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Debbie Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds on April 1, 1932, in El Paso, Texas, and there's a lot of Texas left in her. After her family moved to California, she entered the Miss Burbank beauty contest in 1948, reportedly just to get the free blouse, silk scarf, and lunch given to contestants. Her Betty Hutton impersonation won the day, and she ... won a contract with Warner Brothers.
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Debbie Reynolds was the 2nd child of her parents Raymond Francis Reynolds and Maxine N. A scholarship in her honor is offered to high school Girl Scouts of which she was a troop leader in her school days. She has married 3 times and divorced. In 1955, she married Eddie Fisher but they got divorced in the year 1959, when an affair between Eddie and Elizabeth Taylor became public. Her 2nd marriage was with businessman Harry Karl in 1960. But this too did not last long and in the year 1984 she remarried real estate developer Richard Hamlett and lasted till 1996.
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Hard-to-find Debbie Reynolds DVDs/VHSs - The Movie Collector's Web site. Many titles not found elsewhere. Classics of the 30s, 40s, 50s, foreign, musicals, silents, TV shows, B movies, westerns, serials, comedies, dramas and more.
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Debbie Reynolds is lovingly remembered as America's sweetheart. She was the typical girl-next-door. She was a singer and Hollywood actress. She is fondly remembered for her exemplary work in Hollywood musicals. She was a part of one of the best musicals of all times, "Singin' in the Rain." Debbie was born in El Paso, Texas.
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As star of more than thirty motion pictures, two Broadway shows, two series, as well as dozens of television appearances, here and abroad, in 2001 Debbie Reynolds celebrates her fifty-third year in show business. Burn Mary Frances Reynolds on April Fool’s Day, 1932 in El Paso, Texas, she moved with her parents and brother to Burbank, California when she was eight years old. An enthusiastic and highly energetic child, she excelled in sports, particularly sandlot baseball, Girl Scouts, baton twirling and in music where her specialty was French horn. Her early comedic talents first came to light when she auditioned for dramatic roles in school plays and found everyone laughing at her "serious" readings. Failing at that, she had to content herself with doing "everything from the wind machine to the thunder and lightning offstage," but she never made it to an on-stage appearance.
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At the peak of her career, actress Debbie Reynolds was America's sweetheart, the archetypal girl-next-door. Best remembered for her work in Hollywood musicals, she appeared in the genre's defining moment, Singin' in the Rain, as well as many other notable successes. Born Mary Frances Reynolds on April 1, 1932, in El Paso, TX, she entered the film industry by winning the Miss Burbank beauty contest in 1948, resulting in a contract with Warner Bros.
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