Profile of the Day: Debbie Reynolds

Posted April 1, 2015 by Amanda | No Comment
Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly

Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly

Happy 83rd birthday to Debbie Reynolds!

She was born Mary Frances Reynolds on April 1, 1932 in El Paso, Texas. The second child of Maxine and Raymond Francis Reynolds, Debbie and her family moved to Burbank, California in 1939. By the age of 16, she had won the Miss Burbank beauty contest and landed a contract with Warner Brothers.

Her most memorable turn was opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor in the classic musical Singin’ in the Rain. In 1955, she married actor Eddie Fisher and had two children, Todd and Carrie Fisher. Her personal life became embroiled in scandal after it was revealed that Eddie Fisher had been having an affair with the couple’s close friend Elizabeth Taylor.

Most recently, she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January.

Debbie Reynolds is connected to nearly 90 million people in Geni’s World Family Tree. How are you related?

 

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