Acting
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. 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
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Film · 2024
Commitment to Life
Film · 2023
Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
Film · 2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Film · 2021
The Slippers
Film · 2016
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Film · 2016
Tab Hunter Confidential
Film · 2015
Committed
Film · 2014
The 7D
Series · 2014
Behind the Candelabra
Film · 2013
One for the Money
Film · 2012
In the Picture
Film · 2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Film · 2012
The Talk
Series · 2010
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Film · 2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Film · 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Film · 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Series · 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Film · 2008
The Brothers Warner
Film · 2008
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
Film · 2008
The Penguins of Madagascar
Series · 2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Film · 2007
Return to Halloweentown
Film · 2006
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
Film · 2005
The Reichen Show
Series · 2005
Halloweentown High
Film · 2004
Connie and Carla
Film · 2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Film · 2004
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Cinerama Adventure
Film · 2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Film · 2002
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Film · 2002
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
Film · 2002
First Monday
Series · 2002
Kim Possible
Series · 2002
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
Film · 2001
These Old Broads
Film · 2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Film · 2001
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Film · 2000
Virtual Mom
Film · 2000
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
Film · 1999
Keepers of the Frame
Film · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Film · 1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Film · 1998
Halloweentown
Film · 1998
The Christmas Wish
Film · 1998
Zack & Reba
Film · 1998
Will & Grace
Series · 1998
Hollywood Squares
Series · 1998
Bravo Profiles
Series · 1998
In & Out
Film · 1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Film · 1997
Mother
Film · 1996
Wedding Bell Blues
Film · 1996
Wedding Bell Blues
Film · 1996
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Heaven & Earth
Film · 1993
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Film · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
The Bodyguard
Film · 1992
Battling for Baby
Film · 1992
Vicki!
Series · 1992
Rugrats
Series · 1991
Rugrats
Series · 1991
Wings
Series · 1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Film · 1989
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
Film · 1988
Sidewalks Entertainment
Series · 1988
Roseanne
Series · 1988
Sadie and Son
Film · 1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Film · 1987
The Best of Broadway
Film · 1985
That's Dancing!
Film · 1985
The Golden Girls
Series · 1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
Do It Debbie's Way
Film · 1983
Jennifer Slept Here
Series · 1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Film · 1982
Hotel
Series · 1982
Madame's Place
Series · 1982
Late Night with David Letterman
Series · 1982
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Film · 1981
Aloha Paradise
Series · 1981
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Series · 1980
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
Film · 1978
The People's Command Performance: '77
Film · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Film · 1976
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular
Film · 1976
Alice
Series · 1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
Series · 1976
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
Charlotte's Web
Film · 1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film · 1972
What's the Matter with Helen?
Film · 1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
Series · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
Film · 1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Series · 1969
The Debbie Reynolds Show
Series · 1969
Bracken's World
Series · 1969
How Sweet It Is!
Film · 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
Divorce American Style
Film · 1967
Mondo Hollywood
Film · 1967
The Carol Burnett Show
Series · 1967
The Singing Nun
Film · 1966
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Film · 1964
Goodbye Charlie
Film · 1964
The Story of a Dress
Film · 1964
Mary, Mary
Film · 1963
My Six Loves
Film · 1963
How the West Was Won
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Pleasure of His Company
Film · 1961
The Second Time Around
Film · 1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Pepe
Film · 1960
The Rat Race
Film · 1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Film · 1960
The Gazebo
Film · 1959
The Mating Game
Film · 1959
Say One for Me
Film · 1959
It Started with a Kiss
Film · 1959
This Happy Feeling
Film · 1958
Kraft Music Hall
Series · 1958
Tammy and the Bachelor
Film · 1957
American Bandstand
Series · 1957
Bundle of Joy
Film · 1956
The Catered Affair
Film · 1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Tender Trap
Film · 1955
Hit the Deck
Film · 1955
Ford Star Jubilee
Series · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
Susan Slept Here
Film · 1954
Athena
Film · 1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Film · 1954
The George Gobel Show
Series · 1954
I Love Melvin
Film · 1953
Give a Girl a Break
Film · 1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Singin' in the Rain
Film · 1952
Skirts Ahoy!
Film · 1952
This Is Your Life
Series · 1952
Challenge the Wilderness
Film · 1951
Mr. Imperium
Film · 1951
Three Little Words
Film · 1950
Two Weeks with Love
Film · 1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Film · 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
The Bob Hope Show
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
June Bride
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944