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Gabor sisters, 97, 139–46
Garbo, Greta, 140, 232, 233–35
Gardner, Ava, 42, 191–93, 199, 201
Garfein, Herschel, 204
Garland, Judy, 36–42, 206, 234
Garner, James (Jim), 106
Gary (bulldog), 5, 240
Gaughan, Michael, 239
Gennaro, Peter, 218
Gentleman’s Agreement (movie), 27
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The (TV), 92–94
Gershe, Leonard, 37
Gielgud, Sir John, 230
Girl Crazy (movie), 37
Girl Scouts, 17, 49–54, 54, 66, 68, 104, 159
Gish, Lillian, 46
Give a Girl a Break (movie), 206
Glenn, John, 48
Goldwyn, Samuel, 35, 206
Gone With the Wind (movie), 9
Goodman, John, 73
Grable, Betty, 38, 156, 179
Granger, Stewart, 126
Grant, Cary, 147, 179
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 45–47, 47
Griffith, Melanie, 237
Grissom, Gus, 48, 49
Grossinger, Jennie, 34
Grossinger’s, 32
Guilaroff, Sydney, 232–35
Gummer, Grace, 237
Gummer, Mamie, 237
Gurney, A. R., 231
Gypsy (movie), 4
Hackett, Buddy, 128
Hackett, Sherry, 128
Haley, Jack Jr., 16, 18, 55, 200, 206–8
Halston, 169
Hamilton, George, 200
Hamlisch, Marvin, 80, 200
Hanks, Colin, 237
Hanks, Tom, 237
Hannaway, Dori, 6, 175
Hargitay, Mariska, 147
Hargitay, Mickey, 147
Harmon, Grandma, 17, 19
Harmon, Hugh, 16
Harmon, Owen, 16
Harmon, Wally, 16
Harris, Neil Patrick, 77, 79
Haselberg, Sophie von, 237
Hawn, Goldie, 157
Haynes, Dick, 42
Hayward, Susan, 179
Head, Edith, 80, 165
Hedren, Tippi, 237
Hello, Dolly! (movie), 4
Henderson, Florence, 50
Henson, Jim, 156
Hepburn, Audrey, 149
Hepburn, Katharine, 137, 180–82, 183, 232, 233
Heston, Charlton, 51, 113, 200
Hickland, Catherine [Fisher], 221, 243, 246, 247, 248
Hi-Lo’s, 40
Hilton, Conrad, 142
Hilton, Nicky, 136, 137, 142
Hollywood Boys Clubs, 42
Hollywood memorabilia, 169, 171, 206–7
Hollywood Squares (TV), 157
Hollywood Wax Museum, 171
Holm, Celeste, 27, 28–29, 31
Hope, Bob, 42, 98, 107–8, 113–14, 165
and Friars Club, 84, 84
long life of, 108
as Oscars host, 80
and television, 92, 107, 141
as USO entertainer, 108
Hope, Dolores, 107
Hopper, Hedda, 28, 30, 49
Horne, Lena, 192
Horse Feathers (movie), 100
House of Taylor, 197
Houston, Whitney, 122–23
Howard, Ken, 1
Howard, Linda, 1
How Sweet It Is! (movie), 106
How the West Was Won (movie), 126, 203
Hughes, Howard, 136–39, 148
Hussein, king of Jordan, 112–13
Hutner, Herbert, 142–43
Hutton, Betty, 40
“I Ain’t Down Yet” (song), 10
“I’ll Never Say No to You” (song), 240, 241
I Love Lucy (TV), 84–85, 86, 87
I Love Melvin (movie), 25, 61
Iran:
Crown Jewels of, 117
Debbie’s trip to, 114–21
shah of, 118–20, 248
Ireland, Kathy, 197
Irene (musical), 4, 69, 71, 168–70, 229, 236
