Durbin, Edna Mae
Born: Dec 04, 1921 AD
Currently alive, at 90 years of age.
Nationality: Canadian
Categories: Actresses
Currently alive, at 90 years of age.
Nationality: Canadian
Categories: Actresses
1921 - The girl who one day would be known as "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" was born at Grace Hospital on December 4th in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as Edna Mae Durbin.
1935 - Renamed Deanna Durbin for show business purposes, by age 14 she was the most highly paid female star in the world.
1936-1938 - Her major motion pictures were Three Smart Girls, Mad About Music and That Certain Age.
1939 - Received an Oscar juvenile with Mickey Rooney.
1941 - Married to Vaughn Paul.
1945 - Married to Felix Jackson.
1949 - Resides in Neauphlé-le-Château, France. Gave her last interview.
1950 - Married to Charles Henri David.
- When she was at the top of her career as Hollywood's leading actress and singer, she turned her back on that world for a life of seclusion. Her first two marriages had failed, and before she married her third husband, director Charles David, she set one condition: he had to promise that she could have what she yearned for - "the life of nobody". Her seclusion is incomplete.
1935 - Renamed Deanna Durbin for show business purposes, by age 14 she was the most highly paid female star in the world.
1936-1938 - Her major motion pictures were Three Smart Girls, Mad About Music and That Certain Age.
1939 - Received an Oscar juvenile with Mickey Rooney.
1941 - Married to Vaughn Paul.
1945 - Married to Felix Jackson.
1949 - Resides in Neauphlé-le-Château, France. Gave her last interview.
1950 - Married to Charles Henri David.
- When she was at the top of her career as Hollywood's leading actress and singer, she turned her back on that world for a life of seclusion. Her first two marriages had failed, and before she married her third husband, director Charles David, she set one condition: he had to promise that she could have what she yearned for - "the life of nobody". Her seclusion is incomplete.
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