Corinna Mura
Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; 16 March 1910 – 1 August 1965) was a cabaret singer and diseuse.[1][2] 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.
As a child she was trained by her parents 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.[3]
Death
She died in Mexico City on 1 August 1965, at 55 years of age, from cancer.
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[4] (final film role) |
References
- Oakland Tribune obituary, Saturday, October 20, 1965, p. 5
- Wilson, Scott (August 22, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 538. ISBN 9780786479924.
- Theroux, Alexander (2011). The Strange Case of Edward Gorey. Fantagraphics, p. 15. ISBN 1606993844.
- "The Helen Morgan Story". Retrieved September 1, 2016.
External links
- Corinna Mura at IMDb
- Corinna Mura at AllMovie
- Corinna Mura at the TCM Movie Database
- Corinna Mura at the British Film Institute
- Corinna Mura at the Internet Broadway Database
- Corinna Mura at Find a Grave
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