Debbie Reynolds Awards & Filmography

Awards

Academy Award
1965
- Best Actress Nomination for: 
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
2015 - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Actors Fund Award
1974 - Outstanding Performance in:"Irene"

American Comedy Award
1997 Lifetime Achievement

Antoinette Perry Award (The Tony Award)
1974 Best Performance by an Actress Nomination for: "Irene"

Blockbuster Entertainment Award
1998 Favorite Supporting Actress Nomination - Comedy, for: In & Out

Casino Legends Hall Of Fame
2004 Debbie Reynolds was inducted into the Casino Legends Hall Of Fame on October 31, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chapman University, Orange, California
2006 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award

Costume Designers Presidents Award
2004 Debbie Reynolds received the Costume Designers Presidents Award
The Ceremony celebragte both her career and her part in the preservation of Hollywood Costumes.

Cue Magazine
1974 Entertainer of the Year Award for: "Irene"

Crystal Star Award
2001 Presented by the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising for Debbie's efforts in preserving film history

Daytime Emmy Award
2000 Outstanding Performer Nomination for: Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

Emmy Award
2000 Outstanding Best Actress in a Comedy Series Nomination for: "Will & Grace"

Golden Apple Award
1954 Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Globe
1951 New Star of the Year Nomination for: Three Little Words

1957 Best Motion Picture Actress, Musical/Comedy Nomination for: Bundle of Joy

1965 Best Motion Picture Actress, Musical/Comedy Nomination for: The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1970 Best TV Actress, Musical/Comedy Nomination for: "The Debbie Reynolds Show"

1997 Best Motion Picture Actress, Musical/Comedy Nomination for: Mother

Golden Satellite Award
1996 Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Mother

Grauman's Chinese Theater Award
1965 Hand & Footprint Block

Hasty Pudding Theatricals
1955 Woman of the Year

Hollywood Chambers Lifetime Achievement Award
2003 Debbie Reynolds received the Hollywood Chambers Lifetime Achievement Award.Debbie is the first woman to receive this award.

Hollywood Walk of Fame
1997 Star on the Walk of Fame
Debbie Reynolds has THREE STARS on the Walk Of Fame!

Las Vegas Comedy Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
2002 Lifetime Achievement Award

Laurel Award
1958 Top Female Comedy Performance, runner-up for: Tammy and the Bachelor

1962 Top Female Comedy Performance, nomination for: The Second Time Around

1963 Top Female Comedy Performance, nomination for: My Six Loves

1965 Best Musical Performance, runner-up for: The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1966 Best Musical Performance, runner-up for: The Singing Nun

1968 Best Female Comedy Performance, third-place for: Divorce American Style

Liberace Legend Award
1994 "For Contributions to the Community and the World of Entertainment"

Lone Star Film & Television Award
1998 Special Award - "Texas Legend"

Mary Pickford Award of Achievement
2003 Debbie Reynolds was presented with the Mary Pickford Award of Achievement, in Los Angeles,CA.

Modern Screen Award
1956 Most Popular

Screen Actors Guild
2014 Life Achievement Award

Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, Winchester, Virginia
2011 Grand Marshal

Star National Board of Review
1956 NBR Award, Best Supporting Actress for: The Catered Affair

Nevada Theater Ballet
2001 Woman of the Year Award

Outer Critics Circle Award
1974 Outstanding Performance in: "Irene"

Palm Springs International Film Festival
1999 Lifetime Achievement Award

Photoplay Award
1952 Most Popular Female Star

1958 Most Popular Female Star

1968 Most Popular Female Star

Reno, University of Nevada
2007 Doctor of Humane Letters for contributions to the film studies program for many years

Ruby Award
1974 Outstanding Performance in: "Irene"

Savannah College of Art and Design
2002 Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Filmography

THE AFFAIRS OF DOBIE GILLIS (1953)
Directed by : Don Weis
Written by: Max Schulman

Debbie Reynolds........Pansy Hammer
Bobby Van.............Dobie Gillis
Bob Fosse.............Charlie Trask
Barbara Ruick........Lorna Ellingboe
Hans Conried.........Prof. Amos Pomfritt

