Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin

Actor Dec 4 (died age 91) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1936–2009 (73 year career)

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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 w…

Known For

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

Anne Terry

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin

First Love

First Love

Constance (Connie) Harding

One Hundred Men and a Girl

One Hundred Men and a Girl

Patricia Cardwell

Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls

Penny Craig

Filmography

Acting (34)

Movies (34)

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

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

as Self (archive footage)

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

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

as (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Penny in Three Smart Girls (archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

For the Love of Mary

For the Love of Mary

as Mary Peppertree

Up in Central Park

Up in Central Park

as Rosie Moore

Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind

as Mary Collins

I'll Be Yours

I'll Be Yours

as Louise Ginglebusher

Because of Him

Because of Him

as Kim Walker

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

as Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

The Shining Future

The Shining Future

as Self

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

as Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin

Can't Help Singing

Can't Help Singing

as Caroline Frost

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

as Self

His Butler's Sister

His Butler's Sister

as Ann Carter

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

as Ruth Kirke Holliday

Hers to Hold

Hers to Hold

as Penelope “Penny” Craig

Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?

as Jane 'Pinky' Dana

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

as Anne Terry

A Friend Indeed

as Self / Performer

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

Spring Parade

Spring Parade

as Ilonka Tolnay

It's a Date

It's a Date

as Pamela Drake

Angels of Mercy

Angels of Mercy

as Self / Performer

First Love

First Love

as Constance (Connie) Harding

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Penny Craig

Mad About Music

Mad About Music

as Gloria Harkinson

That Certain Age

That Certain Age

as Alice Fullerton

One Hundred Men and a Girl

One Hundred Men and a Girl

as Patricia Cardwell

Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls

as Penny Craig

Every Sunday

Every Sunday

as Edna