Debbie Reynolds
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1932
- Died
- December 28, 2016 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- El Paso, Texas, USA
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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Debbie Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self
The Slippers
Movie
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Movie · as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie · as Self
Committed
Movie · as Self
The 7D
TV · as Grandmommers Whimsical (voice) · 1 ep
Behind the Candelabra
Movie · as Frances
One for the Money
Movie · as Grandma Mazur
In the Picture
Movie · as Aunt Lilith
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Movie · as Self
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie · as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie · as Self
The Brothers Warner
Movie · as Self
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
Movie
The Penguins of Madagascar
TV · as Granny Squirrel (voice) · 1 ep
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie · as Self
Return to Halloweentown
Movie · as Aggie Cromwell
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Halloweentown High
Movie · as Aggie Cromwell
Connie and Carla
Movie · as Herself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie · as Self
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Movie · as Herself
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cinerama Adventure
Movie · as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie · as Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Movie · as Self
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
Movie · as Lulu Pickles (voice)
First Monday
TV · 1 ep
Kim Possible
TV · as Nana Possible (voice) · 4 eps
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
Movie · as Aggie Cromwell
These Old Broads
Movie · as Piper Grayson
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Movie · as Lulu Pickles (voice)
Virtual Mom
Movie · as Gwen
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
Movie · as Shirlee Allison
Keepers of the Frame
Movie · as Herself
Family Guy
TV · as Mrs. Wilson (voice) · 1 ep
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie · as Debbie Reynolds (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Movie · as Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer (voice)
Halloweentown
Movie · as Aggie Cromwell
The Christmas Wish
Movie · as Ruth
Zack & Reba
Movie · as Beulah Blanton
Will & Grace
TV · as Bobbi Adler · 12 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps
Bravo Profiles
TV · as Self · 1 ep
In & Out
Movie · as Berniece Brackett
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Movie · as Self
Mother
Movie · as Beatrice Henderson
Wedding Bell Blues
Movie · as Debbie Reynolds, Self
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as Self - Host
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Betty Poplovich · 1 ep
Heaven & Earth
Movie · as Eugenia
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Movie · as Self
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bodyguard
Movie · as Debbie Reynolds
Battling for Baby
Movie · as Helen
Vicki!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rugrats
TV · as Lulu Pickles (voice), Lulu Johnson (voice) · 9 eps
Wings
TV · as Deedee Chappel · 1 ep
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Movie · as Amanda Cody
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
Movie
Sidewalks Entertainment
TV · 1 ep
Roseanne
TV · 1 ep
Sadie and Son
Movie · as Sadie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Best of Broadway
Movie · as Herself
That's Dancing!
Movie
The Golden Girls
TV · as Truby · 1 ep
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Do It Debbie's Way
Movie · as Self
Jennifer Slept Here
TV · as Alice Farrell · 1 ep
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Madame's Place
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Alice
Aloha Paradise
TV · as Sydney Chase · 8 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
Movie · as Herself
The People's Command Performance: '77
Movie · as Self
The Love Boat
TV · as Sheila Evans, Doris Talbert · 2 eps
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Alice
TV · 1 ep
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV · 2 eps
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Charlotte's Web
Movie · as Charlotte (voice)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
What's the Matter with Helen?
Movie · as Adelle
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
Movie · as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Debbie Reynolds Show
TV · as Debbie Thompson · 26 eps
Bracken's World
TV · 1 ep
How Sweet It Is!
Movie · as Jenny
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Divorce American Style
Movie · as Barbara Harmon
Mondo Hollywood
Movie
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
The Singing Nun
Movie · as Sister Ann
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie · as Molly Brown
Goodbye Charlie
Movie · as Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason
The Story of a Dress
Movie · as Self
Mary, Mary
Movie · as Mary McKellaway
My Six Loves
Movie · as Janice Courtney
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Lilith Prescott
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 10 eps
The Pleasure of His Company
Movie · as Jessica Poole
The Second Time Around
Movie · as Lu Rogers
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pepe
Movie · as Debbie Reynolds
The Rat Race
Movie · as Peggy Brown
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Gazebo
Movie · as Nell Nash
The Mating Game
Movie · as Mariette Larkin
Say One for Me
Movie · as Holly LeMaise
It Started with a Kiss
Movie · as Maggie Putnam
This Happy Feeling
Movie · as Janet Blake
Kraft Music Hall
TV · 1 ep
Tammy and the Bachelor
Movie · as Tammy
American Bandstand
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bundle of Joy
Movie · as Polly Parish
The Catered Affair
Movie · as Jane Hurley
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie · as Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Recipient · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Memoriam (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Tender Trap
Movie · as Julie Gillis
Hit the Deck
Movie · as Carol Pace
Ford Star Jubilee
TV · 1 ep
MGM Parade
TV · 2 eps
Susan Slept Here
Movie · as Susan Beaurgard Landis
Athena
Movie · as Minerva
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie · as Self
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love Melvin
Movie · as Judy LeRoy
Give a Girl a Break
Movie · as Suzy Doolittle
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Movie · as Pansy Hammer
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Singin' in the Rain
Movie · as Kathy Selden
Skirts Ahoy!
Movie · as Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Challenge the Wilderness
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)
Mr. Imperium
Movie · as Gwen
Three Little Words
Movie · as Helen Kane
Two Weeks with Love
Movie · as Melba Robinson
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Movie · as Maureen O'Grady
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 4 eps
June Bride
Movie · as Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Hostess, Self - Nominee · 2 eps