Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Debbie My Life by Debbie: My Life by Debbie Reynolds. AKA Mary Frances Reynolds. Gender: Female Religion: Baptist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor, Dancer. Nationality: United States Executive summary: Dancer, actress. "I obviously have no taste in choosing a mate and should never trust myself ever to do it." Father: Raymond Reynolds (b. 18-Oct-1904, d. 20-May-1986) Mother: Maxene Harmon (b. 21-Mar-1912 Wynoka OK, d. 6-Apr-1999) Husband: Eddie Fisher (m. 26-Sep-1955, div. 1959, one daughter, one son) Daughter: Carrie Fisher (actress, b. 21-Oct-1956, d. 27-Dec-2016) Son: Todd Fisher (producer, b. 24-Feb-1958) Husband: Harry Karl (m. 25-Nov-1960, div. 1973) Husband: Richard Hamlett (m. 25-May- 1984, div. 1994) Boyfriend: Bob Fallon (producer) TELEVISION Kim Possible Nana Possible (voice, 2003-07) Rugrats Lulu Pickles (2000-04) Will & Grace Bobbi Adler (1999-2006) The Debbie Reynolds Show Debbie Thompson (1969-70) Author of books: Debbie: My Life ( 1988 , memoir) Unsinkable: A Memoir ( 2013 , memoir) Question of the Day - 27 September 2020. You talked about the Debbie Reynolds Hotel in a recent QoD. I understand she had a museum there, and I’m beating myself over the head that I didn’t visit. After all, I’ve been going to Vegas since the 1960s. What was it like? Why did it fold? Every time we mention Debbie Reynolds or her hotel, even in passing, as we did in the QoD about the Majestic Hotel planned for the property where her hotel stood, we get a slew of questions about the singer-dancer-actress-casino owner and mother of Carrie and Todd Fisher. To this day, nearly four years since she died of a stroke at age 84 (one day after Carrie died of various causes at age 60) and nearly 25 years after the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel closed, Debbie is still beloved by fans of her movies, notably, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, Tammy and the Bachelor, Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly, How the West Was Won , The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Academy Award nomination for Best Actress), and this writer's favorite, the animated Charlotte's Web (watched 100 times with his kids). She also starred in her own "The Debbie Reynolds Show" on TV, played Grace's mother Bobbi on "Will and Grace," and wrote two autobiographies, Debbie: My Life and Unsinkable: A Memoir . But it was, perhaps, her grace in the midst of the very public dissolution of her first marriage when she was 23 years old to pop idol Eddie Fisher, who left her with two small children for Elizabeth Taylor after her third husband, producer Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash, that endeared her for life to legions upon legions of fans. Anyway, the museum. Yes, the Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Motion Picture & Television Museum at her hotel-casino on Convention Center Drive here housed a fabulous collection of the most iconic costumes, props, furnishings, and memorabilia from Hollywood's Golden Age. The back story is that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor, a.k.a. MGM, was one of the great Hollywood studios throughout the 20th century. None other than Kirk Kerkorian bought the studio in 1969, coveting its vast L.A. real estate and the cache of decades of Hollywood movie glamour, which Kerkorian wanted to bring to Las Vegas in conjunction with building the largest hotel there at the time, the MGM Grand (now Bally's). When Kerkorian started selling off the studio's assets, Debbie Reynolds attended all five days of the auctioning of the memorabilia, which launched her lifelong passion for collecting and preserving Hollywood memories. She spent decades accumulating the memorabilia; in nearly 40 years, Reynolds acquired some 5,000 vintage costumes, props, cameras, letters, cars, and other items from the golden years of the movie industry. She also attempted to open a proper museum for the collection, with three aborted attempts (two in Hollywood and one in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee). For a short time, she did display a number of the most famous costumes and props at the museum in Las Vegas. Some of the items on display included Audrey Hepburn’s white Ascot dress from My Fair Lady , Julie Andrews’ guitar from The Sound of Music , Judy Garland’s Wizard of Oz ruby-red slippers, Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra costume, among others, Charlie Chaplin's bowler hat, Scarlett O'Hara's drapery hat, and perhaps the most iconic of them all, Marilyn Monroe’s white halter dress from The Seven Year Itch. (You know, the one that the subway grating blew up, revealing parts of Monroe that were a bit risque in 1955). The museum closed when the hotel-casino did, after it went bankrupt due to . well, that's a very long story of its own. But you can read the whole sordid tale, plus all about the lives of Debbie, her three (no-good) husbands, and the lives of her children Carrie and Todd Fisher, in Todd's memoir, My Girls -- A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie . Todd is now a Las Vegas resident with his third wife Cat and we highly recommend his book, published in 2018, for its gutsy, gritty, and brutally honest treatment of the roller coaster of his own life growing up as the son and brother of two superstar celebrities. Debbie : My Life. Debbie—My Life by Debbie Reynolds This biography is about the life of Mary Frances Reynolds whose name was later changed to Debbie Reynolds. Mary Frances got her start in show business when she . Читать весь отзыв. LibraryThing Review. Born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas in April of 1932 - the child who would eventually become known as Debbie Reynolds - wasn't planning on ever having a career in Hollywood. Although she grew . Читать весь отзыв. Другие издания - Просмотреть все. Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения. Об авторе (1989) Debbie Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds on April 1, 1932 in El Paso, Texas. In 1948, she was named Miss Burbank. Two of the judges were movie-studio scouts, and she was soon under contract to Warner Bros., which changed her name. She appeared in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, Three Little Words, and Two Weeks with Love. The song Aba Daba Honeymoon, which she sang in the film became a hit song. She later starred in numerous movies including Singin' in the Rain, , Tammy and The Bachelor, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Singing Nun, Divorce American Style, and How the West Was Won. In 1957, her recording of the song Tammy from Tammy and the Bachelor earned a gold record. She was the voice of Charlotte in the animated film version of E. B. White's children's classic Charlotte's Web. She made her Broadway debut in 1973 in a revival of Irene. She also appeared on Broadway in Debbie and Woman of the Year. She later toured the country with stage shows including Annie Get Your Gun and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. She appeared in Las Vegas for several years. She later appeared in the movie In and Out, the television show Will and Grace, and the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra. She wrote several books including Debbie: My Life and Unsinkable: A Memoir. She died following a stroke on December 27, 2016 at the age of 84. Debbie Reynolds. Actress. Perky and multitalented, she experienced success on stage, in films and on television. She will perhaps be remembered for playing ‘Kathy Selden’ opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor in the classic musical “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952). Born Mary Francis Reynolds, her father worked as a railroad carpenter for Southern Pacific, her mother washed laundry to provide additional income. She moved with her family to Southern California during her mid teens. After winning the ‘Miss Burbank’ beauty contest, she was spotted by Hollywood talent scouts. This led to her motion picture debut in the Warner Brothers film “June Bride” (1948) which was followed with the a string of musicals including “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” (1950) and “Three Little Words” (1950). Further films include “The Affairs of Doby Gillis” (1953), “The Tender Trap” (1955, opposite Frank Sinatra), “Tammy and the Bachelor” (1957), “It Started with a Kiss” (1959) and “The Rat Race” (1960, opposite Tony Curtis). In 1955 (divorced in 1959), she married singer Eddie Fisher and their marriage produced their children, actress Carrie Fisher and TV director Todd Fisher. She received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of the title role in the film “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” (1964) and had additional memorable credits with “The Singing Nun” (1966), “Divorce, American Style” (1967) and “How Sweet It Is” (1968). Her own TV series “The Debbie Reynolds Show” ran for one season (1969 to 1970). In 1973, she made her Broadway debut in the production “Irene” for which she received a Tony Award nomination. The play was also of note for costarring her daughter Carrie. She will also be remembered for providing the voice of ‘Charlotte’ in the animated children’s film “Charlotte’s Web” (1973). During the course of her career, she earned five Golden Globe nominations and one Emmy Award nomination. In 1997 she received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and in 2016, she was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. After divorcing Eddie Fisher, she married two more times, however both marriages also ended in divorce. In 1985, she recorded two exercise videotapes and in 1988, she published her autobiography “Debbie: My Life." Her relationship with her daughter Carrie Fisher was often stormy and was the basis for Fisher’s novel “Postcards from the Edge” (1987). A film adaptation of the same title for which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine was made in 1990. Debbie Reynolds died from a stroke she suffered one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. Actress. Perky and multitalented, she experienced success on stage, in films and on television. She will perhaps be remembered for playing ‘Kathy Selden’ opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor in the classic musical “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952). Born Mary Francis Reynolds, her father worked as a railroad carpenter for Southern Pacific, her mother washed laundry to provide additional income. She moved with her family to Southern California during her mid teens. After winning the ‘Miss Burbank’ beauty contest, she was spotted by Hollywood talent scouts. This led to her motion picture debut in the Warner Brothers film “June Bride” (1948) which was followed with the a string of musicals including “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady” (1950) and “Three Little Words” (1950). Further films