The Resume

(December 4, 1921-circa April 2013)
Birth name is Edna Mae Durbin
Acted in films 'Three Smart Girls (1936),' 'Every Sunday (1936),' 'One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937),' 'Mad About Music (1938),' 'That Certain Age (1938),' 'Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939),' 'First Love (1939),' 'It's a Date (1940),' 'Spring Parade (1940),' 'Nice Girl? (1941),' 'It Started With Eve (1941),' 'The Amazing Mrs. Holiday (1943),' 'Hers to Hold (1943),' 'His Butler's Sister (1943),' 'Christmas Holiday (1944),' 'Can't Help Singing (1944),' 'Lady on a Train (1944),' 'Because of Him (1946),' 'I'll be yours (1947),' 'Something in the Wind (1947),' 'Up in Central Park (1948)' and 'For the Love of Mary (1948)'

Why she might be annoying:

She divorced twice.
At age 19, she married Vaughn Paul.
Despite having once been the most highly paid actress in the United States, she is barely remembered today.
Her fame resulted in Deanna Durbin merchandise.
Some of her later films received poor reviews.
At the height of her career, she retired to seclusion.
She has not been interviewed since 1949.
She has vowed never to return to films, despite her immense talent.
She was rejected for the role of Dorothy Gale in 'The Wizard of Oz (1939).'
Walt Disney rejected her for the part of Snow White in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937),' deeming her voice 'too mature.'

Why she might not be annoying:

She was sometimes called 'Winnipeg's Sweetheart.'
Unlike many aging female singers, she has not lost her singing ability.
Her salary, $400,000, exceeded that of Shirley Temple's.
Her first screen kiss in 'First Love (1939)' caused a worldwide sensation.
She sang on Eddie Cantor's Radio Show, earning her almost instant stardom.
She is said to have 'saved' Universal Studios from bankruptcy.
She was awarded a 1938 honorary Oscar.
She has a star on the walk of fame.

Credit: Soccer

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Academy Juvenile Award Winners (Ranked: 1938)
• Actors Who Think They Can Sing
• Child Stars [1930s]
• Damaged Women
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Female
• Gene Kelly's Leading Ladies
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2013 (Ranked: 91)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[C-E]
• I Married Young
• I Portrayed Cinderella
• I Was a Child Star
• I was Falsely Reported Dead
• My Music was Lost in the 2008 Universal Studios Fire
• Profiles 13251-13500 (Ranked: 13263)
• Recluses
• Secret Annex Wall Photos [Anne Frank House]
• Soccer's Profiles
• Soda Advertisers
• We Married at the Little Church in the West in Las Vegas
• We Married in Las Vegas
• Women with Beauty Marks [Facial Moles]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 165 Votes: 58.79% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 39 Votes: 82.05% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 71 Votes: 59.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 368 Votes: 64.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 62 Votes: 80.65% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 85 Votes: 37.65% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 155 Votes: 44.52% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 232 Votes: 40.09% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 250 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 66 Votes: 56.06% Annoying