10.0
10.0
Keepers of the Frame
1999
as Herself
Debbie Reynolds
Acting
Born:April 1, 1932
Died:December 28, 2016(aged 84)
Birthplace:El Paso, Texas, USA
N/A
CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (88 movies)
8.1
8.1
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Kathy Selden
8.0
8.0
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
8.0
8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
7.5
7.5
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
as Self
7.4
7.4
How Sweet It Is!
1968
as Jenny
7.3
7.3
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
as Self
7.3
7.3
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
7.3
7.3
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
7.2
7.2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Debbie Reynolds (voice)
7.2
7.2
June Bride
1948
as Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding
7.2
7.2
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
7.2
7.2
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
as Herself
7.1
7.1
The Catered Affair
1956
as Jane Hurley
7.0
7.0
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as Tammy Tyree
7.0
7.0
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
as Self
7.0
7.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
7.0
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
as Lilith Prescott
6.9
6.9
The Gazebo
1960
as Nell Nash
6.8
6.8
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
2001
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
6.8
6.8
Charlotte's Web
1973
as Charlotte (voice)
6.8
6.8
Halloweentown
1998
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
6.8
6.8
Mother
1996
as Beatrice Henderson
6.7
6.7
The Bodyguard
1992
as Debbie Reynolds
6.7
6.7
Heaven & Earth
1993
as Eugenia
6.7
6.7
Return to Halloweentown
2006
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
6.7
6.7
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000
as Lulu Pickles (voice)
6.6
6.6
Behind the Candelabra
2013
as Frances
6.6
6.6
The Brothers Warner
2008
as Self
6.6
6.6
The Rat Race
1960
as Peggy Brown
6.5
6.5
In & Out
1997
as Berniece Brackett
6.5
6.5
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
as Self
6.5
6.5
Halloweentown High
2004
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
6.5
6.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
as Amanda Cody
6.4
6.4
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
2021
as Self (archive footage)
6.2
6.2
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Polly Parish
6.2
6.2
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
as Jessica Poole
6.2
6.2
The Second Time Around
1961
as Lu Rogers
6.1
6.1
These Old Broads
2001
as Piper Grayson
6.1
6.1
Two Weeks with Love
1950
as Melba Robinson
6.1
6.1
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
as Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer / School Teacher (voice)
6.1
6.1
Three Little Words
1950
as Helen Kane
6.1
6.1
The Tender Trap
1955
as Julie Gillis
6.0
6.0
I Love Melvin
1953
as Judy Schneider / Judy LeRoy
6.0
6.0
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Susan Beaurgard Landis
6.0
6.0
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
as Lulu Pickles (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
1962
6.0
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
5.9
5.9
The Mating Game
1959
as Mariette Larkin
5.8
5.8
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971
as Adelle Bruckner
5.8
5.8
Connie and Carla
2004
as Herself
5.8
5.8
Goodbye Charlie
1964
as Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason
5.8
5.8
The Singing Nun
1966
as Sister Ann
5.6
5.6
Divorce American Style
1967
as Barbara Harmon
5.6
5.6
My Six Loves
1963
as Janice Courtney
5.6
5.6
Athena
1954
as Minerva Mulvain
5.6
5.6
One for the Money
2012
as Grandma Mazur
5.5
5.5
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Pansy Hammer
5.5
5.5
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Molly Brown
5.3
5.3
Give a Girl a Break
1953
as Suzy Doolittle
5.3
5.3
Zack and Reba
1998
as Beulah Blanton
5.3
5.3
It Started with a Kiss
1959
as Maggie Putnam
5.2
5.2
The Christmas Wish
1998
as Ruth
5.0
5.0
Virtual Mom
2000
as Gwen
5.0
5.0
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
as Maureen O'Grady
4.9
4.9
Mr. Imperium
1951
as Gwen
4.6
4.6
Hit the Deck
1955
as Carol Pace
4.5
4.5
Say One for Me
1959
as Holly LeMaise
4.5
4.5
Battling for Baby
1992
as Helen
4.4
4.4
Mary, Mary
1963
as Mary McKellaway
4.0
4.0
Sadie and Son
1987
as Sadie
4.0
4.0
This Happy Feeling
1958
as Janet Blake
3.8
3.8
Wedding Bell Blues
1996
as Debbie Reynolds
3.0
3.0
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
1999
as Shirlee Allison
1.0
1.0
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
2008
Committed
2014
as Self
Challenge the Wilderness
1951
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Story of a Dress
1964
as Self
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
1969
as Self
The Slippers
2016
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
as Self
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
1978
as Herself
The Best of Broadway
1985
as Herself
In the Picture
2012
as Aunt Lilith
Do It Debbie's Way
1983
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
1988
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