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Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer who starred in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. She had a soprano voice and performed many styles, from operatic arias to semi-classical pieces, and received an Academy Juvenile Award in 1938.
Renamed Deanna Durbin for show business purposes, by age 21 she was the most highly paid female star in the world. Her major motion pictures were Three Smart Girls (1936), Mad About Music (1938) and That Certain Age (1938).
- January 1, 1
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- January 1, 1
- Paris, France
Deanna Durbin was a child star in the '30s and '40s, but she quit Hollywood in 1949 and retired to a French farmhouse. Learn why she left, how she tried to change her image, and what she did after her career.
Learn about the life and career of Deanna Durbin, a Canadian-born Hollywood star who retired at 27 and lived in seclusion in France. Find out her achievements, awards, family, trivia and more on IMDb.
- December 4, 1921
- April 17, 2013
Deanna Durbin, at age 18, singing Franz Schubert's masterpiece. Here is what Schubert had to say about this song, in a letter to his father: "My new songs ...
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May 2, 2013 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box office draws of Hollywood’s Golden Age with fans that included Winston Churchill, has died. She was 91.
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May 1, 2013 · Deanna Durbin, who as a plucky child movie star with a sweet soprano voice charmed American audiences during the Depression and saved Universal Pictures from bankruptcy before she...
