Debbie Reynolds Tribute on TCM

Debbie Reynolds is the Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month for March 2024, with a five-day marathon of her top films starting Monday, March 24. Other highlights in March include films of Ingrid Bergman and Jack Nicholson.

Starting Monday, March 25, 2024, TCM will broadcast 31 of Reynolds top movies, beginning with her breakout role in “Singing in the Rain.” The schedule is:

MONDAY, MARCH 25 STAR OF THE MONTH: DEBBIE REYNOLDS

8:00 PM Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
10:00 PM Three Little Words (1950)
12:00 AM Two Weeks with Love (1950)
1:45 AM Mr. Imperium (1951)
3:30 AM The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady(1950)
5:30 AM Skirts Ahoy! (1952)

TUESDAY, MARCH 26 STAR OF THE MONTH: DEBBIE REYNOLDS

8:00 PM The Catered Affair (1956)
9:45 PM The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
11:15 PM I Love Melvin (1953)
12:45 AM Give a Girl a Break (1953)
2:15 AM Hit the Deck (1955)
4:15 AM Athena (1954)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 STAR OF THE MONTH: DEBBIE REYNOLDS

8:00 PM Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
9:45 PM The Mating Game (1959)
11:30 PM The Tender Trap (1955)
1:30 AM Bundle of Joy (1956)
3:30 AM This Happy Feeling (1958)
5:15 AM Susan Slept Here (1954)

THURSDAY, MARCH 28 STAR OF THE MONTH: DEBBIE REYNOLDS

8:00 PM The Rat Race (1960)
10:00 PM Goodbye Charlie (1964)
12:15 AM The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
2:30 AM The Gazebo (1959)
4:30 AM It Started with a Kiss (1959)
6:30 AM Mary, Mary (1963)
8:45 AM How Sweet It Is (1968)

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 STAR OF THE MONTH: DEBBIE REYNOLDS

8:00 PM The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
10:30 PM Divorce, American Style (1967)
12:30 AM What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
2:30 AM The Second Time Around (1961)
4:30 AM How the West Was Won (1962)
7:30 AM The Singing Nun (1966)

More TCM March Highlights

Also in March on TCM:

March 11-15, Women at Work
March 16: Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day – Irish films
March 18: Daytime tribute to Errol Flynn; nighttime tribute to Cornel Wilde
March 19: Based on Lillian Hellman
March 20: Ryan O’Neal Tribute
March 21: Norman Jewison Tribute
March 24: Ingrid Bergman double feature
March 25-29: Star of the Month Debbie Reynolds
March 30: Starring Jack Nicholson
March 31: Happy Easter.

Below is a preview of what’s on TCM in March, with highlights selected by director Chris Columbus..

Debbie Reynolds 1931 – 2016

Mary Frances “Debbie” Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her career spanned almost 70 years.

Debbie Reynolds in 1998 (Wikipedia photo)

She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer with her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words. Her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain (1952). Her 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” topped the Billboard music charts.

In 1959, she starred in The Mating Game (with Tony Randall) and released her first pop music album, titled Debbie.

She starred with Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain (1952), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous Titanic passenger Margaret “Molly” Brown. Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Some of Reynolds’ other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte’s Web (1973), Mother (1996; Golden Globe nomination) and In & Out (1997).

Reynolds passed away on December 28, 2016 at the age of 84, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher. “Carrie put it best,” Reynolds’s son Todd recalled. “She said, ‘Debbie is Christmas.’ Debbie was just a big, giving thing. There was just no end to that gift.”

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