In Honor of Debbie

 

When my wife and I grew up, we both had our favorite movie star.  Although we didn’t know each other as teenagers, we discovered that both of us adored actress Debbie Reynolds and considered her our favorite and we looked forward to her next movie to arrive in the theater.  We both thought that “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” was one of her greatest roles.

 

It wasn’t until we were adults and married many years that we had the opportunity to see our favorite star in person.  That occurred in August of 1973 when we traveled to St. Louis to see Debbie in person in the Broadway show, “Irene” at the Municipal Opera.  Following the performance, we stood at the stage door to get her autograph.  Our second opportunity to see Debbie in person was on June 15, 1990 when we saw her perform live in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville.

 

However, our most rewarding experience of seeing Debbie was on August 9, 2009 when we saw her perform her cabaret act at the Drury Lane Theater in Chicago.  Of course, by this time Debbie was 77 years old and we were in our sixties. But regardless of her age, Miss Reynolds gave a memorable performance and we managed to obtain some outstanding photos of her.  

 

So, in honor of Debbie, we present below our beloved “Debbie Reynolds Collection”.  All of these photos were taken by your author from the second row of the Drury Lane Theater during Debbie's performance and what a great show it was!

 

(I could not decide which photos to share on this page, so what the heck, I'm giving you all of them.)

 

 

 

Thank you Debbie for being the movie star of our hearts