Deanna Durbin RIP

[Barbirollians]

Apparently she has died aged 91 - I had no idea she was still alive .

Retired at 27 to France - and a cracking rendition of Alleluia I remember .

[Pabmusic]

Apparently she has died aged 91 - I had no idea she was still alive .

Retired at 27 to France - and a cracking rendition of Alleluia I remember .

My dad's favourite! Were he still here, he'd be upset.

[gamba]

I I believe someone else actually doubled for her in ' 100 Men & a Girl '
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It was a major part of my conversion to music as a youngster - especially the great Leopold & Tchaikovsky 5.

[salymap]

She wrote in a girls' magazine that someone passed on to me so I knew she was older than me. She gave make up advice etc to kids when I was a teenager.

Was she in '100 men and a girl' - think she was.

RIP Deanna Durbin.

[Ferretfancy]

Apparently in 1947 she was the highest paid star in Hollywood. That amazes me, because she is only remembered today for 100 Men and a Girl.

[jean]

I was aware of Deanna Durbin's name because of a skipping rhyme I heard at primary school in the 1950s:

Deanna Durbin
She wore a turban
When she was 5,6,7,8....

It was many years before I found out she was a real person.

[amateur51]

My mother claimed to be related to Deanna Durbin, via someone called 'Mrs Baker'. We never delved very far

[mercia]

Alleluia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNJrwcS9u34

quiz question: who won an Academy Award for 100 Men ... ?

[jean]

She was to be heard singing Gounod's Ave Maria on In Tune today at about 4.40.