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Trivia Was given a special Juvenile Oscar in 1938. Was an option to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939). By twenty-one, she was the highest-paid woman in the United States and highest-paid female film star in the World. Deanna Durbin dolls existed along with many other types of merchandising in the 1940s. Universal Pictures top star in the 1940s where she was paid $400,000 per film. She is reported as the star who saved the company. Tried for the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney's Sno… Continue

Their is a Deanna Durbin DVD set, which has 2 double-sided dvds. I LOVE this set! It's worth the money! VERY nice package. Inside on the dvd package there are pictures of Deanna posters and movie stills. VERY nice! There aren't any special features, except for some trailers for h… Continue

Deanna Durbin made 21 movies. Here is a list and description of her movies. Three Smart Girls~1936 This was Deanna’s first movie. She plays the youngest of three daughters whose parents are divorced. When they find out that their dad is going to get remarried (and that their mom is still… Continue

Deanna Durbin is my all time favorite actress of the 1940’s. Her first movie was “3 Smart Girls” in 1936. She made 21 movies, all black and white except one, “Can’t Help Singing”. Her co-stars included, Gene Kelly, Tom Drake, Robert Cummings, Pat O’Brien, Franchot Tone, Vincent Price,… Continue