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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-04-01
Place of birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Singin' in the Rain
1952
8.15
The Bodyguard
1992
6.70
The Gazebo
1960
6.89
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
7.21
In & Out
1997
6.47
Heaven & Earth
1993
6.68
How the West Was Won
1962
6.98
Mother
1996
6.78
Return to Halloweentown
2006
6.70
Halloweentown
1998
6.81
Halloweentown High
2004
6.50
Wedding Bell Blues
1996
4.20
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971
5.80
Three Little Words
1950
5.90
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
5.60
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
7.00
Bundle of Joy
1956
6.18
The Tender Trap
1955
6.20
Charlotte's Web
1973
6.80
The Mating Game
1959
5.90
Two Weeks with Love
1950
6.10
The Christmas Wish
1998
5.38
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000
6.63
I Love Melvin
1953
6.20
The Singing Nun
1966
5.70
Susan Slept Here
1954
6.20
Goodbye Charlie
1964
5.60
Pepe
1960
6.20
One for the Money
2012
5.50
These Old Broads
2001
6.10
Zack and Reba
1998
5.29
Divorce American Style
1967
5.85
The Rat Race
1960
6.60
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.00
The Catered Affair
1956
7.10
June Bride
1948
7.20
Athena
1954
5.60
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
6.20
The Second Time Around
1961
6.20
Say One for Me
1959
4.80
Battling for Baby
1992
4.50
Mary, Mary
1963
5.20
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
4.50
This Happy Feeling
1958
3.80
Hit the Deck
1955
4.80
Give a Girl a Break
1953
5.20
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
5.00
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
5.00
Behind the Candelabra
2013
6.60
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
6.00
My Six Loves
1963
5.60
It Started with a Kiss
1959
5.30
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
5.50
Cinerama Adventure
2002
7.64
How Sweet It Is!
1968
7.38
Challenge the Wilderness
1951
0.00
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
1962
6.00
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
0.00
Connie and Carla
2004
5.80
The Story of a Dress
1964
0.00
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.34
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
6.00
The Slippers
2016
0.00
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
7.40
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
6.90
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
7.70
That's Entertainment! III
1994
6.97
Mr. Imperium
1951
4.90
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
5.00
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.86
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
1978
0.00
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
8.00
The Brothers Warner
2008
6.60
The Best of Broadway
1985
0.00
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
6.00
Sadie and Son
1987
4.00
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
6.99
Keepers of the Frame
1999
10.00
In the Picture
2012
0.00
Do It Debbie's Way
1983
0.00
Virtual Mom
2000
5.00
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1981
0.00
That's Dancing!
1985
6.97
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
6.80
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
1988
0.00
Committed
2014
0.00
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
0.00
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
6.90
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
7.50