Deanna Durbin (O seu verdadeiro nome era Edna Mae Durbin, e nasceu no dia 4 de Dezembro de 1921, em Winnipeg, Manitoba - falecendo no mês de Abril de 2013)1 . Foi uma atriz e cantora canadense que adquiriu grande fama como adolescente em musicais e comédias de Hollywood. Atuou entre os anos de 1936 e 1948, especializando-se em papéis ingênuos, com sua voz de soprano.
Durbin, fez a sua primeira aparição no cinema com Judy Garland, no filme Every Sunday (1936), e subsequentemente assinou contrato com a Universal Studios. Seu sucesso como a filha adolescente ideal em filmes como, Three Smart Girls (1936), foi creditado como a responsável por salvar o estúdio da falência . Em 1938, com a idade de 17 anos, Durbin foi premiada com o Academy Juvenile Award.
Mais tarde, quando ela amadureceu, Durbin ficando insatisfeita com o papel atribuída a ela no filme, girl-next-door, procurou representar de forma mais feminina e sofisticada. No entanto o film noir Christmas Holiday (br: Férias de Natal), (1944), e o filme Quem matou?:Lady on a Train (1945), não foram, tão bem recebidos como tinha sido anteriormente. Durbin se aposentou de atuar e cantar em 1949. Ela se casou com o produtor e diretor de cinema, Charles Henri David, em 1950, e o casal se mudou para uma casa de campo nos arredores de Paris. Posteriormente, ela retirou-se da vida pública.
Filmografia
Curtas-metragens
Ano
Título
Atuação
Notas
1936
Every Sunday
Edna
Co-estrelando Judy Garland
1939
For Auld Lang Syne: No. 4
Ela mesma
1941
A Friend Indeed
Ela mesma
Pela American Red Cross
1943
Show Business at War
Ela mesma
1944
Road to Victory
Ela mesma
Longas-metragens
Ano
Título
Atuação
Notas
1936
Three Smart Girls
Penelope "Penny" Craig
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Patricia "Patsy" Cardwell
1938
Mad About Music
Gloria Harkinson
That Certain Age
Alice Fullerton
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Penelope "Penny" Craig
First Love
Constance "Connie" Harding
1940
It's a Date
Pamela Drake
O curta-metragem, Gems of Song, foi produzido desse longa-metragem em 1949.
Spring Parade
Ilonka Tolnay
1941
Nice Girl?
Jane "Pinky" Dana
It Started with Eve
Anne Terry
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Ruth Kirke Holliday
Hers to Hold
Penelope "Penny" Craig
His Butler's Sister
Ann Carter
1944
Christmas Holiday (br:Férias de Natal)
Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin
Can't Help Singing
Caroline Frost
Único filme de Durbin produzido em Technicolor
1945
Lady on a Train
Nikki Collins / Margo Martin
1946
Because of Him
Kim Walker
1947
I'll Be Yours
Louise Ginglebusher
Something in the Wind
Mary Collins
1948
Up in Central Park
Rosie Moore
For the Love of Mary
Mary Peppertree
Discografia
"Alice Blue Gown"
"Alleluia" [De 100 Men and a Girl]
"Always" [De Christmas Holiday]
"Adeste Fideles" ("O Come All Ye Faithful)"
"Amapola" [De First Love]
"Annie Laurie"
"Any Moment Now" [De Can`t Help Singing]
"Ave Maria" [De Mad About Music]
"Ave Maria" [De It's a Date]
"Be A Good Scout" [De That Certain Age]
"Because" [De Three Smart Girls Grow Up]
"Begin the Beguine" [De Hers to Hold]
"Beneath the Lights of Home" [De Nice Girl]
"The Blue Danube" [De Spring Parade]
"Brahms' Lullaby" [De I'll Be Yours]
"Brindisi" ("Libiamo ne' lieti calici)" [De 100 Men and a Girl]
"Californ-I-Ay"
"Can't Help Singing" [De Can't Help Singing]
"Can't Help Singing" (Deanna Durbin & Robert Paige)" [De Can't Help Singing]
"Carmena Waltz"
"Chapel Bells" [De Mad About Music]
"Cielito Lindo" ("Beautiful Heaven)"
"Ciribiribin"
"Clavelitos" (J. Valverde) [De It Started with Eve]
"Danny Boy" [De Because of Him]
"Embrace Me"
"Every Sunday" (com Judy Garland)
"Filles de Cadiz" ("The Maids of Cadiz") [DeThat Certain Age]
"Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" [DeLady on a Train]
"God Bless America"
"Goin' Home" [De It Started With Eve]
"Goodbye" [De Because of Him]
"Granada" [De I'll Be Yours]
"A Heart That's Free" [De 100 Men and a Girl]
"Home! Sweet Home!" [De First Love]
"Il Bacio" ("The Kiss") [De Three Smart Girls]
"I'll Follow My Sweet Heart"
"I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" [DeFor The Love of Mary]
"I'll See You In My Dreams"
"I Love to Whistle" [De Mad About Music]
"(I'm) Happy Go Lucky and Free" [DeSomething in the Wind]
"(I'm) Happy Go Lucky and Free" [DeSomething in the Wind] (dueto com Donald O'Connor)
"In the Spirit of the Moment" [De His Butler's Sister]
"Italian Street Song"
"It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World" [De For The Love Of Mary]
"It's Dreamtime" [De I'll Be Yours]
"It's Foolish But It's Fun" [De Spring Parade]
"It's Only Love" [De Something In The Wind]
"It's Raining Sunbeams" [De 100 Men and a Girl]
"Invitation To The Dance" [De Three Smart Girls Grow Up]
"Je Veux Vivre" (De Romeu e Julieta) [DeThat Certain Age]
"Kiss Me Again"
"La Estrellita" ("Little Star)"
"Largo Al Factotum" (De The Barber of Seville) [De For The Love Of Mary]
"The Last Rose of Summer" [De Three Smart Girls Grow Up]
"Loch Lomond" [De It's a Date]
"Love At Last" [De Nice Girl]
"Love Is All" [De It's a Date]
"Lover" [De Because of Him]
"Love's Old Sweet Song"
"Make Believe (Jerome Kern song)"
"Mighty Like a Rose" (De "The Amazing Mrs. Halliday")
"Molly Malone"
"More and More" [De Can`t Help Singing]
"More And More/Can't Help Singing" [DeCan`t Help Singing]
"Musetta's Waltz" (De La bohème) [De It's a Date]
"My Heart Is Singing" [From Three Smart Girls Grow Up]
"My Hero"
"My Own" [De That Certain Age]
"Nessun Dorma" (De Turandot) [De His Butler's Sister]
"Never in a Million Years/Make Believe"
"Night and Day" [De Lady on a Train]
"O Come All Ye Faithful"
"Old Folks at Home" [De Nice Girl]
"The Old Refrain" [De The Amazing Mrs. Holiday]
"On Moonlight Bay" [De For The Love Of Mary]
"One Fine Day" (De Madama Butterfly) [DeFirst Love]
"One Night Of Love"
"Pace, Pace, Mio Dio (La forza del destino)" [De Up In Central Park]
"Pale Hands I Loved (Kashmiri Song)" [DeHers to Hold]
"Perhaps" [De Nice Girl]
"Poor Butterfly"
"The Prince"
"Russian Medley" [De His Butler's Sister]
"Sari Waltz (Love's Own Sweet Song)" [DeI'll Be Yours]
"Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There" [DeHers to Hold]
"Seal It With a Kiss"
"Seguidilla (De Carmen) [De Hers To Hold]
"Serenade to the Stars" [De Mad About Music]
"Silent Night" [De Lady On A Train]
"Someone to Care for Me" [De Three Smart Girls]
"Something in the Wind" [De Something in the Wind]
"Spring in My Heart" [De First Love]
"Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" [DeChristmas Holiday]
"Swanee - Old Folks At Home" [De Nice Girl]
"Summertime" (De Porgy And Bess)
"Sweetheart"
"Thank You America" [De Nice Girl]
"There'll Always Be An England" [De Nice Girl]
"The Turntable Song" [De Something in the Wind]
"Two Guitars" [Две гитары - Russian Gypsy Folk song (Lyrics - Apollon Grigoriev, music - Ivan Vasiliev), de His Butler's Sister(1943)]
"Two Hearts"
"Un bel di vedremo" (de Madama Butterfly) [De First Love]
"Viennese Waltz" [De For The Love Of Mary]
"Vissi d'arte (de Tosca) [De The Amazing Mrs. Holiday]
"Waltzing in the Clouds" [De Spring Parade]
"When April Sings" [De Spring Parade]
"When I Sing" [De It Started with Eve]
"When The Roses Bloom Again"
"When You're Away" [De His Butler's Sister]
"You Wanna Keep Your Baby Looking Nice, Don't You" [De Something in the Wind]
"You're As Pretty As A Picture" [De That Certain Age]