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Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Actor · 1932 – 2016 · El Paso, Texas, USA

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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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952 · 3.6K votes

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    The Bodyguard

    1992 · 3.3K votes

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    One for the Money

    2012 · 1K votes

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    In & Out

    1997 · 777 votes

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    Halloweentown

    1998 · 618 votes

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    Heaven & Earth

    1993 · 294 votes

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    How the West Was Won

    1962 · 513 votes

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    Return to Halloweentown

    2006 · 635 votes

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    Behind the Candelabra

    2013 · 849 votes

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    Zack & Reba

    1998 · 8 votes

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    Halloweentown High

    2004 · 333 votes

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    That's Entertainment!

    1974 · 71 votes

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    Charlotte's Web

    1973 · 430 votes

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    Tammy and the Bachelor

    1957 · 26 votes

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    Hit the Deck

    1955 · 17 votes

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    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

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    Family Guy

    1999 · 5.1K votes

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    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

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    Hollywood Squares

    1998 · 7 votes

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    Touched by an Angel

    1994 · 188 votes

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    The Love Boat

    1977 · 199 votes

  • TV7.6

    Rugrats

    1991 · 772 votes

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    Will & Grace

    1998 · 592 votes

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    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

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    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV7.5

    RuPaul's Drag Race

    2009 · 292 votes

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    The Reichen Show

    2005 · 5 votes

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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    2003 · 179 votes

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    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

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    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

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    Wings

    1990 · 147 votes

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    Kim Possible

    2002 · 584 votes

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    Alice

    1976 · 63 votes

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    The Talk

    2010 · 14 votes

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    Hotel

    1982 · 26 votes