit the Academy Juvenile Award.
Later, as she matured, Durbin grew d