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Deanna Durbin
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Actor Born: December 4, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Biography:Canadian actress/singer "Deanna Durbin" learned at a very early age that she was blessed with a strong and surprisingly mature set of vocal chords. After studying with coach Andres de Segurola, Durbin set her sights on an operatic career, but was sidetracked into films with a 1936 MGM short subject, "Every Sunday". This one-reeler was designed as an audition for both Durbin and her equally youthful co-star "Judy Garland"; MGM decided to go with Durbin and drop Garland, but by a front-office fluke the opposite happened and it was Durbin who found herself on the outside looking in. But MGM's loss was Universal's gain. That studio, threatened with receivership due to severe losses, decided to gamble on her potential. Under the guiding influence of Universal executive Joseph Pasternak, Durbin was cast in a series of expensive, carefully crafted musicals, beginning in 1936 with "Three Smart Girls". This... Full Biography
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