ATHENA (1954)
Directed by : Richard Thorpe
Written by : William Ludwig and Leonard Spigelgass

Debbie Reynolds.........Minerva Mulvain
Jane Powell...............Athena Mulvain
Edmund Purdom.........Adam Calhorn
Shaw Vic Damone...............Johnny Nyle
Louis Calhern.............Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
Linda Christian...........Beth Hallson

BATTLING FOR BABY (1992) TV
Directed by : Art Wolff
Written by : Walter Lockwood; Nancey Silvers

Debbie Reynolds.........Helen
Susanne Pleshette......Marie
Courtney Cox.............Katherine
Doug McClure.............David

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (2013) TV
Debbie Reynolds: Frances Liberace

THE BODYGUARD (1992)
Directed by : Mick Jackson
Written by : Lawrence Kasdan

Kevin Costner............Frank Farmer
Whitney Houston........Rachel Marron
Debbie Reynolds.........Herself

BRIGHT LIGHTS (2016) Documentary
Debbie Reynolds: Herself
Carrie Fisher: Herself
Todd Fisher: Himself

BUNDLE OF JOY (1956)
Directed by : Norman Taurog
Written by : Robert Carson and Norman Krasna

Eddie Fisher..............Dan Merlin
Debbie Reynolds.........Polly Parish
Adolphe Menjou.........J.B. Merlin
Tommy Noonan..........Freddie Miller
Nina Talbot...............Mary
Una Merkel................Mrs. Dugan

THE CATERED AFFAIR (1956)
" Wedding Breakfast" (1956) UK
Directed by : Richard Brooks
Written by : Paddy Chayefsky (play); Gore Vidal

Bette Davis...............Agnes Hurley
Debbie Reynolds.........Jane Hurley
Ernest Borgnine..........Tom Hurley
Barry Fitzgerald..........Uncle Jack Conlon
Rod Taylor.................Ralph Halloran

CHARLOTTE'S WEB (1973)
Directed by : Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto
Written by : E.B. White (book); Earl Hamner Jr.

Debbie Reynolds..........Charlotte
Paul Lynde.................Templeton
Agnes Moorehead........The Goose
Danny Bonaduce..........Avery Arable
Rex Allen....................Narrator   

THE CHRISTMAS WISH (1998) TV
Directed by : Ian Barry
Written by : Richard Siddoway (book); Beth Polson

Debbie Reynolds..........Ruth Neil
Patrick Harris........Will Martin

THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY (1950)
Directed by : David Butler
Written by : Peter Milne

June Haver.................Patricia O'Grady
Gordon MacRae...........Tony Pastor
James Barton..............Dennis O'Grady
Debbie Reynolds..........Maureen O'Grady
Gene Nelson...............Doug Martin
S.Z. Sakall.................Miklos Teretzky   

DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE (1967)
Directed by : Bud Yorkin
Written by : Robert Kaufman; Norman Lear

Dick Van Dyke.............Richard Harmon
Debbie Reynolds..........Barbara Harmon J
ason Robards.............Nelson Downes
Jean Simmons.............Nancy Downes
Van Johnson...............Al Yearling   

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)
Directed by : Terry Gilliam
Written by : Hunter S. Thompson; Terry Gilliam

Johnny Depp................Raoul Duke
Benicio Del Toro...........Oscar Zeta Acosta
Debbie Reynolds...........Herself (voice)  

THE GAZEBO - Featured Film! (1959)
Directed by : George Marshall
Written by : Alec Coppel (story); George Wells

Glenn Ford..................Elliot Nash
Debbie Reynolds...........Nell Nash
Carl Reiner..................Harlow Edison
Martin Landau.............The Duke Zasu
Pitts...................Mrs. MacGruder   

GIFT OF LOVE: THE DANIEL HUFFMAN STORY (1999) TV Directed by : John Korty
Written by : Anna Sandor

Elden Henson..............Daniel Huffman
Ed Marinaro................Coach Jack Farkas
Debbie Reynolds..........Shirlee Allison  

