RIP Deanna Durbin,

[David Matthews]

Sad news. One of my major crushes in my early teens.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/movies/deanna-durbin-1930s-star-of-universal-pictures-dies-at-91.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1&

Dave M

[Nancy2]

On Apr 30, 11:35 pm, David Matthews <dmatthew...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sad news.  One of my major crushes in my early teens.
>

> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/movies/deanna-durbin-1930s-star-of-...
>
> Dave M

One of my favorites when I was young.

N.

[curmudgeon]

One of my major crushes in my early teens.

[Melani...@hotmail.com]

Am Donnerstag, 2. Mai 2013 06:26:48 UTC+2 schrieb curmudgeon:
> One of my major crushes in my early teens.
>
> One of my favorites when I was young.

I started being interested in Judy Garland
20-30 years ago, and so Deanna Durbin's name
always cropped up.

I find it odd, though, that she retired when she
was only 29 - wonderful hubby and farmhouse near
Paris notwithstanding - if one has talent like
that, surely it's a sin not to continue to use
it - till one drops dead!

But she apparently hated Hollywood and performing
so intensely that she absolutely refused to
perform anywhere after her third marriage.

Odd. Not to want to create, I mean.

Melanie

[David Matthews]

My understanding is that she never quit singing. She used to perform at private gatherings after her retirement.

Dave M