Deanna Durbin, Canadian 1930's child movie star, dead at 91

[Deleted member 16736]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/m...-pictures-dies-at-91.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

[R.G. White]

Awe, I'm upset to hear that! She's was one of my favorite actresses...

 

[Tomasso]

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. The character I was forced into had little or nothing in common with myself — or with other youth of my generation, for that matter. I could never believe that my contemporaries were my fans. They may have been impressed with my ‘success.’ but my fans were the parents, many of whom could not cope with their own youngsters. 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. I’ve gained weight. I do my own shopping, bring up my two children and sing an hour every day.

 

[cookie]

My late Mum told me she won a Deanna Durbin look alike contest once so there!