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Debbie Reynolds
Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer with her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words. Her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Her other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bu…
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business · American actress and singer (1932–2016) · singer · writer · beauty pageant contestant · dancer · autobiographer · stage actor · film actor · television actor · voice actor · screenwriter · also Debbie Reynolds, Mary Frances Reynolds, Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds, Mary Reynolds, Reynolds
Born 1 April 1932 · Died 28 December 2016 · Q263696
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2025· 2 entries
The New York Times: Debbie Reynolds
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2024· 4 entries
Deadline.com: Billie Lourd Talks ‘Last Showgirl’s “Cathartic” Connection To Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds
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collider: Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds' Chemistry Shines in This Classic Romantic Comedy
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FOX5 Las Vegas: Iconic Debbie Reynolds neon sign to undergo restoration
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Yahoo: 16 Iconic Debbie Reynolds Movies, Ranked
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2018· 1 entry
Gulf News: Debbie Reynolds-owned painting to be auctioned
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2017· 15 entries
The Guardian: Carrie Fisher’s and Debbie Reynolds’ Hollywood memorabilia to be auctioned
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The Guardian: Academy pays tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
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The Guardian: Fans of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds invited to public memorial in Hollywood
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The Guardian: Saturday's best TV: Debbie Reynolds – Talking Pictures; Taboo
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The Guardian: Bright Lights review – Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher will break your heart
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Her cause of death was determined to be an intracerebral hemorrhage, with hypertension a contributing factor
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The Guardian: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds buried together in Los Angeles
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The Guardian: Remarkable tenderness: film reveals bond between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher
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The Guardian: Bright Lights review – a fitting tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
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The Guardian: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds's deaths were tragic coincidence – but we're suckers for a story
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CBS News: Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher's emotional memorial held at their next-door homes
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The Guardian: Bright Lights: trailer for Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher documentary released
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The Guardian: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds: family pays tribute ahead of funeral
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The Guardian: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher: surviving instant fame and finding a lasting bond
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Released album “For Always”.
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2016· 6 entries
The Guardian: Debbie Reynolds did not die of a 'broken heart', says her son
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows a young Carrie Fisher watching her mother Debbie Reynolds perform onstage.” True.
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Reynolds was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, after suffering a "severe stroke," according to her son
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One day after the death of her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher
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Died 2016-12-28.
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Reynolds' daughter, actress and writer Carrie Fisher, suffered a medical emergency on a flight from London to Los Angeles, and died one day before her mother, December 27, at the age of 60 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical C
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2015).
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And the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2016, she made her final film performance in the biographical retrospective Bright Lights
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Appeared in Behind the Candelabra, as the mother of Liberace
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2011· 2 entries
Reynolds stepped down after 56 years of involvement in The Thalians, a charitable organization devoted to children and adults with mental-health issues
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Reynolds was on The Oprah Winfrey Show just weeks before Elizabeth Taylor's death
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2010· 1 entry
Appeared in her own West End show Debbie Reynolds: Alive and Fabulous
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2007· 1 entry
Was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she had contributed for many years to the film studies program
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2006· 1 entry
Reynolds received the Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award from Chapman University (Orange, California)
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Cocktail Hour”.
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Co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine, and Joan Collins in the comedy These Old Broads, a television movie written for her by her daughter, Carrie Fisher
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2000· 2 entries
Reynolds took up a recurring voice role on the children's television program Rugrats, playing the grandmother of two of the characters
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Released album “Hit the Deck”.
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Mother (1997).
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She renamed it the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel but it was not a success and Reynolds was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1997.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Tammy”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Merry Christmas from Pat Boone · Vikki Carr · Tony Orlando · Debbie Reynolds”.
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “Best Of”.
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1983· 3 entries
Released an exercise video, Do It Debbie's Way
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Reynolds performed at an AIDS fundraiser with her friend Shirley MacLaine
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While Fisher was appearing in Agnes of God
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1979· 2 entries
Reynolds opened her own dance studio in North Hollywood
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Opened the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood
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1972· 1 entry
Noted the bright side of the divorce and her remarriage:
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1970· 1 entry
After instigating a fight with the NBC television network over cigarette advertising on her weekly television show
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1966· 1 entry
Released album “The Singing Nun”.
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1959· 4 entries
Released album “Am I That Easy to Forget?”.
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When it was revealed shortly after the death of Elizabeth Taylor's husband Mike Todd that Fisher had been having an affair with her; Taylor and Reynolds were good friends at the time
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Released album “Debbie”.
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Starred in The Mating Game with Tony Randall, and released Debbie, her first pop music album
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1956· 2 entries
Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Catered Affair (1956).
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Appeared in the musical Bundle of Joy with her then-husband, Eddie Fisher
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1955).
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1953· 1 entry
Released album “I Love Melvin”.
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-04-01.
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