GIVE A GIRL A BREAK (1953)
Directed by : Stanley Donen
Written by : Vera Caspary (story); Frances Goodrich

Gower Champion..........Ted Sturgis
Marge Champion..........Madelyn Corlane
Debbie Reynolds..........Suzie Doolittle
Bob Fosse..................Bob Dowdy
Richard Anderson.........Burton Bradshaw
Kurt Kasznar...............Leo Belney
Lurlene Tuttle.............Mrs. Doolittle   

GOODBYE, CHARLIE (1964)                              Directed by : Vincente Minnelli                             Written by : George Axelrod (play); Harry Kurnitz Tony Curtis................George Tracy Debbie Reynolds..........Charlie Sorel/The Woman Pat Boone..................Bruce Walter Matthau...........Sir Leopold Sartori Joanna Barnes............Janie Ellen Burstyn..............Franny  

HALLOWEENTOWN (1998) TV
Directed by : Duwayne Dunham
Written by : Paul Bernbaum

Debbie Reynolds.........Aggie Cromwell
Judith Hoag...............Gwen Piper
Kimberly J. Brown........Marnie Piper
Joey Zimmerman.........Dylan Piper
Phillip Van Dyke..........Luke

HALLOWEENTOWN II: KALABAR'S REVENGE (2001) TV Written by : Jon Cooksey; Ali Matheson

Debbie Reynolds.........Aggie Cromwell
Judith Hoag...............Gwen Piper
Daniel Kountz.............Cal
Kimberly J. Brown........Marnie Piper
Joey Zimmerman.........Dylan Piper
Phillip Van Dyke..........Luke

HEAVEN AND EARTH (1993) " Entre ciel et terre" (1994) France Directed by : Oliver Stone
Written by : Le Ly Hayslip (book); Jay Wurts (book)

Haing S. Ngor.............Papa
Bussaro Sanruck.........Le Ly
Supak Pititam.............Buddhist Monk
Joan Chen.................Mama
Debbie Reynolds.........Eugenia   

HIT THE DECK (1955)
Directed by : Roy Rowland
Written by : Herbert Fields; Sonya Levien

Jane Powell...............Susan Smith
Tony Martin...............William F. Clark
Debbie Reynolds.........Carol Pace
Ann Miller..................Ginger
Walter Pidgeon...........Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Russ Tamblyn.............Danny Xavier Smith
Vic Damone...............Rico Ferrari
Gene Raymond...........Wendell Craig
J. Carrol Naish............Mr. Peroni
Richard Anderson........Lieutenant Jackson   

HOW SWEET IT IS! (1968)
Directed by : Jerry Paris
Written by : Muriel Resnik (novel); Garry Marshall

James Garner.............Grif Henderson
Debbie Reynolds.........Jenny Henderson
Maurice Ronet............Phillipe
Terry-Thomas............Gilbert Tilly
Paul Lynde................The Purser
Donald Losby.............Davey

THIS HAPPY FEELING (1958)
Directed by : Blake Edwards
Written by : Blake Edwards
Debbie Reynolds........Janet Blake
Curt Jürgens.............Preston Mitchell
John Saxon...............Bill Tremaine
Alexis Smith..............Nita Hollaway
Mary Astor...............Mrs. Tremaine
Estelle Winwood........Mrs. Early
Troy Donahue...........Tony Manza
Hayden Rourke..........Mr. Booth

HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962)
Directed by : Henry Hathaway; John Ford
Written by : James R. Webb

James Stewart............Linus Rawlings
Carroll Baker...............Eve Prescott
Debbie Reynolds..........Lillith Prescott
Gregory Peck..............Cleve Van Valen
Henry Fonda...............Jethro Stuart
John Wayne...............General William T. Sherman
Agnes Moorehead........Rebecca Prescott
Karl Malden................Zebulon Prescott
Spencer Tracy............Narrator.  

