Deanna Durbin, actress from the 1930s, has died at age 91

Hollywood has lost another star of the Golden Age today, after news broke that Deanna Durbin, a star during the 1940s and 1940s, has died at age 91.

The news came in a Deanna Durbin Society newsletter that quoted her son, Peter H. David, as saying that his mother died “a few days ago,” reports The New York Times.

Durbin was an international star during her time in Hollywood and was presented a special Oscar in 1939 along with Mickey Rooney, notes The Hollywood Reporter. She was Universal’s biggest star in the 1930s, helping the studio fight of bankruptcy during the Great Depression. She stayed popular throughout World War II and was reportedly a favorite of Winston Churchill.

The Times notes that by 1946, she was the second-highest paid woman in the country, earning $323,477, just behind Bette Davis.

She made her film debut with Three Smart Girls and went on to appear in over 20 more until her retirement in 1949. That year, she left for France and married her third husband, director Charles David, who died in 1999.