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Wishing a very happy 82nd birthday to the unsinkable Debbie Reynolds!

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I snapped the top photo of Debbie Reynolds a few years ago at the TCM Film Festival – I love it.

Today, the enduring star of such films as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Singin’ in the Rain and How the West Was Won turns 82 years young.

Debbie raised her two children largely as a single parent after first husband Eddie Fisher left her for Elizabeth Taylor. One of those children is, of course, movie star and author Carrie Fisher of Star Wars, Postcards From the Edge and Wishful Drinking fame.

In her book, Wishful Drinking (also a Broadway show and HBO special), Carrie remembered her mother’s big dressing room which she would enter as mom and exit as movie star Debbie Reynolds.

And what a movie star!

She first made her mark while still in her teens starring with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor in the classic MGM musical Singin’ in the Rain. She went on to star in such hits as Tammy and the Bachelor, Bundle of Joy, The Tender Trap, The Catered Affair, The Mating Game, The Singing Nun, Goodbye Charlie, and Divorce American Style.

She was one of the stars of the 1962 epic western How the West Was Won and earned her only Academy Award nomination for best actress for her stupendous performance as the title character in 1964′s The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

When the film roles dried up in the 70s, she hit the Broadway stage, put together a nightclub act and did television guest appearances. Then in the 90s, film roles came her way again starting with Oliver Stone’s Heaven and Earth followed by a wonderful starring role as Albert Brooks’ mom in Mother which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination (she lost to Madonna of all people!).

She then played Kevin Kline’s mom in the comedy In & Out, starred in the Disney TV film Halloweentown and its sequels Haloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge, Halloweentown High and Return to Halloweentown.

Her other TV movies include These Old Broads (co-starring Miss Taylor), Battling for Baby, The Christmas Wish, and A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story. Debbie also had a recurring role on the sitcom Will & Grace in the hilarious role of Grace’s eccentric mom Bobbi Adler. It’s a role she played to perfection and her “I Told You So” dance is a classic.

Debbie Reynolds is a showbiz trouper in every sense of the word.

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3 Remarks

  1. I think that Miss. Reynolds has only gotten better through the years!

  2. Congratulations on your magnificent career and your 82nd birthday.
    We went to High School together and along with you, I’m celebrating my
    82nd birthday also. On our feet and still smiling!!

  3. I have followed your exceptional career since we were in High School
    together and send my congratulations on your 82nd Birthday. Still on
    our feet and still smiling!!

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