Deanna Durbin
Actress
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 female star in the world. Her major motion pictures were Three Smart Girls (1936), Mad About Music (1938) and That Certain Age (1938). By the ti...
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date of Birth: Dec 4, 1921
Date of Death: Apr 20, 2013
Filmography
