Debbie Reynolds
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
165
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-04-01
Day of death
2016-12-28 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Debbie Reynolds
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.
Known For
Family Guy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
The Carol Burnett Show
Great Performances
The One Show
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Rugrats
The Merv Griffin Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Bob Hope Show
Will & Grace
Touched by an Angel
Hotel
The Golden Girls
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Wings
Intimate Portrait
The Penguins of Madagascar
The Dick Cavett Show
Alice
Kim Possible
What's My Line?
Dinah!
This Is Your Life
The Reichen Show
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Kraft Music Hall
The 7D
The Oscars
Vicki!
Entertainment Tonight
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
How the West Was Won
The Sonny and Cher Show
Madame's Place
American Bandstand
The George Gobel Show
Halloweentown
Return to Halloweentown
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Startime
Behind the Candelabra
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Singin' in the Rain
In & Out
Sidewalks Entertainment
The Bodyguard
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Bracken's World
The Brothers Warner
Two Weeks with Love
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Roseanne
Halloweentown High
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
First Monday
Cinerama Adventure
One for the Money
Mother
Tammy and the Bachelor
Charlotte's Web
Wedding Bell Blues
Wedding Bell Blues
My Six Loves
Heaven & Earth
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Goodbye Charlie
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
It Started with a Kiss
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
Three Little Words
Virtual Mom
Aloha Paradise
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Mary, Mary
The People's Command Performance: '77
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
The Pearl Bailey Show
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Battling for Baby
Zack and Reba
The Singing Nun
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Connie and Carla
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Bundle of Joy
Mr. Imperium
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Keepers of the Frame
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Second Time Around
Jennifer Slept Here
The Pleasure of His Company
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
The Christmas Wish
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Sadie and Son
The Catered Affair
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
Do It Debbie's Way
Skirts Ahoy!
Ford Star Jubilee
Athena
That's Entertainment!
The Mating Game
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
The Rat Race
Pepe
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
That's Dancing!
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
That's Entertainment, Part II
The DuPont Show of the Week
I Love Melvin
How Sweet It Is!
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
These Old Broads
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
That's Entertainment! III
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Say One for Me
Divorce American Style
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Tab Hunter Confidential
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Hit the Deck
June Bride
Susan Slept Here
This Happy Feeling
The Tender Trap
In the Picture
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
The Gazebo
Give a Girl a Break
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
What's the Matter with Helen?
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The Story of a Dress
The Best of Broadway
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
Challenge the Wilderness
The Slippers
Committed
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