I LOVE MELVIN - Featured Film! (1953)
Directed by : Don Weis
Written by : Laszlo Vadnay; George Wells

Donald O'Connor..........Melvin Hoover
Debbie Reynolds..........Judy LeRoy
Una Merkel.................Mom Schneider
Allyn Joslyn.................Pop Schneider
Richard Anderson.........Harry Flack
Noreen Corcoran..........Clarabelle
Jim Backus..................Mergo
Barbara Ruick..............Studio Guide
Robert Taylor..............Guest Appearance
 

IN & OUT (1997)
Directed by : Frank Oz
Written by : Paul Rudnick
Kevin Kline..................Howard Brackett
Joan Cusack................Emily Montgomery
Tom Selleck................Peter Mallory
Matt Dillon..................Cameron Drake
Debbie Reynolds...........Berniece Brackett
Wilford Brimley.............Frank Brackett
Bob Newhart...............Tom Halliwell  

IT STARTED WITH A KISS (1959)
Directed by : George Marhsall
Written by : Valentine Davies; Charles Lederer

Glenn Ford..................Sergeant Joe Fitzpatrick
Debbie Reynolds...........Maggie Putnam
Eva Gabor...................Marquesa de la Rey
Gustavo Rojo...............Antonio Soriano
Harry Morgan...............Charles Meriden
Frances Bavier.............Mrs. Tappe  

JUNE BRIDE (1948)
Directed by : Bretaigne Windust
Written by : Graeme Lorimer (play); Ranald MacDougall

Bette Davis.................Linda Gilman
Robert Montgomery......Carey Jackson
Fay Bainter.................Paula Winthrop
Betty Lynn.................Barbara "Boo" Brinker
Tom Tully...................Mr. Whitman Brinker
Debbie Reynolds..........Boo's girlfriend at wedding   

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989)
Directed by : Hayao Miyazaki
Written by : Jack Fletcher; Hayao Miyazaki

Kirsten Dunst..............Kiki O'Connell
Minami Takayama........Kiki/Ursula
Matthew Lawrence......Tombo
Phil Hartman...............Jiji
Debbie Reynolds..........Madame (voice)

 

 

MARY, MARY (1963)
Directed by : Mervyn LeRoy
Written by : Richard L. Breen

Debbie Reynolds..........Mary McKellaway
Barry Nelson...............Bob McKellaway
Diane McBain..............Tiffany Richards
Michael Rennie............Dirk Winston
  

THE MATING GAME (1959)
Directed by : George Marshall
Written by : H.E. Bates; William Roberts

Debbie Reynolds..........Mariette Larkin
Tony Randall...............Lorenzo Charlton
Paul Douglas...............Pop Larkin
Una Merkel.................Ma Larkin
Philip Ober..................Wendell Burnshaw

MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS (1956)
"Viva Las Vegas!" (1957) UK
Directed by : Roy Rowland
Written by : Isobel Lennart

Dan Dailey.................Chuck Rodwell
Cyd Charisse..............Maria Corvier
Agnes Moorehead........Miss Hattie
Jim Backus.................Tom Culdane
Cameo Appearances by... Pier Angeli Peter Lorre Debbie Reynolds Jeff Richards Frank Sinatra

MOTHER (1996)
Directed by : Albert Brooks
Written by : Albert Brooks; Monica McGowan

Johnson Albert Brooks..............John Henderson
Debbie Reynolds..........Beatrice Henderson
Rob Morrow................Jeff Henderson
Lisa Kudrow................Linda

MR. IMPERIUM (1951)
"You Belong to My Heart" (1951) UK
Directed by : Don Hartman
Written by : Don Hartman

Lana Turner................Fredda Barlow
Enzio Pinza.................Mr. Imperium
Marjorie Main..............Mrs. Cabot
Cedric Hardwicke.........Bernand
Debbie Reynolds..........Gwen
Keenan Wynn.............Motorcycle Cop

MY SIX LOVES (1963)
Directed by : Gower Champion
Written by : Joseph Calvelli; John Fante

Debbie Reynolds..........Janice
Courtney Cliff Robertson............Reverend Jim
Larkin David Janssen.............Marty Bliss
Eileen Heckart.............Ethel
Hans Conried...............Kinsley Kross
Alice Pearce................Bus Driver

PEPE (1960)
Directed by : George Sidney
Written by : Claude Binyon; Dorothy Kingsley

Cantinflas..................Pepe Dan
Dailey.................Ted Holt
Shirley Jones..............Suzie Murphy

Cameo appearances by: Maurice Chevalier Bing Crosby Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Lemmon Dean Martin Kim Novak Debbie Reynolds Edward G. Robinson Frank Sinatra Tony Curtis ...and many more.

THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (1961)
Directed by : George Seaton
Written by : Cornelia Otis Skinner (play)

Fred Astaire...............Biddeford "Pogo" Poole
Debbie Reynolds..........Jessica Poole
Lilli Palmer..................Katharine Dougherty
Tab Hunter.................Roger Henderson
Charlie Ruggles............Mackenzie Savage..

THE RAT RACE (1960)
Directed by : Robert Mulligan
Written by : Garson Kanin

Tony Curtis...............Pete Hammond, Jr.
Debbie Reynolds.........Peggy Brown
Jack Oakie.................Mac
Kay Medford..............Mrs. "Soda" Gallo
Don Rickles................Nellie

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER: THE MOVIE (1998) Directed by : William R. Kowalchuck
Written by : Michael Aschner

John Goodman............Santa Claus (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg.........Stormella, Evil Ice Queen (voice)
Debbie Reynolds..........Mrs. Claus (voice) Bob Newhart...............Leonard the Polar Bear (voice) Richard Simmons..........Boone (voice)

RUGRATS IN PARIS: THE MOVIE (2000)
Directed by : Stig Bergqvist; Paul Demeyer
Written by : Arlene Klasky; Gabor Csupo

Christine Cavanaugh....Chuckie Finster (voice)
Cheryl Chase..............Angelica Pickles (voice)
Elizabeth Daily............Tommy Pickles (voice)
Tara Strong................Dil Pickles (voice)
Debbie Reynolds..........Lulu Pickles (voice)

SAY ONE FOR ME (1959)
Directed by : Frank Tashlin
Written by : Robert O'Brien

Bing Crosby..............Father Conroy
Debbie Reynolds........Holly LeMaise
Robert Wagner..........Tony Vincent
Ray Walston.............Phil Stanley

THE SECOND TIME AROUND (1961)
Directed by : Vincent Sherman
Written by : Cecil Dan Hansen; Oscar Saul

Debbie Reynolds........Lucretia Rogers
Steve Forrest...........Dan Jones
Andy Griffith.............Pat Collins
Thelma Ritter............Aggie Juliet
Prowse............Rena

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Featured Film! (1952)
Directed by : Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly
Written by : Betty Comden; Adolph Green

Gene Kelly................Don Lockwood
Debbie Reynolds........Kathy Selden
Donald O'Connor........Cosmo Brown
Jean Hagen..............Lina Lamont Millard
Mitchell..........R.F. Simpson

THE SINGING NUN (1965)
Directed by : Henry Koster
Written by : John Furia (story); Sally Benson

Debbie Reynolds........Sister Ann
Ricardo Montalban.....Father Clementi
Greer Garson............Mother Prioress Agnes
Moorehead......Sister Cluny
Chad Everett............Robert Gerarde
Ed Sullivan...............Himself

SKIRTS AHOY! (1952)                                         Directed by : Sidney Lanfield                               Written by : Isobel Lennart                                    Esther Williams..........Whitney Young                        Joan Evans...............Mary Kate Yarbrough                Vivian Blaine.............Una Yancy                                  Barry Sullivan............Lieutenant Commander                    Paul Elcott                                                              Debbie Reynolds........Herself (uncredited)                  Bobby Van...............Himself (uncredited)                     Keenan Wynn...........Himself (uncredited)

SUSAN SLEPT HERE - Featured Film! (1954)
Directed by : Frank Tashlin
Written by : Steve Fisher

