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Debbie Reynolds
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Topics
- Celebrities & Causes
- Humor & Entertainment
- Aging
- Women's Health
Events
- Award Banquets
- Community Outreach - Health Fairs
- Corporate Health - Wellness Forum
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Fundraising
- Galas / Anniversaries
- Women's Conferences
Speaker Information
Debbie Reynolds has been a ball of fire since she whirled on the Hollywood scene at 16 during MGM's grandest years. With that always adorable face and saucy sparkle, she has personified cheerful bounce and youthful innocence since the earliest days of her career. As sexy as her silver screen colleagues, she was ironically the most wholesome as well - even after more than 50 years in show business - first as a film star, then on stage and in nightclubs, then television - there is little she has not done. But if her career has been distinguished by long-lasting and varied achievement, her personal life has been marked by continual misfortunes that would have devastated most people. However, like the character she portrayed in her Oscar-nominated film, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” Debbie Reynolds is a survivor.
Unsinkable everyone calls her - a title all too frequently nabbed by every Tom, Dick and Harry penning a Reynolds article - yet it is the essential adjective that simply must be used to describe her. She is a survivor. Her strong faith and sense of humor have helped her weather the storms in life, including three marriages gone wrong, grand-scale financial setbacks, and, in recent years, the passing of loved ones.
Now, Reynolds is nearly as famous for being Carrie Fisher's mother as for being Debbie Reynolds. The two worked together last year in their much-anticipated television project, “These Old Broads.” And between concert tours and the occasional film, Reynolds often pops up on television: she has appeared on “Wings,” “The Golden Girls,” “Roseanne,” and “Touched By An Angel,” and currently she's a member of the guest cast of the award winning NBC comedy, “Will and Grace.” She received an Emmy nomination for her performance as Bobbi Adler, the flamboyant mother of title character Grace Adler, played by Deborah Messing.
A life-long supporter and fundraiser for the Girl Scouts, Reynolds is founder-president of the Thalians, a charitable organization which has raised millions for emotionally disturbed children and AIDS patients. Involved in a number of activities, entertaining, and public speaking, she is a spokesperson for osteoporosis awareness – both her mother and grandmother suffered from the disease. Reynolds also speaks of her personal experiences with Alzheimer’s – she was a caregiver to both of her parents, who had the disease.
A bundle of energy and charm and beauty, Debbie Reynolds remains a highly talented and versatile actress, a celebrated American fixture, a genuine personality, and one who stands today as a symbol of sweeter times, still enriching the lives of millions with her laughter.