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