Friday, August 19, 2011

Debbie Reynolds.


Debbie Reynolds won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Catered Affair (1956).

She has received various nominations for awards including: an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Debbie Reynolds Show (1970), a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Mother (1996) and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, for her role of Bobbi Adler in the sitcom Will & Grace (2000). In 1996 and 1997, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy, in the American Comedy Awards.

Her foot and hand prints are preserved at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6654 Hollywood Boulevard.

In November 2006, Reynolds received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Chapman University (Orange, California). On May 17, 2007, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nevada, Reno, (Reno, Nevada) where she had contributed for many years to the film-studies program. In her acceptance speech, she referred to the University as "Nevahda...Arizona".


Personal Quote:

"Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life".

Please click here to learn more about Debbie Reynolds.
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3 comments:

  1. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4953200452_374d9d9fab.jpg

    I hope the link works. It's a picture of Debbie Reynolds my sister took when we saw Debbie in concert at the Canadian National Exhibition last summer. The woman defines "entertainer"!

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  2. The link did not work for me. I would love to see the picture of your sister with Debbie Reynolds.

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  3. I just got it to work on this end by highlighting the link and giving the mouse a right click to get to "Open link". It really is a swell picture!

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