Debbie Reynolds's film career began at MGM after she won a beauty contest at age 16 impersonating Betty Hutton. Most of her film work has been in MGM musicals, as perky, wholesome young women. She continues to use her dancing skills with stage work. Nearly all the money she makes is spent toward her goal of creating a Hollywood museum.
Debbie Reynolds is the star of more than thirty motion pictures, two Broadway shows, two series, as well as dozens of television appearances, here and abroad. Born 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 the 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.
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