Corinna Mura
Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; March 16, 1910 – August 1, 1965) was an American cabaret singer, actress, and diseuse. She had a small role in the classic film Casablanca as the woman playing the guitar while singing "Tango Delle Rose" and "La Marseillaise" at Rick's Café Américain.
Corinna Mura
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- Name
- Corinna Mura
- Birth Name
- Corinna Wall
- Born
- 16 March 1910
- Birthplace
- San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
- Died
- 1 August 1965
- Place of death
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; March 16, 1910 – August 1, 1965) was an American cabaret singer, actress, and diseuse. She had a small role in the classic film Casablanca as the woman playing the guitar while singing "Tango Delle Rose" and "La Marseillaise" at Rick's Café Américain.
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Corinna Mura (1910–1965) was an actress and singer, of American nationality. The actress was born in San Antonio and died in Mexico City. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Corinna Mura • Birth Name — Corinna Wall • Born — 16 March 1910 • Birthplace — San Antonio, Texas, U.S. • Died — 1 August 1965 • Place of death — Mexico City, Mexico • Occupation — * Singer • diseuse • actress • Years Active — 1942–1957 • Notable Works — Casablanca
Biography
Biography
Mura was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1910. As a child she was trained by her parents, Lillian Bright (nee West) and D. Buckner Wall, to become a coloratura soprano. She sang three times for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1944, Mura appeared in Cole Porter's hit Broadway musical Mexican Hayride, and can be heard in two numbers on the Decca original-cast album. She was stepmother to author/illustrator Edward Gorey.
Death
Death
She died in Mexico City on 1 August 1965, at 55 years of age, from cancer.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1942 — Call Out the Marines — Zana Zaranda • 1942 — Prisoner of Japan — Loti • 1942 — Casablanca — Singer with Guitar — Uncredited • 1944 — Passage to Marseille — Singer • 1945 — The Gay Senorita — Corina • 1947 — Honeymoon — Senora Mendoza • 1957 — The Helen Morgan Story — Guitarist — Uncredited (final film role)
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1910
Corinna Mura born at San Antonio.
1965
Corinna Mura died at Mexico City.
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- 1.Oakland Tribune obituary, Saturday, October 20, 1965, p. 5
- 2.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland & Company, Inc. 538. August 22, 2016. 9780786479924.
- 3.Theroux, Alexander (2011). The Strange Case of Edward Gorey. Fantagraphics, p. 15. .
- 4.The Helen Morgan Story.
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