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Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; March 16, 1910 – August 1, 1965) was a 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.
Biography
Mura was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1910. 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.
Death
She died in Mexico City on 1 August 1965, at 55 years of age, from cancer.
Filmography
References
External links
Corinna Mura at IMDb
Corinna Mura at AllMovie
Corinna Mura at Turner Classic Movies
Corinna Mura at the British Film Institute
Corinna Mura at the Internet Broadway Database
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- Corinna Mura
- Corinna (given name)
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- Casablanca (film)
- Passage to Marseille
- Monologist
- Prisoner of Japan
- Waldorf Astoria New York
- Edward Gorey
- The Gay Senorita
