Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds. Close your eyes and you see the sweet young thing who won stardom and Gene Kelly's heart in the classic MGM musical Singing in the Rain. You might see the woman who's "never gonna give up" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Maybe you see a woman who has always looked terrific sharing her secrets with you in Do it Debbie's Way, her best-selling exercise video cassette. Perhaps you remember her as the voice of Charlotte in the children's animated feature, Charlotte's Web. For Debbie Reynolds and her millions of fans, there are so many successes, so many wonderful films and stage appearances that choosing a favorite seems impossible.

Debbie Reynolds's stellar career began during her childhood. An April Fools Day baby, Debbie spent her young life growing up in Burbank, California. In high school a talent scout spotted her after she won the Miss Burbank crown and recommended her to Warner Brothers where she made her movie debut in The Daughter of Rose O'Grady. It was with MGM, however, that she signed a contract and began her rise to the top. With hit movies like The Tender Trap, How the West Was Won, Divorce American Style and, of course, her Academy-Award nominated performance in the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Debbie Reynolds is noted as one of Hollywood's most consistent performers.

Since the early 1970's Debbie has been actively involved in a project close to her heart, the collection and preservation of memorabilia from Hollywood's first half-century of film making, gathering thousands of costumes, props and mementos of Hollywood's studios and their greatest stars. She has also been a life-long supporter and fund raiser for the Girl Scouts, and founder-president of the Thalians, a charitable organization which has raised millions for emotionally disturbed children.

Today Debbie is involved in a number of activities, entertaining and public speaking, aside from film and television work. But she focuses primarily on her nightclub act. She's performed in concert in every major American city, not to mention venues abroad, touring on the average of forty-two weeks a year in a variety show that blends laughter, song, and dance. Her stage show has won her rave reviews.

Between concert tours and the occasional film, Debbie often pops up on television: she has appeared on Alice, The Love Boat, Wings, The Golden Girls, Roseanne, Touched By An Angel; and currently she's a member of the guest cast of the award winning NBC comedy Will and Grace. She received an Emmy nomination for her performance as Bobbi Adler, the flamboyant mother of title character Grace Adler.

But aside from all her professional success, Debbie Reynolds looks to her own two children, Carrie and Todd Fisher, as her real pride and joy.

 

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