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Debbie Reynolds

Highest Rated: 100% Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Lowest Rated: 2% One for the Money (2012)

Birthday: Apr 1, 1932

Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, USA

Entertainer Debbie Reynolds embodied the cheerful bounce and youthful innocence of the post-World War II era, enetergizing her films through sincere charm and energy. One of a long line of girls-next-door like Doris Day and June Allyson, Reynolds was never as sultry as Day could be, and was less of a tomboy than either. In her most successful films, like "Tammy and the Bachelor" (1957) and "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), she was often cast as a sincere young adult in the throes of puppy love rather than the virgin chased by rogues like Day or the placid housewife like Allyson. Her squeaky-clean image came in handy when, in the biggest Hollywood scandal of the 1950s, her then-husband Eddie Fisher left her and their two children, Carrie and Todd, for sultry screen goddess, Elizabeth Taylor. Not surprisingly, the public was more than on Reynolds' side as the jilted wife. Once that furor died down, Reynolds was left to reinvent herself. In the late 1960s, when new sexual mores suddenly rendered the docile suburban female image a thing of the past, Reynolds shifted her focus to nightclub and theatrical stages. She was absent from the big screen for decades but settled into a comfortable presence in the American fabric by returning to film in the 1990s with funny mom roles in films like "Mother" (1996) and "In and Out" (1997), hysterical guest appearances as the over-the-top mother of Grace Adler (Debra Messing) on "Will & Grace" (NBC, 1998-2006), and a clever turn as Frances Liberace in Steven Soderbergh's biopic "Behind the Candelabra" (HBO 2013). Reynolds brought both self-deprecating wit and nostalgic charm to these and other well-received comedic outings, using her persona as a perennially perky throwback to mine genuine laughs into her 80s. Tragically, Debbie Reynolds died on December 28, 2016, only one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. She was 84 years old.

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Highest rated movies

100% 95% Singin' in the Rain Watchlist
100% 57% Divorce American Style
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100% 86% Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
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98% 89% Kiki's Delivery Service
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94% 71% Behind the Candelabra
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88% 74% How the West Was Won
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88% 70% The Unsinkable Molly Brown
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87% 76% Mother Watchlist 83% 72% Halloweentown Watchlist
76% 67% Charlotte's Web
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% 86% Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Self - 2016
94% 71% Behind the Candelabra Frances (Character) - 2013
2% 42% One for the Money Grandma Mazur (Character) $26.4M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jill & Tony Curtis Story Self - 2008
No Score Yet 53% The Brothers Warner Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 61% Return to Halloweentown Splendora Agatha Cromwell (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 64% Halloweentown High Aggie Cromwell (Character) - 2004
44% 70% Connie and Carla Self $8.1M 2004
No Score Yet 62% Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge Aggie Cromwell (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 46% These Old Broads Piper Grayson (Character) - 2001
76% 56% Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Lulu Pickles (Voice) $76.5M 2000
No Score Yet 60% Virtual Mom Gwen (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 58% Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story Shirlee Allison (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Keepers of the Frame Self - 1999
No Score Yet 58% Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Mrs. Claus (Voice) $106.3K 1998
83% 72% Halloweentown Aggie Cromwell (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 52% Zack and Reba Beulah Blanton (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 72% The Christmas Wish Ruth (Character) - 1998
74% 52% In & Out Berniece Brackett (Character) $63.9M 1997
87% 76% Mother Beatrice Henderson (Character) $1.1M 1996
40% 47% Wedding Bell Blues Self $22.0K 1996
43% 71% Heaven and Earth Eugenia (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul - The Epic Story of the Man Behind the Movies Unknown (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul Self - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Battling for Baby Helen (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 50% Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder Amanda Cody (Character) - 1989
98% 89% Kiki's Delivery Service Madame (Voice) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Detective Sadie and Son Sadie (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sadie and Son Sadie (Character) - 1987
76% 67% Charlotte's Web Charlotte A. Cavatica (Voice) - 1973
55% 41% What's the Matter With Helen? Adelle Bruckner (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 61% How Sweet It Is! Jenny Henderson (Character) - 1968
100% 57% Divorce American Style Barbara Harmon (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 59% The Singing Nun Sister Ann (Character) - 1966
88% 70% The Unsinkable Molly Brown Molly Brown (Character) - 1964
50% 68% Goodbye Charlie The Reincarnated Charlie Sorel/Virginia Mason (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 43% Mary, Mary Mary McKellaway (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 50% My Six Loves Janice Courtney (Character) - 1963
88% 74% How the West Was Won Lily Prescott (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 67% The Second Time Around Lucretia "Lu" Rogers (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 58% The Pleasure of His Company Jessica Anne Poole (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 56% The Rat Race Peggy Brown (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 43% Say One for Me Holly LeMaise (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 74% The Gazebo Nell Nash (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 29% It Started With a Kiss Maggie Putnam (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 54% The Mating Game Mariette Larkin (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 50% This Happy Feeling Janet Blake (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 83% Tammy and the Bachelor Tammy (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 63% Bundle of Joy Polly Parish (Character) - 1956
17% 71% The Catered Affair Jane Hurley (Character) - 1956
67% 56% The Tender Trap Julie Gillis (Character) - 1955
67% 55% Hit the Deck Carol Pace (Character) - 1955
43% 61% Susan Slept Here Susan Beaurgard Landis (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 23% Athena Minerva Mulvain (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 61% Give a Girl a Break Suzy Doolittle (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 55% I Love Melvin Judy Schneider/Judy LeRoy (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 53% The Affairs of Dobie Gillis Pansy Hammer (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 52% Skirts Ahoy! Self - 1952
100% 95% Singin' in the Rain Kathy Selden (Character) $23.9K 1952
No Score Yet 15% Mr. Imperium Gwen (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 47% The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Maureen O'Grady (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 76% Two Weeks With Love Melba Robinson (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 78% Three Little Words Helen Kane (Character) - 1950

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The 7D Grandmommers Whimsical (Voice) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011 2013
No Score Yet 85% The Penguins of Madagascar Granny Squirrel (Guest Voice) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2009
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Mrs. Wilson (Guest Voice) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Talents of the Stars Judge 2008
No Score Yet 86% Kim Possible Nana Possible (Guest Voice) 2003 2007
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Bobbi Adler (Guest Star) 1999-2003 2005-2006
No Score Yet 93% Rugrats Lulu Pickles (Guest Voice),
Lulu Johnston (Guest Star)
2000-2002
21% No Score Yet First Monday Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
76% 78% Roseanne Audrey (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wings Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Truby (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jennifer Slept Here Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Love Boat Sheila Evans (Guest Star) 1980 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sonny and Cher Show Guest 1976-1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest 1969-1970 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Debbie Reynolds Show Host 1969-1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1954 1956 1959 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1955