Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-American actress and singer active during The Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s and '40s. She was best known for her teenaged Girl Next Door roles in musical comedy films such as Three Smart Girls (1936), One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937), and That Certain Age (1938), although she eventually transitioned to more adult roles in such films as Lady on a Train (1945).
Born in Winnipeg, Durbin moved with her family to the United States at the age of two. She was married to Vaughn Paul, Felix Jackson, and Charles Henri David – the latter for nearly fifty years, from 1950 until her death. She had one daughter with Jackson and one son with David. She died in Paris, France in 2013, at the age of 91.
Filmography:
- Three Smart Girls (1936) as Penny Craig
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) as Penny Craig
- Hers To Hold (1943) as Penny Craig
- One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) as Patricia Cardwell
- Mad About Music (1938) as Gloria
- That Certain Age (1938) as Alice Fullerton
- First Love (1939) as Constance Harding
- Its A Date (1940) as Pamela Drake
- Spring Parade (1940) as Ilonka Tolnay
- Nice Girl (1941) as Jane Dana
- It Started With Eve (1941) as Anne Terry
- The Amazing Mrs Holliday (1943) as Ruth Kirke Holliday
- His Butlers Sister (1943) as Ann Carter
- Christmas Holiday (1944) as Abigail Martin/Jackie Lamont
- Cant Help Singing (1944) as Caroline Frost
- Lady on a Train (1945) as Nikki Collins
- Because Of Him (1946) as Kim Walker
- Ill Be Yours (1947) as Louise Ginglebusher
- Something In The Wind (1947) as Mary Collins
- Up In Central Park (1948) as Rosie Moore
- For The Love Of Mary (1948) as Mary Peppertree
- Every Sunday (1936) as Edna
- The Shining Future (1944) as Herself
