Deanna Durbin (1921–2013)


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The girl who one day would be known as "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" was born at Grace Hospital on December 4, 1921, as Edna Mae Durbin. In her early childhood there were no obvious signs that one day she would be a bigger box office attraction than Shirley Temple. Renamed Deanna Durbin for show business purposes, by age 21 she was the most highly paid ... See full bio »

Died:

(age 91) in Paris, France

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Täynnä kepposia Gloria Harkinson
(1938)
Se alkoi Eevasta Anne Terry
(1941)
(1936)
Onnen päivä Pamela Drake
(1940)

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 1948 Suukko joka sulhaselle
Mary Peppertree
 1948 Oi, millainen tyttö
Rosie Moore
 1947 Se alkoi isoisästä
Mary Collins
 1947 Sinä tai ei kukaan
Louise Ginglebusher
 1946 Sinun tähtesi
Kim Walker
 1945 En antaudu
Nikki Collins
 1944 Lännen satakieli
Caroline Frost
 1944 Tuli ja tuhka
Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin
 1944 The Shining Future (Short)
Deanna Durbin
 1943 Hovimestarin sisar
Ann Carter
 1943 Ikuisesti sinun
Penny Craig
 1943 Mrs. Holliday valehteli
Ruth Kirke Holliday
 1941 Se alkoi Eevasta
Anne Terry
 1941 Ihanaa mutta vaarallista
Jane Dana
 1940 Kevätparaati
Ilonka Tolnay
 1940 Onnen päivä
Pamela Drake
 1939 Ensi rakkaus
Constance Harding
 1939 Itsepäinen kuin synti
Penny Craig
 1938 Lemmen liekki leimahtaa
Alice Fullerton
 1938 Täynnä kepposia
Gloria Harkinson
 1937 Sata miestä ja yksi tyttö
Patricia Cardwell
 1936 Kolme ovelaa tyttöä
'Penny'
 1936 Every Sunday (Short)
Edna
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(4/18/38) Radio: Appeared (as "Gloria Harkinson") in a "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast of "Mad About Music". See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Portrayals | 5 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Height:

5' 3½" (1.61 m)

Spouse:

Charles David  (his death)  (1 child) | See more »

Parents:

Durbin, James Allen | Read, Ada

Relatives:

Durbin, Edith (sibling)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[in 1959, reflecting on her career] Just as Hollywood pin-up represents sex to dissatisfied erotics, so I represented the ideal daughter millions of fathers and mothers wished they had. See more »

Trivia:

Daughter, Jessica Louise Jackson, born on February 7, 1946. Son, Peter David born on June 20, 1951. See more »

Nickname:

The mortgage lifter

Star Sign:

Sagittarius

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