Debbie Reynolds

Acting · 2.5 popularity

Age

Movies

109

Born: April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016
From: El Paso, Texas, USA
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Biography

Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 - December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words, and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, titled Debbie. She starred in How the West Was Won (1963), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous Molly Brown. Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996) (Golden Globe nomination), and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also a cabaret performer. In 1979 she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which still operates today. In 1969 she starred on television in the eponymous The Debbie Reynolds Show, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In 1973 Reynolds starred in a Broadway revival of the musical Irene and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love (1999) and an Emmy Award for playing Grace's mother Bobbi on Will & Grace. At the turn of the millennium, Reynolds reached a new younger generation with her role as Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown series. In 1988 she released her autobiography titled, Debbie: My Life. In 2013, she released a second autobiography, Unsinkable: A Memoir. Reynolds also had several business ventures, including ownership of a dance studio and a Las Vegas hotel and casino, and she was an avid collector of film memorabilia, beginning with items purchased at the landmark 1970 MGM auction. She served as president of The Thalians, an organization dedicated to mental health causes. Reynolds continued to perform successfully on stage, television, and film into her eighties. In January 2015, Reynolds received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2016 she received the Academy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In the same year, a documentary about her life was released titled Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds; the film premiered on HBO on January 7, 2017. On December 28, 2016, Reynolds was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a medical emergency, which her son Todd Fisher later described as a "severe stroke". She died that afternoon, one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher.

Works

109 films

The Bodyguard

19926.7

Singin' in the Rain

19528.1

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

19987.2

In & Out

19976.5

How the West Was Won

19627.0

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

20006.7

Behind the Candelabra

20136.6

One for the Money

20125.5

Heaven & Earth

19936.6

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

20016.8

Return to Halloweentown

20066.6

Tammy and the Bachelor

19577.0

Halloweentown High

20046.6

Halloweentown

19986.8

Charlotte's Web

19736.9

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

19986.1

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

20097.3

June Bride

19487.1

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

20076.8

The Gazebo

19596.9

These Old Broads

20016.3

Tab Hunter Confidential

20157.3

Susan Slept Here

19546.1

Connie and Carla

20045.9

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

19645.7

Commitment to Life

2023

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

20246.9

Athena

19545.8

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

20177.5

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

The Tender Trap

19556.2

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Mother

19966.8

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

It Started with a Kiss

19595.5

The Mating Game

19596.4

Pepe

19606.3

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

20027.8

The Rat Race

19606.8

Hit the Deck

19555.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

The Pleasure of His Company

19616.4

The Singing Nun

19665.9

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

20127.4

How Sweet It Is!

19686.9

The Catered Affair

19567.2

Mr. Imperium

19515.1

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

Divorce American Style

19675.9

Mary, Mary

19635.3

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

20037.9

The Second Time Around

19616.2

Do It Debbie's Way

198310.0

Meet Me in Las Vegas

19564.5

Bundle of Joy

19566.4

A Star Is Born World Premiere

19548.0

What's the Matter with Helen?

19715.9

Three Little Words

19506.3

Wedding Bell Blues

19964.4

Give a Girl a Break

19535.4

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

19606.0

Goodbye Charlie

19645.8

The Slippers

2016

This Happy Feeling

19584.8

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

19826.0

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1981

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

19896.5

Two Weeks with Love

19506.4

Mondo Hollywood

19676.7

Zack and Reba

19985.6

Say One for Me

19595.4

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

19977.2

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland

20026.0

The Brothers Warner

20086.6

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

19536.1

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

19507.0

Cinerama Adventure

20027.7

Couples Do It Debbie's Way

1988

Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!

1978

Skirts Ahoy!

19525.8

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

19936.7

Committed

2014

Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?

20216.4

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

20017.2

I Love Melvin

19536.2

The Christmas Wish

19985.3

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

20048.3

My Six Loves

19635.7

The Best of Broadway

1985

Virtual Mom

20006.0

Battling for Baby

19925.3

Keepers of the Frame

199910.0

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

The Story of a Dress

19647.0

Sadie and Son

19875.5

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'

20027.0

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

19996.5

The Jill & Tony Curtis Story

20081.0

Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children

1969

Challenge the Wilderness

19518.0

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

20098.0

In the Picture

2012