I was almost afraid to mention what Deannas father had said about Joseph Cotten as I had no idea of whether this was common knowledge or even hinted at in earlier times. If Id had other previous romances I might not of married the first man I was permitted to go out alone with and to see. Her husband is Charles David (21 December 1950 - 1 March 1999) ( his death) ( 1 child), Felix Jackson (13 June 1945 - 8 November 1950) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Vaughn Paul (18 April 1941 - 14 December 1943) ( divorced . She also was one of the highest paid stars of her time, making a reported $250,000 a year. May 3, 2013 @ He was there for her many times when she needed him but there are some actions by Gene that I can never forgive, namely his physical abuse of her (at least early on that we know about) and the verbal abuse and neglect in Jeanettes final days. She was 91. Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956), often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. What I particularly like about Durbins voice is its range, and her ability to adapt her voice to the song hearing her sing, for instance, You wanna keep your baby looking right, or, better yet, Spring will be a little late this year, one couldnt imagine that this woman could sing grand opera so many opera singers have tried to sing popular songs and always sound like an opera singer singing a popular song, but not Durbin. She broke into the movies in 1936, aged 14, when she appeared in "Every Sunday" with Judy Garland, according to her biography on the IMDb film website. Senator from California, the first notable American . Deanna Durbin, the singing starlet with the bubbly personality and the jewel-tone voice whose enormously popular movies were widely credited with saving Universal Pictures from bankruptcy during the Depression, has died. Deanna loves spaghetti and candy and like all youngsters she hates to diet, but now Universal has told her she must reduce. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951. David died in 1999. I began writing this obituary many hours ago when I woke to the news of Deannas passing. But not only was there such a stigma attached to anyone with a child out of wedlock, on top of that the stars (and studios) went to great lengths to protect their reputations. A year later he obviously felt appeased when Judy Garland became a superstar with The Wizard of Oz (1939). Pat was a Deanna Durbin fan as well as a Mac/Eddy fan and she told me two pieces of information about Deanna Durbin that I thought little about in the ensuing decades. At the last minute Karloff was replaced by Claude Rains and Nelson was wooed over to Universal with promises that hed get to sing lots of opera plus there was never any question that he would get top billing. I am also a devoted fan of Jeanette and Nelson. I really venture to say that I believe one of the major reasons for Deanna to move to France was to protect her daughter and family from scandal. She was 91. Her popularity peaked by her late teens and by her mid-20s Durbin had left Hollywood forever, made wealthy by her relatively brief career. They had a son together, Peter, and Deanna dropped out of show business altogether, never to return. Brownie told me a still little-known fact in the 1970s, that Deanna had a handicap with her left arm, which permanently hung at a slight angle. [Cotten further explained that he got his revenge at a dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel for the US Vice President.] In a newsletter, the Deanna Durbin Society said Ms. Durbin died "a few days ago," quoting her son, Peter H. David, who thanked her admirers for respecting her privacy. Mind you she married him in December 1950 and their son was born June 21st 1951. Like Shirley Temple, Deanna had an early disastrous marriage that failed, to assistant director on her early films, Vaughn Paul. Ms. Durbin was an extremely talented singer. In 1945, Durbin made "Lady on a Train" directed by Charles David, whom she married five years later. He was also found guilty of fathering a child out of wedlock when blood tests proved he was not the father. Poignantly, even Anne Frank, confined to her familys hiding place in Amsterdam during World War II, pasted a movie magazine picture of Durbin on her wall. But Deanna Durbin a world-famous young movie actress during the 1930s and 1940s managed to do it right. No other details were given. Below, Deanna receiving her Oscar from Edgar Bergen. Deanna Durbin, who attained worldwide popularity as a child star in the 1930s while starring in a series of musicals, has died. Yes, I read about the incident with her and Joseph Cotton which Hedda Hopper published. May 2, 2013 @ Durbin made her first film appearance with Judy Garland in Every Sunday (1936), and . We were both working on the same film, and our bungalows were just a few buildings apart. Sharon, I just really discovered Deanna Durbin in the last year. Her son Peter H. David was quoted as telling The Deanna Durbin Society newsletter that the actress died "a few days ago", thanking her admirers for respecting her privacy. Wow. No other details were given. We know that from the Jeanette and Nelson story that wily Hopper knew much of the behind-the-scenes goings on and that included Jeanettes 1938 pregnancy and miscarriage. By 1940 Deanna had successfully made the transition on film from cute kid to young adult. She was 91. You can watch a clip of their onscreen duet on YouTube. She turned down numerous