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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/2024
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2021
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/06/2021
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/2017
The Slippers
Character:
Release Date:11/03/2016
Tab Hunter Confidential
Character:Self
Release Date:15/03/2015
Committed
Character:Self
Release Date:04/04/2014
Behind the Candelabra
Character:Frances
Release Date:26/05/2013
In the Picture
Character:Aunt Lilith
Release Date:28/09/2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/2012
One for the Money
Character:Grandma Mazur
Release Date:26/01/2012
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Character:Self
Release Date:24/04/2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2009
The Brothers Warner
Character:Self
Release Date:16/10/2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2008
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
Character:
Release Date:27/04/2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2007
Return to Halloweentown
Character:Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
Release Date:20/10/2006
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/2005
Halloweentown High
Character:Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
Release Date:08/10/2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:22/06/2004
Connie and Carla
Character:Herself
Release Date:16/04/2004
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Character:Herself
Release Date:09/08/2003
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
Character:Lulu Pickles (voice)
Release Date:21/12/2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2002
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2002
Cinerama Adventure
Character:Self
Release Date:30/08/2002
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
Character:Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
Release Date:12/10/2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/04/2001
These Old Broads
Character:Piper Grayson
Release Date:12/02/2001
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Character:Lulu Pickles (voice)
Release Date:17/11/2000
Virtual Mom
Character:Gwen
Release Date:01/01/2000
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
Character:Shirlee Allison
Release Date:21/11/1999
Keepers of the Frame
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/03/1999
The Christmas Wish
Character:Ruth
Release Date:06/12/1998
Halloweentown
Character:Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
Release Date:10/11/1998
Zack and Reba
Character:Beulah Blanton
Release Date:01/11/1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Character:Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer / School Teacher (voice)
Release Date:16/10/1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Character:Debbie Reynolds (voice)
Release Date:22/05/1998
In & Out
Character:Berniece Brackett
Release Date:10/09/1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:21/01/1997
Mother
Character:Beatrice Henderson
Release Date:25/12/1996
Wedding Bell Blues
Character:Debbie Reynolds
Release Date:18/10/1996
Wedding Bell Blues
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/1996
That's Entertainment! III
Character:Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Release Date:01/07/1994
Heaven & Earth
Character:Eugenia
Release Date:25/12/1993
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Character:Self
Release Date:14/05/1993
The Bodyguard
Character:Debbie Reynolds
Release Date:25/11/1992
Battling for Baby
Character:Helen
Release Date:12/01/1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Character:Amanda Cody
Release Date:09/04/1989
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1988
Sadie and Son
Character:Sadie
Release Date:21/10/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
The Best of Broadway
Character:Herself
Release Date:24/05/1985
That's Dancing!
Character:
Release Date:18/01/1985
Do It Debbie's Way
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
Character:Herself
Release Date:20/06/1978
The People's Command Performance: '77
Character:Self
Release Date:07/04/1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
That's Entertainment!
Character:Self - Host / Narrator
Release Date:21/06/1974
Charlotte's Web
Character:Charlotte (voice)
Release Date:01/03/1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
What's the Matter with Helen?
Character:Adelle Bruckner
Release Date:30/06/1971
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
Character:Self
Release Date:06/11/1969
How Sweet It Is!
Character:Jenny
Release Date:21/08/1968
Divorce American Style
Character:Barbara Harmon
Release Date:21/06/1967
The Singing Nun
Character:Sister Ann
Release Date:17/03/1966
Goodbye Charlie
Character:Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason
Release Date:18/11/1964
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Character:Molly Brown
Release Date:11/06/1964
The Story of a Dress
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1964
Mary, Mary
Character:Mary McKellaway
Release Date:24/10/1963
My Six Loves
Character:Janice Courtney
Release Date:03/04/1963
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1962
How the West Was Won
Character:Lilith Prescott
Release Date:02/11/1962
The Second Time Around
Character:Lu Rogers
Release Date:22/12/1961
The Pleasure of His Company
Character:Jessica Poole
Release Date:01/06/1961
Pepe
Character:Debbie Reynolds
Release Date:21/12/1960
The Rat Race
Character:Peggy Brown
Release Date:10/07/1960
The Gazebo
Character:Nell Nash
Release Date:15/01/1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/1960
It Started with a Kiss
Character:Maggie Putnam
Release Date:19/08/1959
Say One for Me
Character:Holly LeMaise
Release Date:19/06/1959
The Mating Game
Character:Mariette Larkin
Release Date:29/04/1959
This Happy Feeling
Character:Janet Blake
Release Date:18/06/1958
Tammy and the Bachelor
Character:Tammy Tyree
Release Date:14/06/1957
Bundle of Joy
Character:Polly Parish
Release Date:12/12/1956
The Catered Affair
Character:Jane Hurley
Release Date:14/06/1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Character:Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Release Date:09/03/1956
The Tender Trap
Character:Julie Gillis
Release Date:04/11/1955
Hit the Deck
Character:Carol Pace
Release Date:24/02/1955
Athena
Character:Minerva Mulvain
Release Date:04/11/1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1954
Susan Slept Here
Character:Susan Beaurgard Landis
Release Date:28/07/1954
Give a Girl a Break
Character:Suzy Doolittle
Release Date:13/11/1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Character:Pansy Hammer
Release Date:14/08/1953
I Love Melvin
Character:Judy Schneider / Judy LeRoy
Release Date:20/03/1953
Skirts Ahoy!
Character:Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/1952
Singin' in the Rain
Character:Kathy Selden
Release Date:10/04/1952
Challenge the Wilderness
Character:Narrator (uncredited)
Release Date:29/10/1951
Mr. Imperium
Character:Gwen
Release Date:02/03/1951
Two Weeks with Love
Character:Melba Robinson
Release Date:10/11/1950
Three Little Words
Character:Helen Kane
Release Date:12/07/1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Character:Maureen O'Grady
Release Date:29/04/1950
June Bride
Character:Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding
Release Date:29/10/1948
Television Appearances
The 7D
Character:Grandmommers Whimsical (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character:Self - Guest Judge
The Penguins of Madagascar
Character:Granny Squirrel (voice)
The Reichen Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Kim Possible
Character:Nana Possible (voice)
First Monday
Character:
Family Guy
Character:Mrs. Wilson (voice)
Will & Grace
Character:Bobbi Adler
Hollywood Squares
Character:Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
Character:
Touched by an Angel
Character:Betty Poplovich
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
Vicki!
Character:Self
Rugrats
Character:Lulu Pickles (voice)
Wings
Character:Deedee Chappel
Roseanne
Character:
Sidewalks Entertainment
Character:
The Golden Girls
Character:Truby
Jennifer Slept Here
Character:Alice Farrell
Madame's Place
Character:Self
Hotel
Character:
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
Aloha Paradise
Character:Sydney Chase
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Character:Self
The Love Boat
Character:Sheila Evans
The Love Boat
Character:Doris Talbert
Alice
Character:
The Sonny and Cher Show
Character:
Dinah!
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
Character:Self
Bracken's World
Character:
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Character:Debbie Thompson
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
The Carol Burnett Show
Character:Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self - Guest Host
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
Character:Self
Startime
Character:
Kraft Music Hall
Character:
American Bandstand
Character:Self
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Recipient
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Ford Star Jubilee
Character:
MGM Parade
Character:
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Hostess
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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