Portrait of Deanna Durbin

Acting

Deanna Durbin

Career

Active from 1936 to 2009, with a break from 1949 to 1998, busiest in 1943 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for It Started with Eve
It Started with Eve
GoodWatch score77/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Academy Honorary Award

    1939 · Won · 11th Academy Awards

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Academy Juvenile Award

    1939 · Won

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Deanna Durbin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.2, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Innocent Romance 2
  • Nostalgic Vibe 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • 1940s Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title
Love is All
Love is All (1999)

as Singing voice (archive recording)

1970s

1 title · average score 83
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 83

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

15 titles · average score 63
For the Love of Mary
For the Love of Mary (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mary Peppertree

Something in the Wind
Something in the Wind (1947)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mary Collins

Because of Him
Because of Him (1946)
GoodWatch score 58

as Kim Walker

Lady on a Train
Lady on a Train (1945)
GoodWatch score 55

as Nikki Collins / Margo Martin

Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday (1944)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin

Can't Help Singing
Can't Help Singing (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Caroline Frost

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ruth Kirke Holliday

His Butler's Sister
His Butler's Sister (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ann Carter

Nice Girl?
Nice Girl? (1941)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jane 'Pinky' Dana

It Started with Eve
It Started with Eve (1941)
GoodWatch score 77

as Anne Terry

It's a Date
It's a Date (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

as Pamela Drake

Spring Parade
Spring Parade (1940)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ilonka Tolnay

1930s

7 titles · average score 68
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
GoodWatch score 69

as Penny Craig

First Love
First Love (1939)
GoodWatch score 73

as Constance (Connie) Harding

Mad About Music
Mad About Music (1938)
GoodWatch score 72

as Gloria Harkinson

That Certain Age
That Certain Age (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

as Alice Fullerton

One Hundred Men and a Girl
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
GoodWatch score 75

as Patricia Cardwell

Three Smart Girls
Three Smart Girls (1936)
GoodWatch score 73

as Penny Craig

Every Sunday
Every Sunday (1936)
GoodWatch score 59

as Edna