Want to know the best Debbie Reynolds movies? How about the worst Debbie Reynolds movies? Curious about Debbie Reynolds box office grosses or which Debbie Reynolds movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Debbie Reynolds movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
The Drivel Part of the page. A few years ago, my wife requested a Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) movie ranking page. For some unknown reason, especially since she has done so many things to make this website better and easier to maintain, I have failed to follow through with that request. Well last night, I told my lovely wife that I was finally ready to publish her Debbie Reynolds page. I then asked her for the first time why she wanted a Reynolds page. Her response….”Because she has a cool first name”. In case you could not guess it….my wife’s name is Debbie. So for my Debbie….here is finally a Debbie Reynolds movie page.
Her IMDb page shows 83 acting credits from 1948-2015. This page will rank 38 Debbie Reynolds movies from Best to Worst in seven different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Debbie Reynolds Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Debbie Reynolds movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Debbie Reynolds movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Debbie Reynolds movies by Box Office Rank By Year
- Sort Debbie Reynolds movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Debbie Reynolds movie received.
- Sort Debbie Reynolds movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the sort and search box to make this table very interactive.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Debbie Reynolds Table
- Fifteen Debbie Reynolds movie crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 39.47% of her movies listed. How the West Was Won (1963) is her biggest box office hit.
- An average Debbie Reynolds movie grosses $88.90 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 30 of Debbie Reynolds’s movies are rated as good movies…or 78.94% of her movies. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) is her highest rated movie while One For the Money (2011) is her lowest rated movie.
- Thirteen Debbie Reynolds movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 34.21% of her movies.
- One Debbie Reynolds movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 2.63% of her movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 40.00. 23 Debbie Reynolds movie scored higher that average….or 60.52% of her movies. How the West Was Won (1963) got the the highest UMR Score while One For the Money (2011) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Debbie Reynolds
1. Mary Frances Reynolds was born in El Paso, Texas in 1932.
2. Debbie Reynolds was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar® nomination for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1965). She received a Honorary Oscar in 2015.
3. Debbie Reynolds was nominated 4 times (movie roles only) for a Golden Globe®: 1950’s Three Little Words, 1956’s Bundle of Joy, 1965’s The Unsinkable Molly Brown and 1996’s Mother.
4. Debbie Reynolds has been married 3 times. Her first marriage was to Eddie Fisher from 1955 to 1959…they had two children. Her second marriage was to Harry Karl from 1960 to 1973. Her third marriage was to Richard Hamlett from 1984 to 1996.
5. Debbie Reynolds’ son, Todd, is a writer, director and actor. Her daughter, Carrie is also a writer and actress…she is best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies. Her granddaughter, Billie Lourd, has a role in the television series The Scream Queens as well as a role in Star Wars 7.
6. Debbie Reynolds is one of the few actresses to have danced with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on screen. Other actresses who have done this include: Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Vera-Ellen, Rita Hayworth and Leslie Caron.
7. My favorite behind the scenes story about her classic movie Singin’ In The Rain (1952). Gene Kelly has said…..”I wasn’t nice to Debbie. It’s a wonder she still speaks to me.” Once after Kelly insulted Reynolds for not being able to dance, Fred Astaire, who was hanging around the studio, found her crying under a piano and helped her with her dancing.
8. Debbie Reynolds is the president of The Thalians, an organization for the treatment of mental health at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. She has been actively involved in building this celebrity run organization for over 30 years.
9. Nearly all the money Debbie Reynolds makes is spent toward her goal of creating a Hollywood museum. Her collection numbers more than 3000 costumes and 46,000 square-feet worth of props and equipment. That would be a musuem I would want to visit.
10. Check out Debbie Reynolds‘ career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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So sad about Carrie and then Debbie. I think the shock and grief probably brought on the stroke. It is, as has been mentioned, good that the two of them had overcome their rough patches and were close at the end. I recall an interview with Roy Rogers’ son in which he admitted he and his father had a falling out and weren’t speaking. Dale (who was his stepmother-he was the son of Roy’s first wife) talked to him and told him that his father was getting old and that it would matter to him what their relationship was after his father was gone. He took it to heart and the two of them reconciled, even hugging and saying aloud how each loved the other. The man was in tears about how happy he was that they were close when Roy passed on. There is a lesson there for everyone. We only have one mom and dad.
Hey John….I agree 100%…brutal news….first the Fisher heart attack right before Christmas and then…the Fisher death the day after Christmas….followed by Reynolds passing the next day. Makes you appreciate the holidays more…though for the Fisher/Reynolds family it might have ruing this holiday for a few years.
Interesting story about Roy and his son. Dale was 100%….and I am glad to hear that Roy’s son took it to heart. Seize the day is really hitting him this week….because you never know. I agree we only have one mom and dad. I was getting along fine with my father…..but I remember our last conversation which was a phone conversation…it was something like…..My Dad…”Hello” Me….”Hey dad…is my mom there?” My Dad…”Yeah hold on.”. I never talked to him again…..I now wish it had been a more meaningful conversation……but it never occurred to me that this would be the last time we talked. You just never know….thanks for the visit and comment.
She was all class. A star for the last 65 years. She was a great lady off screen as well.
Hey Estella….I agree with you 100%. RIP Debbie Reynolds
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Very sad to hear about her death this morning, especially in the light of the loss of her daughter, Carrie. They must have been very close and all the more sadder. Debbie left a wonderful legacy, especially her contribution to singing in the rain. I always liked her in Will and Grace.
Hey Chris…thanks for sharing your thoughts on Debbie Reynolds….her career was long and successful. I did not even realize she was in Will and Grace. What a horrible two days for that family. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Such tragic sad news. I liked Singing in the Rain, but I loved her in The Unsinkable Molly Brown and How The West Was Won. Thoughts and prayers to her family.
Hey mimi……very very tragic news. I liked her in How The West Was Won….she easily has the biggest part in that monster hit…..while I have only seen about a half hour of The Unsinkable Molly Brown….I will make sure to finish that classic musical. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Debbie Reynolds.
My condolences go out to the Fisher-Reynolds family. I am very glad that they mended fences long before their passing.
What an “unsinkable” mother-daughter combination of talent!-May Princess Leia and Tammy/Molly Brown rest in peace.
Hey anonymous……I am also glad that they minded fences. Just goes to show how you never know what the day will bring you. They have to be one of the greatest mother daughter movie teams of all. Liza/Judy, Melanie/Tippi, Mia/Maureen and Carrie/Debbie. I wonder who I am missing? Thanks for the visit and the comment.