offers to perform again, including lead roles on Broadway and the London stage as well as aconcert appearances in Las Vegas. Deanna had a long life so again, I hope she was happy in France. Now, this brings me to another interview I did in the 1980s with one of our club members, a retired Navy nurse, Pat Hudson. (Getty Images) I do my own shopping, bring up my two children and sing an hour every day.. And I did. However, the public continued to love her light musical comedies. In 1947, she was the highest paid star in Hollywood, known for movies such as Three Smart Girls, Spring Parade and Mad about Music. I approached him for an interview since he had worked with Nelson Eddy on Phantom of the Opera. Durbin died on about April 20 Deanna Durbin, a singer-actress who, as a child star, became one of the biggest box-office attractions of the 1930s and 40s has died at the age of 91. Maybe she didnt think the DNA test was that important, she certainly looked like Clark, and perhaps she (and her family) didnt need and money for royalties, if that were in fact still a reality. On December 21, 1950, Durbin married French director-producer Charles Henri David, who had previously directed her in Lady on a Train. No other. Unlike Greta Garbo, whose mystique remained basically intact following her Deanna Durbin dies at 91: One of the top stars of Hollywoods studio era (photo: Deanna Durbin in Ill Be Yours) According to Hollywood lore, teen star Deanna Durbin saved Universal Pictures from Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box office draws of Hollywoods Golden Age with fans that included Winston Churchill, has died. She emphasized that she never identified herself with the public image that the media created around her. A roamer. When a teenage Deanna Durbin appeared on screen in the 1930s, wearing a decorous white dress with her hands clasped together, singing with a bell-like purity, audiences . No other details were given. I dont remember any such thing ever happening, do you? I laughed. However, when at age 15 she auditioned to sing the part of Snow White in the Disney animated film, Walt Disney rejected her voice as "too mature. As soon as she could, she gave it up.. Deanna Durbin, a Winnipeg-born screen star of the 1930s and 1940s, has died, according to her son Peter H. David. I hated being in a goldfish bowl, she said. See below for a candid of the two girls on the MGM lot and a shot from that film. It is a sense that that your communication has come full-circle and it is a precious, humble feeling, good for the soul. Strangely enough, in his autobiography immediately after relating the story about Deanna and Hedda Hopper, Joseph Cotten launches right into an admission of his subsequent marital infidelity! David Sumray But over the years she very kindly did autograph photos sent to her by mail by her fans. In looking at the older photo of her from the 1980s, one can see that kindness in her. Durbins survivors include her daughter, Jessica Jackson, and her son, Peter H. David. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Deanna Durbin, a Winnipeg-bornscreenstar of the 1930s and 1940s, has died, according to her son Peter H. David. I had met her during the making of Lydia about two years earlier. December 26, 2013 @ The following year Deanna married producer/director Charles David (he directed her in 1945s excellent Lady on a Train) and moved with him to France. There are dieticians who make a business of compiling menus.. Only a handful of child superstars such as Shirley Temple have achieved that, to my knowledge. I made pictures, I made love, and I made martinis. Nelson Eddy was the last one out of the church, as the newsreel footage shows, plus he was comforted as the "widower" by Lauritz Melchior and others rather than Gene Raymond, her legal husband. I think if an autobiography does not appear now, that Deanna Durbins life would make a fantastic book. I was initially surprised to read that about a year after their marriage 6 months or so after the birth of baby Jessica, Felix felt the marriage was over. (Getty Images) But she gave it all up in 1949, at age 27, saying she had never been happy as a movie star. Yes, she was one of the irreplaceable, one of the last greats of Hollywood royalty. From 1936 to 1942, Ms. Durbin was everyones intrepid kid sister or spunky daughter, a wholesome, radiant, can-do girl who in a series of wildly popular films was always fixing the problems of unhappy adults. Welcome to Hollywood, folks! It said simply Durbin died "a few days ago," quoting her son, Peter H. David, who thanked her admirers for . (The film was produced by her second husband.). I was saddened to read this news today. joanne tew She Movie . Or who exactly was he angry with and why? Ms. Durbin was quickly handed to Joe Pasternak, who produced her first 10 movies, and to Henry Koster, who directed six of them: Three Smart Girls, One Hundred Men and a Girl, Three Smart Girls Grow Up, First Love, Spring Parade and It Started With Eve.. Deanna Durbin was one of those rare few child/teenaged stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood who walked away from the madness and after some early marital missteps, found a satisfying, somewhat normal personal life as a result. On April 30, 2013, a newsletter published by the Deanna Durbin Society reported that Durbin died "a few days ago", quoting her son, Peter H. David, who thanked her admirers for respecting her privacy. She made her film debut in the 1936 MGM short Every