Irrational Man (movie), 237
It’s a Wonderful Life (movie), 129
It Started with a Kiss (movie), 110, 112, 144, 190
Jackson, Michael, 197
James, Etta, 242
James, Harry, 37, 38
Jean-Luc (butler), 195–96
Jernigan, Roy, 239
Jersey Boys (musical), 209
Johnson, Dakota, 237
Johnson, Don, 237
Johnson, Jeanette, 17, 25–26, 27, 29, 30
Johnson, Van, 76, 76
Jones, Shirley, 55
Kardashians, 139, 232
Karl, Harry, 18, 88, 203, 222, 236–37
Karl, Tina, 115
Kazan, Elia, 203
Keaton, Michael, 9
Kelly, Gene, 10, 69, 78, 79, 89
Kelly, Grace, 36
Kennedy, Robert F., 114
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 34
Killer (poodle), 170
Kingsley, Sir Ben, 113
KLAC Los Angles, 42
Klein, Arnie, 197
Koch, Howard Jr., 80
Kohan, Buz, 78
LA Comedy Store, 158
Lamarr, Hedy, 126
Lamour, Dorothy, 107–8
Lassie (collie), 24
Las Vegas, Debbie’s family in, 239–43
Laugh-In (TV), 156–57
Lawford, Pat Kennedy, 38
Lawford, Peter, 38, 65
Leigh, Janet, 42, 129
Leigh, Vivian, 9
Lemmon, Jack, 128
Leno, Jay, 72
Leon (friend), 174–75, 177
LeRoy, Mervyn, 110
Letterman, David, 62, 162
Lewis, Jerry, 38, 40, 108
Liberace, 57, 144
Light, Agnes, 167, 170, 171
Light, Donald, 167–72
and Debbie’s SAG award, 6, 11
and Mother’s Day, 245, 248
shepherd’s pie recipe, 164, 165–66
Linden, Hal, 200
Linkletter, Art, 38
Lloyd, Harold, 105
Logan, John, 177
Lollobrigida, Gina, 110
Lombard, Carole, 179
Loren, Stephanie, 170–71
Lourd, Billie Catherine, 2, 61, 196, 243
acting roles of, 238–39
and Debbie’s SAG award, 4–7, 9–11
and Scream Queens, 239, 246, 249
in Vegas, 239–40, 242
Love, Courtney, 81
Love Boat, The (TV), 75–76
Love Letters (play), 231–32
Lubitsch, Ernst, 233
Lucas, George, 10
Luft, Joey, 36
Luft, Lorna, 36
Luft, Sid, 36, 37, 41
“Lullaby in Blue” (song), 242
Lynde, Paul, 157
Mabley, Moms, 83
Mabry, Moss, 79
MacKenzie, Gisele, 42
Mackie, Bob, 7, 78, 79, 117, 217, 240, 243
MacLaine, Shirley, 125, 225
MacRae, Gordon, 33
Madame (puppet), 153–61, 154, 186
Madame’s Place (comedy), 154
Madonna, 81
“Make ’Em Laugh” (song), xiii
Mancini, Henry, 80
Mankiewicz, Herman, 207
Mankiewicz, Tom, 206, 207
Mansfield, Jayne, 147
Markley, Tom, 3
Mars, Bruno, 122–23
Marshall, Peter, 157
Martin, Dean, 38, 40, 65, 108
Martin, Hal, 187
Martin, Steve, 63
Marx, Groucho, xiv, 36, 84, 100–106, 142
Mathias, Bob, 31
Mating Game, The (movie), 73
Maye, Marilyn, 172
Mayer, Louis B., 10, 35, 61
McCoy, Ross, 42
McDowell, Roddy, 187
McMahon, Ed, 71
McNulty, James, 33
Meehan, John, 130
Meehan, Paula Kent, 130
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sp; Meet Me in St. Louis (movie), 37
Merman, Ethel, 153, 190
Merrill, Gary, 184
Mexico City, trip to, 27–32
