Corinna Mura
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March 16, 1910
- Singer
- diseuse
- actress
Corinna Mura | |
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 Mura in the musical Mexican Hayride, 1944 | |
| Born | Corinna Wall March 16, 1910 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 1, 1965 (aged 55) Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Years active | 1942–1957 |
| Notable work | Casablanca |
Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; March 16, 1910 – August 1, 1965) was an American cabaret singer, actress, 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.
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.[3]
Death
She died in Mexico City on 1 August 1965, at 55 years of age, from cancer.
