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