Cast
Debbie Reynolds
Acting
Cast
Debbie Reynolds
Known for
Acting
Born
1932-04-01
From
El Paso, Texas, USA
Died
2016-12-28
Also known as Mary Frances Reynolds
Biography
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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6.7
MOVIE1992
The Bodyguard
as Debbie Reynolds
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8.1
MOVIE1952
Singin' in the Rain
as Kathy Selden
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7.2
MOVIE1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Debbie Reynolds (voice)
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7.0
MOVIE1962
How the West Was Won
as Lilith Prescott
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6.6
MOVIE2013
Behind the Candelabra
as Frances
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7.1
MOVIE1948
June Bride
as Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding
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5.5
MOVIE2012
One for the Money
as Grandma Mazur
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6.5
MOVIE1997
In & Out
as Berniece Brackett
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6.7
MOVIE2000
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
as Lulu Pickles (voice)
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6.6
MOVIE1993
Heaven & Earth
as Eugenia
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6.6
MOVIE2004
Halloweentown High
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
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7.4
MOVIE1974
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
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7.0
MOVIE1994
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
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5.8
MOVIE1954
Athena
as Minerva
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7.0
MOVIE1957
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Tammy
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6.9
MOVIE1973
Charlotte's Web
as Charlotte (voice)
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6.6
MOVIE2006
Return to Halloweentown
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
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6.9
MOVIE2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
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5.5
MOVIE1959
It Started with a Kiss
as Maggie Putnam
MOVIE1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
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5.9
MOVIE2004
Connie and Carla
as Herself
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6.8
MOVIE2001
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
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5.9
MOVIE1967
Divorce American Style
as Barbara Harmon
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6.3
MOVIE2001
These Old Broads
as Piper Grayson
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7.3
MOVIE2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self
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6.8
MOVIE1960
The Rat Race
as Peggy Brown
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6.8
MOVIE1998
Halloweentown
as Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell
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7.0
MOVIE1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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7.5
MOVIE2017
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
as Self
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5.0
MOVIE1955
Hit the Deck
as Carol Pace
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7.0
MOVIE1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
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7.3
MOVIE2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
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7.2
MOVIE1968
How Sweet It Is!
as Jenny
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6.9
MOVIE1959
The Gazebo
as Nell Nash
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5.9
MOVIE1966
The Singing Nun
as Sister Ann
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6.2
MOVIE1955
The Tender Trap
as Julie Gillis
MOVIE2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
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6.1
MOVIE1954
Susan Slept Here
as Susan Beaurgard Landis
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7.2
MOVIE1956
The Catered Affair
as Jane Hurley
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4.8
MOVIE1958
This Happy Feeling
as Janet Blake
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6.9
MOVIE1985
That's Dancing!
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4.5
MOVIE1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1960
Pepe
as Debbie Reynolds
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6.8
MOVIE1996
Mother
as Beatrice Henderson
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4.4
MOVIE1996
Wedding Bell Blues
as Debbie Reynolds
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4.4
MOVIE1996
Wedding Bell Blues
as Self
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6.1
MOVIE1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer / School Teacher (voice)
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10.0
MOVIE1983
Do It Debbie's Way
as Self
MOVIE2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
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6.4
MOVIE1956
Bundle of Joy
as Polly Parish
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5.8
MOVIE1964
Goodbye Charlie
as Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason
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5.4
MOVIE1959
Say One for Me
as Holly LeMaise
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6.2
MOVIE1961
The Second Time Around
as Lu Rogers
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6.0
MOVIE1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
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5.4
MOVIE1953
Give a Girl a Break
as Suzy Doolittle
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6.8
MOVIE2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
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5.6
MOVIE1998
Zack and Reba
as Beulah Blanton
MOVIE1985
The Best of Broadway
as Herself
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5.7
MOVIE1964
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Molly Brown
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8.0
MOVIE2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
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10.0
MOVIE1999
Keepers of the Frame
as Herself
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5.3
MOVIE1963
Mary, Mary
as Mary McKellaway
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5.3
MOVIE1998
The Christmas Wish
as Ruth
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6.0
MOVIE1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
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6.5
MOVIE1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
as Amanda Cody
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7.0
MOVIE1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Maureen O'Grady
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7.4
MOVIE2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
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7.0
MOVIE1964
The Story of a Dress
as Self
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6.2
MOVIE1953
I Love Melvin
as Judy Schneider / Judy LeRoy
MOVIE1981
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Alice
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5.9
MOVIE1971
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Adelle Bruckner
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7.9
MOVIE2003
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Herself
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6.3
MOVIE1950
Three Little Words
as Helen Kane
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5.8
MOVIE1952
Skirts Ahoy!
as Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
MOVIE1988
Couples Do It Debbie's Way
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7.2
MOVIE2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
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6.4
MOVIE1959
The Mating Game
as Mariette Larkin
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6.0
MOVIE2002
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
as Lulu Pickles (voice)
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6.4
MOVIE1961
The Pleasure of His Company
as Jessica Poole
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7.8
MOVIE2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
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6.4
MOVIE1950
Two Weeks with Love
as Melba Robinson
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6.7
MOVIE1967
Mondo Hollywood
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5.7
MOVIE1963
My Six Loves
as Janice Courtney
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6.6
MOVIE2008
The Brothers Warner
as Self
MOVIE2014
Committed
as Self
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8.0
MOVIE1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
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5.3
MOVIE1992
Battling for Baby
as Helen
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7.2
MOVIE1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
MOVIE2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
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5.1
MOVIE1951
Mr. Imperium
as Gwen
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7.3
MOVIE1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
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6.0
MOVIE2000
Virtual Mom
as Gwen
MOVIE1977
The People's Command Performance: '77
as Self
MOVIE2016
The Slippers
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6.5
MOVIE1999
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
as Shirlee Allison
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7.7
MOVIE2002
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
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6.0
MOVIE1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
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6.7
MOVIE1993
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
as Self
MOVIE1978
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
as Herself
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6.1
MOVIE1953
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
as Pansy Hammer
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5.5
MOVIE1987
Sadie and Son
as Sadie
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8.0
MOVIE2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
as Self
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8.3
MOVIE2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
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6.4
MOVIE2021
SΕur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?
as Self (archive footage)
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7.0
MOVIE2002
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
as Self
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1.0
MOVIE2008
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
MOVIE2012
In the Picture
as Aunt Lilith
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8.0
MOVIE1951
Challenge the Wilderness
as Narrator (uncredited)
MOVIE1969
Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
as Self