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6	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2016_12_29_063126.jpg]]
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8	Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, and film historian from El Paso, Texas.
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10	Born poor, she was crowned "Miss Burbank 1948" and discovered by Creator/WarnerBros. When WB stopped making musicals, she jumped over to {{Creator/MGM}} and starred in a bunch of successful ones. The soundtracks from her films were already charting at this point. Her vocals and acting ability impressed Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer producers, who decided to give her a [[StarMakingRole starring vehicle]] in ''Film/SinginInTheRain''. Creator/GeneKelly was skeptical of her casting due to her age (19) and lack of dancing experience, but she powered through it. A few years later, she provided the soundtrack to ''Tammy and the Bachelor''; its main title theme, "Tammy", became her SignatureSong and a permanent staple of her concerts.
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12	During her lifetime, she dealt with public highs and lows. These ranged from an Oscar nomination for ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' to three bad marriages: Music/EddieFisher dumped Reynolds for her recently widowed friend Creator/ElizabethTaylor, causing a media circus. Second and third husbands Harry Karl and Richard Hamlett left her in financial ruin due to their bad investments. Despite these hardships, her nearly seventy-year career in film, television, and stage endured.
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14	She died on December 28, 2016, at the age of 84, the very day [[OutlivingOnesOffspring after]] her daughter Creator/CarrieFisher, most likely out of [[DeathByDespair grief]]. Her last words were "I miss her so much... I want to be with Carrie." The two of them were estranged for over a decade but became close again in then-recent years. There's a good documentary about their relationship called ''Bright Lights'' (2016), which was filmed a few months before their deaths.
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16	Fellow actress Creator/BillieLourd, Carrie's only child, is Reynolds' granddaughter.
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18	!!Films and TV series of her with pages on this wiki include:
19	* ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' (1952)
20	* ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'' (1962)
21	* ''Film/TheSingingNun'' (1966)
22	* ''Film/WhatsTheMatterWithHelen'' (1971)
23	* ''Literature/CharlottesWeb'' (1973; voice)
24	* ''Film/TheBodyguard'' (1992) [[AsHimself As Herself]]
25	* ''Film/HeavenAndEarth'' (1993)
26	* ''Film/{{Mother\|1996}}'' (1996)
27	* ''Film/InAndOut'' (1997)
28	* ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' (1998; voice) [[AsHimself As Herself]]
29	* ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (1998 English dub; voice)
30	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer\|1998}}'' (1998; voice)
31	* ''Film/{{Halloweentown}}'' (1998)
32	** ''Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge'' (2001)
33	** ''Halloweentown High'' (2004)
34	** ''Return to Halloweentown'' (2006)
35	* ''Series/WillAndGrace'' (1999 – 2006)
36	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' (2000 – 2004; voice)
37	** ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis'' (2000; voice)
38	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' (2003 – 2007; voice)
39	* ''Film/OneForTheMoney'' (2012)
40	* ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' (2013)
41	* ''WesternAnimation/The7D'' (2015; voice)

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