Debbie Reynolds
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Bodyguard (1992)
as Debbie Reynolds
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Kathy Selden
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Lilith Prescott
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
as Debbie Reynolds (voice)
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
as Frances
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
as Lulu Pickles (voice)
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
as Tammy
In & Out (1997)
as Berniece Brackett
Heaven & Earth (1993)
as Eugenia
Charlotte's Web (1973)
as Charlotte (voice)
One for the Money (2012)
as Grandma Mazur
Halloweentown High (2004)
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
The Gazebo (1959)
as Nell Nash
Halloweentown (1998)
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
June Bride (1948)
as Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding
Connie and Carla (2004)
as Herself
The Singing Nun (1966)
as Sister Ann
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Mother (1996)
as Beatrice Henderson
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
as Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer / School Teacher (voice)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989)
as Amanda Cody
Athena (1954)
as Minerva
Return to Halloweentown (2006)
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
The Mating Game (1959)
as Mariette Larkin
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self
These Old Broads (2001)
as Piper Grayson
That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
as Self
Hit the Deck (1955)
as Carol Pace
The Rat Race (1960)
as Peggy Brown
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
as Molly Brown
Divorce American Style (1967)
as Barbara Harmon
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2017)
as Self
Goodbye Charlie (1964)
as Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason
The Tender Trap (1955)
as Julie Gillis
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self
Battling for Baby (1992)
as Helen
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
How Sweet It Is! (1968)
as Jenny
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
as Adelle Bruckner
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
Susan Slept Here (1954)
as Susan Beaurgard Landis
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
as Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Bundle of Joy (1956)
as Polly Parish
The Catered Affair (1956)
as Jane Hurley
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Three Little Words (1950)
as Helen Kane
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
as Melba Robinson
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Pepe (1960)
as Debbie Reynolds
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
My Six Loves (1963)
as Janice Courtney
This Happy Feeling (1958)
as Janet Blake
Mary, Mary (1963)
as Mary McKellaway
The Second Time Around (1961)
as Lu Rogers
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
as Maggie Putnam
Mr. Imperium (1951)
as Gwen
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
I Love Melvin (1953)
as Judy Schneider / Judy LeRoy
Say One for Me (1959)
as Holly LeMaise
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
as Self
Zack and Reba (1998)
as Beulah Blanton
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Virtual Mom (2000)
as Gwen
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Self
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
as Herself
The Brothers Warner (2008)
as Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
as Self
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
as Debbie Reynolds
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
as Pansy Hammer
The Best of Broadway (1985)
as Herself
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
as Jessica Poole
Sadie and Son (1987)
as Sadie
Committed (2014)
as Self
The Christmas Wish (1998)
as Ruth
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999)
as Shirlee Allison
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
as Suzy Doolittle
Challenge the Wilderness (1951)
as Narrator (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
as Self
The Story of a Dress (1964)
as Self
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)
as Self
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland (2002)
as Lulu Pickles (voice)
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children (1969)
as Self
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
as Self
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
as Self
The Slippers (2016)
Actor
Do It Debbie's Way (1983)
as Self
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
as Maureen O'Grady
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God? (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Couples Do It Debbie's Way (1988)
Actor
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009)
as Self
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
as Herself
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace! (1978)
as Herself
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story (2008)
Actor
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1981)
as Alice
In the Picture (2012)
as Aunt Lilith