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Corinna Mura (born Corinna Wall; March 16, 1910 – August 1, 1965) was a 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.

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Corinna Mura
Mura in the musical Mexican Hayride, 1944
Born	Corinna Wall (1910-03-16)March 16, 1910
Died	August 1, 1965(1965-08-01) (aged 55) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Singer diseuse actress
Years active	1942–1957
Notable work	Casablanca

Biography

Mura was born in Mexico City, Mexico 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.[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

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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