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THE STARS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT DEANNA DURBIN:

EDDIE CANTOR said: "Deanna possesses more charm, more poise, more personality than a half dozen of the biggest feminine stars in Hollywood today. To hear her is to adore her. To both see and hear her is to take her to your heart for all time."



GRACE MOORE, who was a famous American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film, said this about Deanna Durbin: "That kid sings better than me!"



MARY LEO was a singing teacher whose pupils included a number of famous opera singers. She was originally a violin teacher, but in the late 1930s, she heard a recording of Deanna Durbin. Mary was so inspired by Deanna's natural beautiful tone, flexible technique, vocal range, and graceful poise, that she decided to devote her time to teaching singing.



Famous Dutch soprano, ELLY AMELING said the following: "Deanna Durbin - there was something so pure in her singing - it was magical. I heard some of her records when I was about ten. It was magical and I began to sing her repertory myself."



JUDY GARLAND said: "That's why I'm grateful to Deanna Durbin. Her work proved to the public that people were interested in actresses or talent of the between age. That was a break for all of us in our early teens."



As a young girl in Athens, MARIA CALLAS would watch the films of Deanna Durbin, and was so entranced by that child star's utterly perfect voice, she vowed to become an opera singer.



The famous coloratura soprano, LILY PONS said the following about Deanna Durbin: "The greatest child singer ever, of either sex."



Mexican opera star GILD CRUZ-ROMO said she was influenced by Deanna Durbin - "I would go to the movies and see Deanna Durbin, and I wanted to be just like Deanna Durbin!"



The great JOAN SUTHERLAND was a fan of Deanna Durbin. She loved Deanna's movies and said she had a beautiful voice and natural acting style - "She made it all look so easy. I wish I knew how she did it!"



The world renowned American baritone, LAWRENCE TIBBETT once described Deanna Durbin as "The modern Jenny Lind."



Metropolitan Opera star and vocal coach ANDRES DE SEGUROLA described the quality of her voice as "A perfect blue white diamond, and just as rare - a voice one in ten million."



MEL TORME was an American musician, known as one of the great male jazz singers. He said that Deanna Durbin was one of his musical heroines: "Durbin was phenomenal. Possessed of a glorious operatic voice, she could and did sing anything put in front of her to perfection!"



The amazing singer and Hollywood actress JANE POWELL said the following: "Like everyone else, I was just crazy about Deanna Durbin. I thought she was so beautiful. I thought then, and I still think, that she was a wonderfully gifted actress and singer with one of the most beautiful, natural voices I've ever heard. I never thought there could ever be another Deanna Durbin and I certainly didn't think I was it!"



MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH who was one of the greatest Russian cellists of the 20th century said the following about Deanna Durbin: "She helped me in my discovery of myself. You have no idea of the smelly old movie houses I patronized to see Deanna Durbin. I tried to create the very best in my music to try and recreate, to approach her purity."



Fellow actor LEWIS HOWARD said the following: "I count myself most fortunate to have my screen career in company with so charming a girl as Deanna Durbin. When first I met her I was astonished to observe that what she appears to be on the screen she actually is in real life - sweet, charming, bubbling with the personality of spring flowers."