Sunday, with Judy Garland. Villagers in Neauphle reported seeing Durbin from time to time at the post office or dry cleaner but, at her request, maintained a strict code of silence about their famous resident. It was really a way for the nation to thank Chaplin for his years of entertainment as a artist and to apologize for exiling him during the communist witch-hunt era when he was accused of being a Russian-sympathizer-anti-America villain (this man who had tirelessly raised bonds for the Allies during WWI and had the courage to make an anti-Hitler film in 1940 when everyone was afraid to touch that subject). When she slaps John Dalls face and says Im insanely jealous, one gets a glimpse of the very sophisticated comedy actress she could have been. In the early days, I saw the Mac/Eddy films out of sequence, would notice a few things and then ask Blossom and/or others what was going on behind the scenes. Producer A.C. Lyles, 94, was working at Paramount when Durbin turned into a major, major attraction for Universal., She was a charming and talented lady, he said Wednesday, an amazing star with great talent.. She, of course, works her magic and by the end of the 84-minute film, all happily join together to make music under the direction of legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, who plays himself. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. About the same time, in 1936, she began singing on Eddie Cantors popular weekly radio program. But what brought me to tears while watching that broadcast was the audience response. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed many styles from popular standards to operatic arias. Deanna shunned all attempts to return to the public forum in any manner, though she did provide this 1981 photo of herself via her husband to film historian William K. Everson: Only a few photos were taken of Deanna in recent years by tabloid photographers who caught a rare glimpse of her. Spring Parade(at this writing) has never been released on DVD but can be watched on YouTube. In the afternoon there was always a break for tea and sandwiches. We buried the hatchet and remained friends. No other details were given. May 4, 2013 @ Ive gained weight. The actress had remained out of the public eye ever since. Then he writes a paragraph that I dont fully understand; was he just angry at Hedda Hopper who next morning reported the supposed studio tryst? Some men like him are always conveniently married. About the same time, in 1936, she began singing on Eddie Cantors popular weekly radio program. From 1936 to 1942, Ms. Durbin was everyones intrepid kid sister or spunky daughter, a wholesome, radiant, can-do girl who in a series of wildly popular films was always fixing the problems of unhappy adults. Brownie had only praise for Nelsons professionalism at Universal and I agreed with him that Nelsons voice was never better recorded on film than in Phantom. The man was Vaughn Paul, an assistant director, whom she had married at 19 in 1941. In the photo below you can see that it was not withered but watching film footage of her, one can see the left arm is bent slightly at the elbow and is stiff at the wrist so as a result, her left arm appears shorter than the right arm. Mr. David died in 1999, a few months before their 50th wedding anniversary. In 1946, Ms. Durbins salary of $323,477 from Universal made her the second-highest-paid woman in America, just $5,000 behind Bette Davis. Durbin was discovered at age 13 by MGM but moved to Universal the next . According to Brownie, Deannas favorite breakfast was brought to her each day French Fries and ketchup. In Nice Girl, she was experiencing first love and looked a little scared anticipating marriage. Now that is revealing. All those years of being important and making millions for your studioand then you are given the boot and your dressing room belongings are unceremoniously dumped at the studio gate. Durbin walked away and never went back, and had a life, a real life, not one based on illusory fame, not one based on chasing the Bitch Goddess. Signed by the studio at 13, Ms. Durbin, who already possessed a mature coloratura soprano, soon appeared in a one-reel short, Every Sunday, with another recently signed 13-year-old, Judy Garland, who sang swing while Ms. Durbin sang classical music. Ill simply say you called and said you did not have a midnight tryst on the lot Forget it, Hedda, I said. Durbin and David raised a son, Peter David (born in June 1951), as well as Durbin's daughter Jessica, on a farm outside of Paris. It was very easy. Many of the films were Depression fairy tales in which Ms. Durbin won over or defeated silly rich people with the help of butlers, cooks and chauffeurs, who often risked their jobs to aid her. She was 91. Durbin's death was initially reported by her son, Peter H. David, in the Deanna Durbin. Her last three films were a return to the musical romances her public preferred but were weak efforts. No other details were given. You cant hide that kind of light under a bushel, he wrote. What I think saddens me about Deanna Durbin is that she never was able to have that experience, to have that group hug. 