sentences:  Edward St. John Gorey was born in Chicago.His parents, Helen Dunham (née Garvey) and Edward Lee Gorey, divorced in 1936 when he was 11, then remarried in 1952 when he was 27.One of his stepmothers was Corinna Mura (1909–1965), a cabaret singer who had a small role in the classic film "Casablanca" as the woman playing the guitar while singing "La Marseillaise" at Rick's Café Américain.