include “The Affairs of Doby Gillis” (1953), “The Tender Trap” (1955, opposite Frank Sinatra), “Tammy and the Bachelor” (1957), “It Started with a Kiss” (1959) and “The Rat Race” (1960, opposite Tony Curtis). In 1955 (divorced in 1959), she married singer Eddie Fisher and their marriage produced their children, actress Carrie Fisher and TV director Todd Fisher. She received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of the title role in the film “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” (1964) and had additional memorable credits with “The Singing Nun” (1966), “Divorce, American Style” (1967) and “How Sweet It Is” (1968). Her own TV series “The Debbie Reynolds Show” ran for one season (1969 to 1970). In 1973, she made her Broadway debut in the production “Irene” for which she received a Tony Award nomination. The play was also of note for costarring her daughter Carrie. She will also be remembered for providing the voice of ‘Charlotte’ in the animated children’s film “Charlotte’s Web” (1973). During the course of her career, she earned five Golden Globe nominations and one Emmy Award nomination. In 1997 she received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and in 2016, she was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. After divorcing Eddie Fisher, she married two more times, however both marriages also ended in divorce. In 1985, she recorded two exercise videotapes and in 1988, she published her autobiography “Debbie: My Life." Her relationship with her daughter Carrie Fisher was often stormy and was the basis for Fisher’s novel “Postcards from the Edge” (1987). A film adaptation of the same title for which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine was made in 1990. Debbie Reynolds died from a stroke she suffered one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. Debbie: My Life. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas in April of 1932 - the child who would eventually become known as Debbie Reynolds - wasn't planning on ever having a career in Hollywood. Although she grew up in poverty, Debbie was catapulted to fame at a very young age - when she won the 'Miss Burbank' Beauty Pageant at the age of sixteen. What had started out as a chance to win some new clothes, also earned Debbie a screen test with Warner Brothers Studios. And so began the acting career of Debbie Reynolds. From the very beginning, her fans identified with her and called her 'the kid' - the kid with guts, the kid with personality, the kid sister - and to movie audiences she was truly 'America's Sweetheart'. As Hollywood's reigning ingenue, Debbie Reynolds was the fresh-faced embodiment of American grace and gumption. Throughout her career, starring in such film classics as: Singin' in the Rain, How the West Was Won, Tammy and the Bachelor, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Debbie always portrayed a sassy, spunky, and bright personality. Yet behind the glitz and glamour of Hollywood - beyond the dazzling spotlight of instant fame - was a young woman thrown into the starmaking machine, and whose only hope was to achieve personal happiness for herself. Now, taking readers inside her private world, Debbie tells it all: about an extraordinary life spent in the limelight - the tears, the laughter, and the bitter moments of her career - all is revealed in this candid, funny, and gutsy self-portrait. She reveals the real story behind her marriage to Eddie Fisher - a marriage that blew apart when he began a torrid love affair with Elizabeth Taylor - and abandoned Debbie to the hurricane winds of a sensational white-hot scandal. Here, too, is a startling expose of the years spent with her second husband Harry Karl - a compulsive gambler and womanizer who left her in a state of financial ruin. Yet there are also so many wonderful memories as well - star-studded recollections from the Golden Era of Hollywood: memories made with such stars as Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Bette Davis and Robert Wagner; the famous movies and movie moguls; as well as her hardwon, yet enduring relationship with her children, Carrie and Todd Fisher. As the last of the red-hot troupers, Debbie Reynolds has lived through it all: the hard times and the happy times, and she has somehow managed to retain her dauntless determination to make her dreams come true. This is so much more than just the saga of a legendary Hollywood star, it is also the fascinating and poignant story of a true survivor - someone who has emerged from her various trials and tribulations, perhaps somewhat battered, but ultimately triumphantly resilient. Despite reading Ms. Reynolds second autobiography back in April of 2016 - after her recent passing in December of 2016 - I wanted to read her first autobiography. Actually, I found that this book focused more on her hard-scrabble childhood and in my opinion, she held nothing back. I must admit that I found Ms. Reynolds to be a wonderful person, lovingly honest and surprisingly forgiving - to be perfectly honest, perhaps more forgiving than I would be if I were in her circumstances. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although if I did have any problems with it, it would probably be that Ms. Reynolds tended to drop names of stars into the story fairly frequently. Although having said that, I suppose that this would certainly be something to be expected when a bonafide Hollywood legend writes her autobiography. I would definitely give this book an A! ( )