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