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Post by snsurone on Mar 19, 2018 14:58:30 GMT
It's been less than 18 months since her passing--one day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher.
IMHO, she was a fantastic comedienne, especially after she got experience in movie acting. While SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is one of my favorite movies, I believed that she was underused there. In fact, Kathy Selden was just an ingenue role, and there was absolutely NO chemistry between her and Gene Kelly. She was much better in later movies like HOW THE WEST WAS WON and THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, for which she received her only Oscar nomination.
She did some TV work, too. She appeared in an otherwise mediocre episode of THE GOLDEN GIRLS, where she was supposed to be Bea Arthur's replacement when Dorothy almost remarried her yutz ex-husband Stan. I think that Debbie was the only bright part of that dreary episode. Imagine if she had been a regular on that show.
I hope she and Carrie are happy together in the afterlife.
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Post by snsurone on Mar 19, 2018 15:59:09 GMT
I miss her, too. She could light up the screen with such joy. That said, one of my favorite of her roles was in The Catered Afair, a solid dramatic performance that never got the due it deserved in my opinion - but then neither did the film. She more than held her own with Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine in that one. I agree, Spidey. THE CATERED AFFAIR is an underrated domestic drama, and, while better in comedy than drama, Debbie was quite good as the working-class daughter. Especially in the scene where she finally asserts herself and demands that the elaborate wedding be cancelled.
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 19, 2018 16:08:13 GMT
True, none with Kelly -- but lots off screen with Astaire. After Gene bawled her out for not mastering dance steps, she fled in tears to the MGM back lot. Fred came across her sitting there, assessed the situation -- and showed her how to perform it perfectly.
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Post by snsurone on Mar 19, 2018 16:59:15 GMT
True, none with Kelly -- but lots off screen with Astaire. After Gene bawled her out for not mastering dance steps, she fled in tears to the MGM back lot. Fred came across her sitting there, assessed the situation -- and showed her how to perform it perfectly. Astaire was the perfect example of a cultured gentleman. Debbie later made a movie with him called THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY. I've never seen it, though. Admittingly, some of her movies were not that good, like THE MATING GAME and SUSAN SLEPT HERE. But that was more due to lousy scripts and direction than Debbie's performances.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 19, 2018 18:46:33 GMT
 I agree about The Catered Affair 1956, it was such a sweet movie. Mother 1996, with Albert Brooks, a movie I thought was both funny and touching.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Mar 19, 2018 21:23:38 GMT
It was such a sudden and sad loss,knowing Carrie's passing no doubt caused hers. She was never anything but lovable in all her roles, Mother reminded me so much of my own mother.
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Post by Gubbio on Mar 19, 2018 21:46:48 GMT
Good Morning Tribute, Split Screen
On the right: Choreographed by Christopher Rice . Rice as Don Lockwood, Clay Thomson as Cosmo Brown, and Broadway leading lady Eloise Kropp, as Kathy Selden.
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Post by outrider127 on Mar 20, 2018 15:57:58 GMT
Hard to watch How The West was Won now, with her gone--as she ages quite a bit in the movie's timeline
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Post by snsurone on Nov 16, 2019 1:38:14 GMT
It's ironic that both Debbie and Carrie became movie stars at age 19, and both in pictures requiring them to sport ugly hairdos and unflattering clothes.
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Post by onethreetwo on Nov 16, 2019 1:43:32 GMT
I'm a simple man. I only know her from the Halloweentown movies. But I love her for those movies.
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