Deanna Durbin

Edna Mae Durbin, known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the U.S. with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed many styles from popular standards to operatic arias.

4 December 1921

Born on the same birth day (4 December): Dave Taylor (ice hockey) • Diogo Jota • Gasparo Gozzi • Jay DeMerit • Jimmy Bartel • Joan Brady (American-British writer) • Martell Webster • Michael Bates (actor) • Nadir Afonso • Ned Romero • Nikoloz Baratashvili • Nixon Kiprotich • Roberta Bondar • Scott Hastings (rugby union)

Born in the same month (December 1921): Alan Freed • Alvy Moore • Bill Dudley • Carlo Furno • Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore • Dimitri Fampas • George Roy Hill • Guy Beaulne • John Doar • Lore Berger • Phyllis Curtin • Piero Piccioni • Rashid Karami • Steve Allen • Steve Otto • Turgut Demirağ