# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/debbie-reynolds
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:45:06.327Z

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name: "Debbie Reynolds"
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description: "She danced with Gene Kelly in the rain, earned an Oscar nomination as the Titanic's most unsinkable passenger, and outlasted Hollywood's studio system by sheer force of versatility — then died one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher, a final act that sealed her place in the public memory as much as any role."
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deathDate: "2016-12-28"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Mary Frances Reynolds broke through at eighteen as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952), a part that demanded she hold her own opposite Gene Kelly despite minimal dance training. The 1950s brought a run of musicals and comedies, including Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), where her performance of "Tammy" hit number one on the Billboard charts. Her portrayal of Margaret "Molly" Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She moved between film, television, Broadway (a Tony nomination for Irene in 1973), and cabaret, opened a dance studio in North Hollywood, and became a tireless collector of Hollywood memorabilia after the 1970 MGM auction. By the 2000s she was playing Grace's mother on Will & Grace and Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown, reaching new generations. On December 28, 2016, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died, Reynolds suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and was gone.