Portrait of Deanna Durbin (1940s)
A Canadian-born actress and singer, Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) moved to the USA with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. She made her first film appearance as a child actress in “Every Sunday” (1936) with Judy Garland, and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios. Her work as the ideal teenaged daughter in films such as “Three Smart Girls” (1936), “One Hundred Men and a Girl” (1937) and “It Started with Eve” (1941), was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy. [Source: Wikipedia]
Portrait of Deanna Durbin (1940s)
A Canadian-born actress and singer, Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) moved to the USA with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. She made her first film appearance as a child actress in “Every Sunday” (1936) with Judy Garland, and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios. Her work as the ideal teenaged daughter in films such as “Three Smart Girls” (1936), “One Hundred Men and a Girl” (1937) and “It Started with Eve” (1941), was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy. [Source: Wikipedia]