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WELCOME TO SPOTLIGHT, 4-Tel's mini-
magazine which brings you all the 0
latest stories on what's what and 0
who's who on Channel 4... 0
On the following pages you can find
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS
A profile of the sweeter-than-sugar
50s star, who is the subject of 0
much discussion in Wednesday's
episode of Alice.
NEWS ABOUT 4...NEWS ABOUT 4...NEWS
What's coming up this week
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Edited by Barbara Jefferson 0
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS 0
This Wednesday, Debbie Reynolds has
a guest role in Channel Four's
long-running afternoon comedy series
Alice.
Ms Reynolds plays the part of a
'famous actress' (which she is of
course!) who writes revealing
memoirs about the best kisser from
her childhood, and his name just
happens to be Mel...
Mel, greasy diner and all, is
convinced she must mean him because
he grew up in the same neighbourhood
as she did!
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS
In her heyday, Debbie Reynolds was
considered to be a mildly talented
singer and dancer whose biggest
asset was her exuberant, tomboyish
sense of humour.
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Unlike other sweet, wholesome 'girls
next-door' actresses of the 50s, 0
Debbie avoided being typecast as 0
a sugary sentimentalist in her
films.
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Her passport to stardom was the Miss
Burbank beauty contest title which
won her a contract with Warner Bros
in 1948.
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS
In the 1950 musical Three Little 0
Words, Debbie Reynolds flouriuhed
impersonating the boop-boop-a-doop
singer Helen Kane.
That role led to her partnering Gene
Kelly in the most brilliant of all
Warner Bros musicals, Singin' In The
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A series of modest but entertaining
films followed, including I Love
Melvin (seen on C4), The Affairs of
Dobie Gillis and Hit The Deck.
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS
Debbie's popularity soared when she
married singer Eddie Fisher with
whom she had starred in Bundle Of
Joy in 1956.
They became the darlings of the fan
magazines and gossip circuit, the
perfect example of a happy young
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Adding to this image was the birth
of their daughter, Carrie Fisher,
who too has made her name in films
starring as Princess Leia in the
Star Wars saga.
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS
Debbie Reynold's marriage to Eddie
Fisher was to end prematurely with
the intervention of another actress,
Elizabeth Taylor.
When Fisher divorced Debbie to marry
Taylor, Debbie was widely, and
sympathetically, portrayed as the
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Her career suffered after the
divorce and her subsequent work was
disappointing. Her last major 0
success came with the lavish revival
of the Broadway hit Irene.
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NEWS ABOUT 4
Charles Aznavour is one of the stars
of this Wednesday's French movie,
The Hatter's Ghost at 10.05pm.
The chanteur extraordinaire plays
a poor and sickly tailor who sees
his neighbour commit a murder but
is too scared to inform.
Claude Chabrol's witty and
engrossing film receives its British
television premiere on Wednesday -
and is not to be missed.
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