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Jeanette and Nelson also expressed some shell-shock and bitterness once their Hollywood careers turned on them. At a time when most girls her age were barely discovering boys, Durbin was catapulted into her role as a wholesome teen idol to millions of young girls. Musical Film. May 3 update: Richard Simonton kindly gave me permission to reproduce a 1994 letter he wrote to Deanna Durbin and her response. No other details were given. I do hope we are able to learn more about what went on with Deannas life. Boy, this sure sounds very familiar, doesnt it? The following year Deanna went on suspension for about four months, settling only when she was allowed to take control over her films directors, stories and songs. Much to my surprise she wrote back to me. One of Hollywood's Deanna Durbin has died, aged 91. ", "The character I was forced into had little or nothing in common with myself or with other youth of my generation, for that matter.". In Paris on December 21, 1950, shortly after her 29th birthday, Deanna Durbin married Charles David, the producer-director of both French and American pictures who had guided her through Lady on a Train (1945). He, too, was spoiled and an only child. maceddy She was given a special miniature 1938 Academy Award for her significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth.. Despite her tendency to plumpness (by Hollywood standards), the studio did not starve her and/or put her on dangerous medications as did MGM with Judy Garland. The fact was that Joseph Cotten was married to Lenore Kipp and remained married to her until Kipps death in 1960. Deanna Durbin, a singing child movie star of the 1930s who became one of the wo Read More, Deanna Durbin, a singing child movie star of the 1930s who became one of the world's highest paid actresses before turning her back on stardom, has died at the age of 91. It also was nominated for best picture, losing out to MGMs The Great Ziegfeld.. Remembering sisters Jeanette MacDonald and Blossom Rock today. But her popularity had peaked. (Getty Images), She made her name playing the ideal teenage daughter in "Three Smart Girls" in 1936 and in its profitable follow-up the next year, "One Hundred Men and a Girl", which was credited with saving Universal studios from bankruptcy. As a final note on daughter Jessica, I was sad to read that she apparently was estranged from her mother in adulthood. The comparison with Garbo is, I feel, a false one Garbo didnt want to stop being a movie star, events overtook her, and Garbo played with fame in the years of her retirement the impression one gets with Garbo is that she just didnt really know what to do with herself. Durbin received an honorary Oscar in 1938 LOS ANGELES Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box-office draws of Hollywood's Golden Age with fans that. Deanna always would say that she isnt the person she played on the screen, that she was another person apart from who she really was. When my first marriage failed, everyone said that I could never divorce. I fervently hope that her marriage to Charles David was a happy one, did not know that they argued quite frequently prior to their marriage. In fact, I was so flabbergasted over the details of her first pregnancy that I neglected to observe as you did that her son was born 6 months after her marriage to Charles David. That Jackson would just leave Deanna six months after baby Jessicas birth and walk away from his without even fighting for joint custody well, that was very telling. Please add an image! Nelson was a bigger box office draw than Allan Jones so the whole film would now be built around Nelson Eddynot a problem in normal circumstances but in Phantom it was off-kilter to the actual story. 1:18 pm. Golden Age Of Hollywood. Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy Home Page | Mac/Eddy Club 1996-2022. So if the above indeed was her thinking, such casting and plot revision would have been unworkable for her. (Getty Images), /celebs/international/reclusive-hollywood-actress-deanna-durbin-dies-at-91/eventshow/19820949.cms, The actress was born Edna Mae Durbin in Winnipeg, Canada, but moved to California with her British-born parents when she was young. Plus this handful of stars just mentioned had that indefinable quality and personal charisma that just radiated from the big screen and set them apart from other contemporaries. I loved your article about Deanna Durbin. Plus, its one thing to experience that as an adult but for the child stars who knew no other life to be has-beens so quickly with their entire adult lives ahead of themyou cant blame them for being bitter. One day she telephoned and said: Im reading a piece here that says you once kicked me in the backside. She was 91. I cant sugarcoat what occurred for the sake of being polite. After all secrets do leak out. They sort of adopted me as their perfect daughter., In the letter, which was excerpted in some newspapers, she also wrote: I was never happy making pictures. In addition to Peter, her son from her marriage to Mr. David, Ms. Durbin had a daughter, Jessica, from her second marriage. By Warren Boroson April 30, 2010, 6:22 pm. Several years ago I wrote to her in France. I agree that it is very sad that Deanna did not wish to continue her career after her early retirement. They were best buds and socialized together well. I appreciate your bluntness and think there must have been some real reasons for Deanna to not only give up her career but to leave the US and live the rest of her life in seclusion. (As it would be difficult for any woman in those circumstances.) No other details were given. Singer -actress Deanna Durbin, who was the highest-paid female star in Hollywood in 1947 but quit the biz the following year at the age of 26, has died, her