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Edna Mae Durbin, known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, later settled in France, who 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.
Birth Name
Edna Mae Durbin
Born
Sunday, 04 December 1921
Died
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Self | 2009 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Penny in Three Smart Girls | 2003 |
| Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song | Self | 2001 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood's Children | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1982 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 'Every Sunday' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| Great Performances | Patsy Cardwell | 1971 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| For the Love of Mary | Mary Peppertree | 1948 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Self | 2009 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Penny in Three Smart Girls | 2003 |
| Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song | Self | 2001 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood's Children | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1982 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 'Every Sunday' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| Great Performances | Patsy Cardwell | 1971 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| For the Love of Mary | Mary Peppertree | 1948 |
| Up in Central Park | Rosie Moore | 1948 |
| Something in the Wind | Mary Collins | 1947 |
| I'll Be Yours | Louise Ginglebusher | 1947 |
| Because of Him | Kim Walker | 1946 |
| Lady on a Train | Margo Martin / Nikki Collins | 1945 |
| Can't Help Singing | Caroline Frost | 1944 |
| Christmas Holiday | Abigail Martin / Jackie Lamont | 1944 |
| The Shining Future | Self / Deanna Durbin | 1944 |
| His Butler's Sister | Ann Carter | 1943 |
| Hers to Hold | Penny Craig / Penelope “Penny” Craig | 1943 |
| Show-Business at War | Self | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Ruth Kirke Holliday | 1943 |
| It Started with Eve | Anne Terry | 1941 |
| Nice Girl? | Jane Dana / Jane 'Pinky' Dana | 1941 |
| Spring Parade | Ilonka Tolnay | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | (archive footage) | 1940 |
| It's a Date | Pamela Drake | 1940 |
| First Love | Constance Harding / Constance (Connie) Harding | 1939 |
| Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Penny Craig | 1939 |
| That Certain Age | Alice Fullerton | 1938 |
| Mad About Music | Gloria Harkinson | 1938 |
| One Hundred Men and a Girl | Patricia Cardwell | 1937 |
| Three Smart Girls | 'Penny' / Penny Craig | 1936 |
| Every Sunday | Edna | 1936 |
