Debbie Reynolds

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.[1] 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: Acting

Born: El Paso, Texas, USA, 1932-04-01

Died: 2016-12-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	June Bride	Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding	72
2	1950	The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady	Maureen O'Grady	50
3	1950	Three Little Words	Helen Kane	59
4	1950	Two Weeks with Love	Melba Robinson	59
5	1951	Mr. Imperium	Gwen	53
6	1951	Challenge the Wilderness	Narrator (uncredited)	0
7	1952	Singin' in the Rain	Kathy Selden	81
8	1952	Skirts Ahoy!	Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)	50
9	1953	I Love Melvin	Judy Schneider / Judy LeRoy	62
10	1953	The Affairs of Dobie Gillis	Pansy Hammer	55
11	1953	Give a Girl a Break	Suzy Doolittle	52
12	1954	Susan Slept Here	Susan Beaurgard Landis	61
13	1954	A Star Is Born World Premiere	Self	80
14	1954	Athena	Minerva Mulvain	56
15	1955	Hit the Deck	Carol Pace	48
16	1955	The Tender Trap	Julie Gillis	61
17	1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)	47
18	1956	The Catered Affair	Jane Hurley	71
19	1956	Bundle of Joy	Polly Parish	64
20	1957	Tammy and the Bachelor	Tammy Tyree	70
21	1958	This Happy Feeling	Janet Blake	38
22	1959	The Mating Game	Mariette Larkin	59
23	1959	Say One for Me	Holly LeMaise	48
24	1959	It Started with a Kiss	Maggie Putnam	53
25	1960	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood	Self	60
26	1960	The Gazebo	Nell Nash	69
27	1960	The Rat Race	Peggy Brown	66
28	1960	Pepe	Debbie Reynolds	61
29	1961	The Pleasure of His Company	Jessica Poole	62
30	1961	The Second Time Around	Lu Rogers	62
31	1962	How the West Was Won	Lilith Prescott	70
32	1962	The Andy Williams Christmas Show		60
33	1963	My Six Loves	Janice Courtney	56
34	1963	Mary, Mary	Mary McKellaway	52
35	1964	The Story of a Dress	Self	0
36	1964	The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Molly Brown	56
37	1964	Goodbye Charlie	Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason	56
38	1966	The Singing Nun	Sister Ann	57
39	1967	Divorce American Style	Barbara Harmon	58
40	1968	How Sweet It Is!	Jenny	75
41	1969	Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children	Self	0
42	1971	What's the Matter with Helen?	Adelle Bruckner	59
43	1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)	60
44	1973	Charlotte's Web	Charlotte (voice)	68
45	1974	That's Entertainment!	Self - Host / Narrator	73
46	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
47	1977	The People's Command Performance: '77	Self	0
48	1978	Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!	Herself	0
49	1981	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Alice (voice)	0
50	1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)	60
51	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
52	1983	Do It Debbie's Way	Self	0
53	1985	That's Dancing!		70
54	1985	The Best of Broadway	Herself	0
55	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	77
56	1987	Sadie and Son	Sadie	40
57	1988	Couples Do It Debbie's Way		0
58	1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder	Amanda Cody	67
59	1992	Battling for Baby	Helen	45
60	1992	The Bodyguard	Debbie Reynolds	67
61	1993	Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul	Self	50
62	1993	Heaven & Earth	Eugenia	67
63	1994	That's Entertainment! III	Self - Co-Host / Narrator	70
64	1996	Wedding Bell Blues	Debbie Reynolds	40
65	1996	Mother	Beatrice Henderson	67
66	1997	Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years	Self	72
67	1997	In & Out	Berniece Brackett	65
68	1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Debbie Reynolds (voice)	72
69	1998	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer / School Teacher (voice)	60
70	1998	Zack and Reba	Beulah Blanton	53
71	1998	Halloweentown	Aggie Cromwell	68
72	1998	The Christmas Wish	Ruth	56
73	1999	Keepers of the Frame	Herself	100
74	1999	A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story	Shirlee Allison	0
75	2000	Virtual Mom	Gwen	50
76	2000	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	Lulu Pickles (voice)	66
77	2001	These Old Broads	Piper Grayson	65
78	2001	Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	72
79	2001	Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge	Agatha Cromwell	68
80	2002	Cinerama Adventure	Self	76
81	2002	Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer	Self	77
82	2002	What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'	Self	0
83	2002	Rugrats: Babies in Toyland	Lulu Pickles (voice)	60
84	2003	Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales	Herself	78
85	2004	Connie and Carla	Herself	59
86	2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Self	80
87	2004	Halloweentown High	Aggie Cromwell	65
88	2005	Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'	Self (archive footage)	0
89	2006	Return to Halloweentown	Agatha Cromwell	67
90	2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self	68
91	2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History	Self	80
92	2008	The Brothers Warner	Self	66
93	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression	Self	0
94	2009	The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story	Self	73
95	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's	Self	80
96	2012	One for the Money	Grandma Mazur	56
97	2012	Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom	Self	68
98	2012	In the Picture	Aunt Lilith	0
99	2013	Behind the Candelabra	Frances	66
100	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
101	2014	Committed	Self	0
102	2015	Tab Hunter Confidential	Self	74
103	2016	The Slippers		0
104	2017	Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds	Self	75
105	2021	Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?	Self (archive footage)	60
106	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0
107	2024	Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes	Self (archive footage)	69
108	2024	Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes	Self (archive photos/voice)	69

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Hostess	68
3	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
4	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	68
5	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
6	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
7	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	63
8	1953	The Oscars	Self	69
9	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	70
10	1955	Ford Star Jubilee		70
11	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	46
12	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Memoriam (archive footage)	46
13	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Recipient	50
14	1957	American Bandstand	Self	84
15	1958	Kraft Music Hall		44
16	1959	Startime		60
17	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	60
18	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
19	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
20	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
21	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host	74
22	1966	Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show		0
23	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	76
24	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
25	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	66
26	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
27	1969	The Debbie Reynolds Show	Debbie Thompson	70
28	1969	Bracken's World		50
29	1971	The Pearl Bailey Show	Self	0
30	1971	Great Performances	Self	54
31	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
32	1976	The Sonny and Cher Show		60
33	1976	Alice		70
34	1977	The Love Boat	Sheila Evans	63
35	1977	The Love Boat	Doris Talbert	63
36	1980	Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters	Self	50
37	1981	Aloha Paradise	Sydney Chase	50
38	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	41
39	1982	Hotel		68
40	1982	Madame's Place	Self	73
41	1983	Jennifer Slept Here	Alice Farrell	50
42	1985	The Golden Girls	Truby	75
43	1988	Sidewalks Entertainment		50
44	1988	Roseanne		68
45	1990	Wings	Deedee Chappel	69
46	1991	Rugrats	Lulu Pickles (voice)	76
47	1992	Vicki!	Self	50
48	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
49	1994	Touched by an Angel	Betty Poplovich	72
50	1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	65
51	1998	Hollywood Squares		65
52	1998	Will & Grace	Bobbi Adler	68
53	1999	Family Guy	Mrs. Wilson (voice)	74
54	2002	First Monday		60
55	2002	Kim Possible	Nana Possible (voice)	75
56	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	58
57	2005	The Reichen Show	Self - Guest	48
58	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	46
59	2008	The Penguins of Madagascar	Granny Squirrel (voice)	74
60	2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Guest Judge	75
61	2014	The 7D	Grandmommers Whimsical (voice)	60