FrameThrower · Actors · Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
3 films · 259 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1952–2024
Born 1 April 1932 · El Paso, Texas, USA · died 28 December 2016
Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words, and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached number one on the Billboard music charts.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 259 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1952–2024
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award2014
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award2015
- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture1997
- National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress1956
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1955
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 259 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Debbie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 47% high key — the look of the work Debbie takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 259 frames from Debbie Reynolds's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.