Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin was born Edna Mae Durbin in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her mature singing voice captured first MGM and then Universal who would sign her on. Her name would be changed to Deanna for film purposes. Though she had a very successful movie career, she hated being in the public eye. She would marry twice and divorce both men. In 1948, she made her last movie, and quit Hollywood. From then on turning down all roles offered to her. In 1950, she married once again to Charles David, and they moved to France. He would die in 1999, and she lives in France still just outside of