fan club announced Tuesday. Her MGM career ended suddenly, however, when Schumann-Heink, who was to play herself as an adult in the movie about her life, died at 75 and the studio did not pick up Ms. Durbins option. Actually, Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper accused Deanna and co-star Joseph Cotten of having an affair during this film. As an ardent Deanna Durbin fan I found your article informative and enjoyed it immensely. The source was a newsletter from the British-based Deanna Durbin Society, quoting Durbin's son, Peter H. David. It may be the second to last day of Comic Con, but things are far from slowing down. The next presidential race will be driven by more money than ever before-and the Gop is already besting the Dems' fundraising. She made five more films after that, ending her career in 1948 with For the Love of Mary, in which she portrayed a White House switchboard operator juggling the attentions of three men. Read Less, Capitalising on her fame, Universal cast Durbin in a series of musical movies i Read More, Capitalising on her fame, Universal cast Durbin in a series of musical movies including "That Certain Age" and "Mad About Music" which made the actress with the sweet soprano voice into one of Hollywood's most popular stars. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. She like so many other young classical singers of her generation looked to Jeanette MacDonald as a trailblazer and inspiration. She broke into the movies in 1936, aged 14, when she appeared in "Every Sunday" with Judy Garland, according to her biography on the IMDb film website. In his autobiography, Easy the Hard Way, Mr. Pasternak who would eventually move to MGM and build the careers of two other coloratura sopranos, Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell said that stardom was always a matter of chemistry between the public and the player and that no one could take credit for discovering Deanna Durbin. She had a lovely voice and her parents, then living in Los Angeles, trained her with a vocal coach. Deanna Durbin with her son Peter David. Koster worked closely with the young singer to bring out credible performances. On April 30, 2013, a newsletter published by the Deanna Durbin Society reported that Durbin died "in the past few days", quoting her son, Peter H. David, who thanked her admirers for respecting her privacy. It was a shotgun wedding and appears, in retrospect, to be more about ensuring her child was born legitimate rather than for love. Would you like me to deny it, dear? she asked. The announcement of her death was made by her Former child star Deanna Durbin has died at the age of 91, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In fact, he told me that he built an entire new recording booth and setup for Nelsons first (and ultimately last) Universal movie. Los Angeles, June 25, 2023. Durbin tried to transition into a more sophisticated movie persona by taking roles in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday, about refugee children from China and mysteries Lady on a Train and Christmas Holiday. She added, Working together all day as we did, we found we had no outside interests. Strange, isnt it, since they had a newborn daughter together? Deanna Durbin was first signed by MGM and co-starred with Judy Garland in the short film Every Sunday (1936). Shortly afterward she moved to Universal, shepherded there by Rufus Le Maire, a former MGM executive who had switched his allegiance to the rival studio. With changing times I feel it would have been possible for her to maintain her privacy as well as have a career. Ms. Durbin had remained determinedly out of public view since 1949, when she retired to a village in France with her third husband. First, she told me that her mothers boyfriend, the cop, had also discussed with them the time he caught a couple carrying on in a parked car one night on Mulholland Drive. They were married from 1945 to 1949. "sweet soprano voice" that charmed American audiences, second-highest paid actress in America in 1946. her son Peter H. David said in a fan club newsletter published on Tuesday, April . Pat was my source for some information about Gene Raymond including his 1949 arrest. 1 of 4. But my own two personal favorites are Mad About Music and Spring Parade. She could not have been allowed by Universal to have a child out of wedlock as the scandal would destroy her film career. Deanna Durbin. No other details were given. . If you have not seen that clip before you can watch it here at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Pl-qvA1X8. He went over to bust them only to discover that the culprits were Joseph Cotten and Deanna Durbin. Although she appeared in only one short and 21 feature films in her 12-year Hollywood career, Durbin nevertheless left behind a trove of upbeat productions that made her one of the biggest stars of her era and earned her loyal fans decades after her last film was released in 1948. Were they friends with benefits after working together? She is Deanna Durbin - one of the best-loved of all stars. Veteran Canadian actress/singer Deanna Durbin has died at the age of 91. Mr. David once said that he and Ms. Durbin had made a deal that he would protect her from spiders, mosquitoes and reporters., Ms. Durbin, who gave almost no interviews after she left Hollywood, did send reporters a letter in 1958 that read in part: I was a typical 13-year-old American girl. 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