Deanna durbin bio
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Why ‘30s child star Deanna Durbin suddenly left Hollywood fame behind: Author
EXCLUSIVE:Deanna Durbin was a former child star who brightened up the lives of Americans during the Great Depression and helped save Universal Pictures from bankruptcy.
And then she vanished from the public eye.
The life and career of the seemingly forgotten movie star are explored in a recently published biography titled “Deanna Durbin A Hollywood Fairy Tale - The Legend of Edna Mae” by William Harper.
The actress, who was born Edna Mae Durbin, married her third husband, 44-year-old French director Charles Davis, at age 28, and retired to a French farmhouse. Since 1949, Durbin successfully stayed out of the spotlight and rarely gave interviews before she passed away in 2013 at age 91.
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Judy Garland (left) with Deanna Durbin, circa 1936.(Getty Images)
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“She was very young when she left Hollywood,” Harper explained regarding why Durbin’s name isn’t as prominent as some of her peers today. “In 1949, she was released from her contract. She could have probably gone to MGM or another st
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Deanna Durbin
Canadian songster and actress (1921–2013)
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Durbin in 1944 (publicity pic 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 |
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Deanna Durbin Bio
Deanna Durbin
Sweet, Sparkling, Young Singing Star
by David Wolfe
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Deanna Durbin was credited with saving Universal Studios from financial ruin when, as an adorable adolescent, she sang her way to stardom. Her very first movie, Three Smart Girls, jump started her short, but sensational career, and she was presented with a special juvenile Academy Award when she was fifteen years old. In a career spanning only thirteen short years, she made twenty-two films plus a couple of short subjects and then she retired from the screen and public life. Yet even today, Deanna Durbin occupies a unique place in Hollywood history as an immensely popular presence.
Edna Mae Durbin was born in Canada in 1921 and her family moved to California shortly after her birth. She was gifted with a precocious singing voice and began training her remarkable talent at an early age. By the time she was 14, she had impressive technical skill and the vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano as well as a new first name. She was signed by MGM and quickly put into a light little short subject, Every Sunday. Her operatic virtuosity was featured in contrast to another young contract player who sang swing style-Judy Garland.
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