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.
109 movies · 57 shows
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024·6.9
Commitment to Life
2023·0.0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021·0.0
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
2021·6.4
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017·7.5
The Slippers
2016·0.0
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015·7.3
Committed
2014·0.0
Behind the Candelabra
2013·6.6
In the Picture
2012·0.0
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012·7.4
One for the Money
2012·5.6
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009·8.0
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009·7.3
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009·0.0
The Brothers Warner
2008·6.6
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008·8.0
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
2008·1.0
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007·6.8
Return to Halloweentown
2006·6.6
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005·0.0
Halloweentown High
2004·6.6
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004·8.3
Connie and Carla
2004·5.9
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003·7.9
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002·6.0
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002·7.8
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002·7.0
Cinerama Adventure
2002·7.7
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
2001·6.8
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001·7.2
These Old Broads
2001·6.3
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000·6.7
Virtual Mom
2000·6.0
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
1999·6.5
Keepers of the Frame
1999·10.0
The Christmas Wish
1998·5.3
Halloweentown
1998·6.8
Zack and Reba
1998·5.6
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998·6.1
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998·7.2
In & Out
1997·6.5
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997·7.2
Mother
1996·6.8
Wedding Bell Blues
1996·4.4
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
Heaven & Earth
1993·6.6
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993·6.7
The Bodyguard
1992·6.7
Battling for Baby
1992·5.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989·6.5
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
1988·0.0
Sadie and Son
1987·5.5
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·6.0
The Best of Broadway
1985·0.0
That's Dancing!
1985·6.9
Do It Debbie's Way
1983·10.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·7.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·6.0
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1981·0.0
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
1978·0.0
The People's Command Performance: '77
1977·0.0
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·0.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·7.0
That's Entertainment!
1974·7.4
Charlotte's Web
1973·6.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972·7.3
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971·5.9
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
1969·0.0
How Sweet It Is!
1968·6.9
Mondo Hollywood
1967·6.7
Divorce American Style
1967·5.9
The Singing Nun
1966·5.9
Goodbye Charlie
1964·5.8
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964·5.7
The Story of a Dress
1964·7.0
Mary, Mary
1963·5.3
My Six Loves
1963·5.7
How the West Was Won
1962·7.0
The Second Time Around
1961·6.2
The Pleasure of His Company
1961·6.4
Pepe
1960·6.3
The Rat Race
1960·6.8
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960·6.0
The Gazebo
1959·6.9
It Started with a Kiss
1959·5.5
Say One for Me
1959·5.4
The Mating Game
1959·6.4
This Happy Feeling
1958·4.8
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957·7.0
Bundle of Joy
1956·6.4
The Catered Affair
1956·7.2
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956·4.5
The Tender Trap
1955·6.2
Hit the Deck
1955·5.0
Athena
1954·5.8
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954·8.0
Susan Slept Here
1954·6.1
Give a Girl a Break
1953·5.4
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953·6.1
I Love Melvin
1953·6.2
Skirts Ahoy!
1952·5.8
Singin' in the Rain
1952·8.1
Challenge the Wilderness
1951·8.0
Mr. Imperium
1951·5.1
Two Weeks with Love
1950·6.4
Three Little Words
1950·6.3
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950·7.0
June Bride
1948·7.1