Debbie Reynolds

Acting · 2.4 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

How the West Was Won

19627.0

In & Out

19976.5

Behind the Candelabra

20136.6

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

20006.7

Heaven & Earth

19936.6

One for the Money

20125.5

Halloweentown High

20046.6

Tammy and the Bachelor

19577.0

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

20016.8

Halloweentown

19986.8

Return to Halloweentown

20066.6

Charlotte's Web

19736.9

June Bride

19487.1

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

19986.1

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

20076.8

The Gazebo

19596.9

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

20097.3

Commitment to Life

2023

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

20246.9

Susan Slept Here

19546.1

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

These Old Broads

20016.3

Tab Hunter Confidential

20157.3

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

19645.7

Connie and Carla

20045.9

Hit the Deck

19555.0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'

2005

Athena

19545.8

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

20177.5

The Tender Trap

19556.2

That's Dancing!

19856.9

The Singing Nun

19665.9

Mother

19966.8

The Rat Race

19606.8

The Mating Game

19596.4

Divorce American Style

19675.9

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Pepe

19606.3

It Started with a Kiss

19595.5

How Sweet It Is!

19686.9

The Second Time Around

19616.2

The Catered Affair

19567.2

A Star Is Born World Premiere

19548.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

20027.8

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

20037.9

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

19977.2

Goodbye Charlie

19645.8

Three Little Words

19506.3

What's the Matter with Helen?

19715.9

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

20127.4

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

19826.0

Mr. Imperium

19515.1

Give a Girl a Break

19535.4

The Pleasure of His Company

19616.4

Meet Me in Las Vegas

19564.5

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

19606.0

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

19507.0

Bundle of Joy

19566.4

Do It Debbie's Way

198310.0

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1981

Mary, Mary

19635.3

Wedding Bell Blues

19964.4

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland

20026.0

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

19896.5

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

2009

The Brothers Warner

20086.6

Two Weeks with Love

19506.4

I Love Melvin

19536.2

Mondo Hollywood

19676.7

Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?

20216.4

Couples Do It Debbie's Way

1988

This Happy Feeling

19584.8

Committed

2014

The Christmas Wish

19985.3

Zack and Reba

19985.6

Skirts Ahoy!

19525.8

The Slippers

2016

Say One for Me

19595.4

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

19536.1

Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!

1978

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

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

20048.3

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

20017.2

My Six Loves

19635.7

Battling for Baby

19925.3

Cinerama Adventure

20027.7

The Best of Broadway

1985

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

20027.0

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

19996.5

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

The Story of a Dress

19647.0

Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children

1969

Sadie and Son

19875.5

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

19936.7

Keepers of the Frame

199910.0

Virtual Mom

20006.0

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

20098.0

Challenge the Wilderness

19518.0

The Jill & Tony Curtis Story

20081.0

In the Picture

2012