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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 rulle 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
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Deanna Durbin
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Deanna Durbin in 1945 | |
| Born | Edna Mae Durbin (1921-12-04)December 4, 1921 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | April 17, 2013(2013-04-17) (aged 91) Neauphle-le-Château, France |
| Occupation | Actress/Singer |
| Years active | 1936–1948 |
| Spouse(s) | Vaughn Paul (m. 1941–1943, divorced) Felix Jackson (m. 1945–1949, divorced) Charles David (m. 1950–1999, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
Edna Mae Durbin, known as Deanna Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013),[1][2] was a Canadian actress and singer. She was in a number of musical movies in the 1930s and 1940s, singing standards and operatic arias. Her first movie was in 1936 with Judy Garland in Every Sunday. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on December 4, 1921 but has lived near Paris since she married Charles David in 1950. Deanna Durbin' death was announced on April 30, 2013 in Paris, France from unknown causes, aged of 91.[3]