Dick Powell...............Mark Christopher
Debbie Reynolds........Susan Landis
Anne Francis.............Isabella Alexander
Glenda Farrell............Maude Snodgrass
Alvy Moore...............Virgil

THREE LITTLE WORDS (1950)
Directed by : Richard Thorpe
Written by : George Wells

Fred Astaire.............Bert Kalmar
Red Skelton.............Harry Ruby
Vera-Ellen...............Jessie Brown/Jessie Kalmar
Arlene Dahl..............Eileen Percy/Eileen Ruby
Keenan Wynn...........Charlie Kope
Gloria De Haven........Mrs. Carter De Haven
Debbie Reynolds........Helen Kane
Carleton Carpenter.....Dan Healy

TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR (1957)
Directed by : Joseph Pevney
Written by : Oscar Brodney

Debbie Reynolds........Tambrey Tyree
Leslie Nielsen............Peter Brent
Walter Brennan.........Grandpa
Mala Powers.............Barbara
Midred Natwick.........Aunt Rennie
Fay Wray.................Mrs. Brent
Philip Ober...............Alfred Bissle
Craig Hill..................Ernie

THE TENDER TRAP (1955)
Directed by : Charles Walters
Written by : Max Schulman; Robert Paul Smith

Frank Sinatra............Charlie Y. Reader
Debbie Reynolds........Julie Gillis
David Wayne............Joe McCall
Celeste Holm............Sylvia Crewes

THESE OLD BROADS (2001)
Directed by : Matthew Diamond
Written by : Carrie Fisher; Elaine Pope

Debbie Reynolds........ Piper Grayson
Elizabeth Taylor........ Beryl Mason
Shirley MacLaine....... Kate Westbourne
Joan Collins.............. Addie Holden
Peter Graves............ Bill

TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE (1950)
Directed by : Roy Rowland
Written by : Dorothy Kingsley
Jane Powell..............Patti Robinson
Ricardo Montalban.....Demi Armendez
Louis Calhern............Horatio Robinson Ann Harding..............Katherine Robinson
Phylis Kirk.................Valerie Streseman
Carleton Carpenter.....Billy Finlay
Debbie Reynolds........Melva Robinson

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! (1974)
Directed by : Jack Haley Jr.
Written by : Jack Haley Jr.

Hosted by: Fred Astaire Bing Crosby Gene Kelly Peter Lawford Liza Minnelli Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds Mickey Rooney Frank Sinatra James Stewart Elizabeth Taylor

THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (1964)
Directed by : Charles Walters
Written by : Helen Deutsch

Debbie Reynolds.......Molly Brown
Harve Presnell..........Johnny Brown
Ed Begley................Shamus Tobin
Jack Kruschen..........Christmas Morgan H
ermione Baddeley....Buttercup Grogan
Vassili Lambrinos.......Prince Louis de Laniere
Fred Essler..............Baron Karl Ludwig von Ettenburg

VIRTUAL MOM (2000) TV
Directed by : Laruie Lynd

Debbie Reynolds.......Gwen
Lauren Collins...........Lucy Foster
Sheila McCarthy.......Holly

WILL & GRACE (1999-2006) TV
Debbie Reynolds : Bobbi Adler

WEDDING BELL BLUES (1996)
Directed by : Dana Lustig
Written by : Dana Lustig; Annette Goliti Gutierrez

Illeyna Douglas.........Jasmine
Paulina Porizkova......Tanya
Julie Warner.............Micki Rachel Levine
Debbie Reynolds........Herself

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? - Featured Film! (1971) Filmways/UA
Directed by : Curtis Harrington
Written by : Henry Farrell

Debbie Reynolds.........Adelle Bruckner
Shelley Winters..........Helen
Dennis Weaver...........Lincoln Palmer
Agnes Moorehead.......Sister Alma

ZACK AND REBA (1998)
Directed by : Nicole Bettauer
Written by : Jay Stapleton Sean

Patrick Flanery....Zack Blanton
Brittany Murphy..........Reba Simpson
Kathy Najimy..............Mrs. Simpson
Debbie Reynolds..........B. Blanton