MGM, 17, 26, 27, 126, 152, 206, 232
Midler, Bette, 83, 172, 177, 231, 232, 237
Mighty Joe Young (movie), 135
Miller, Nolan, 78, 197, 199
Mills Brothers, 42
Minnelli, Liza, 177
Minnelli, Vincente, 36
Miss Burbank (1948), 17, 22, 79
Miss Piggy (stage name), 186
Mobley, Mary Ann, 7
Molly Brown (spacecraft), 48–49
Monroe, Marilyn, 46, 105, 179, 201
Montalban, Ricardo, 55
Moonjean, Hank, 219
Moore, Terry, 135–39
Moorehead, Agnes, 52, 53, 87, 140
Morgan (corgi), 192
Morrill, Lewis, 27
Morton, Gary, 52, 87
Mother (movie), 81, 208
Mother’s Day (2015), 245–49
Motion Picture Relief Fund, 55
Mr. Universe, 146, 147
Muldoon, Kelly, 191, 192
Murphy, Eddie, 83, 209–10
My Six Loves (movie), 179
Nabors, Jim, 76, 131–33, 132
NASA, 48
Neal, Bob, 136–37
Nelson, Willie, 164
Nerney, Pat, 34
Newhart, Bob, 152
Newley, Anthony, 199–200
Newman, Lionel, 105, 106
New York World’s Fair (1964–1965), 156
Night at the Opera, A (movie), 100
Niven, David, 38
Niven, David Jr., 206
Nixon, Richard M., 227–31, 229, 230
Nugget (pet rooster), 5, 221, 246, 248–49
O’Brian, Hugh, 15, 18
O’Connor, Donald, xiii, 25, 38, 61
O’Donnell, Rosie, 62
O’Hara, Maureen, 30
Oh, God! (movie), 95–96
“Oh! My Papa” (song), 242
“Over the Rainbow” (song), 40
Paar, Jack, 63–65, 65
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, shah of Iran, 118–20, 248
Palace Theatre, New York, 36
Paleface (movie), 107
Palmer, Charles D., 129
Parra Hernández, Enrique, 29–30, 32
Pearl Palace, Iran, 116
Peck, Gregory, 80
Peppard, George, 127, 200
Peters, Bernadette, 113
Peters, Jean, 137
Petersen, Bob, 130, 199, 204–5
Petersen, Margie, 130, 199
Peyton Place (movie), 135
Philbin, Regis, 66–68, 67
Philip, Prince (Britain), 113, 114
Pickford, Mary, 45, 105
Picone, Joseph, 26
Pinky (hairdresser), 5, 11, 115, 117–18, 159
Plasschaert, Alex, 219
Pollack, Sydney, 99
Pollak, Albert, 211, 213, 215
Pollak, Phyllis, 211–15
Powell, Dick, 16, 38, 40, 110
Powell, Jane, 34
Preston, Robert, 200
Price, Vincent, 157
Prince, 80
Pryor, Richard, 133
Rat Pack, 65, 125
Rat Race, The (movie), 162
Ray, Johnny, 186
Raye, Martha, 69–70
Reagan, Ronald, 38
Recipe: Donald’s Shepherd’s Pie, 165–66
Redgrave, Vanessa, 99
Reed, Donna, 129–30
Reeves, Steve, 147
Reiner, Carl, 141
Rena (housekeeper), 247, 248
Render, Rudy, 188–91
Reynolds, Bill (brother), 16, 188, 189, 193
Reynolds, Debbie, 31, 35, 47, 58, 65, 76, 106, 112, 113, 132, 154, 229
as a clown, xvi, 95
arrested, 169–70
and baseball, 24, 25–26, 25
“dance-ins” for, 217–19
and Friars Club, 83–84, 84, 91
and Girl Scouts, 17, 49–54, 54, 66, 68, 104, 159
impressions by, 140–41, 145, 146, 147–48, 149, 150, 158, 184–85, 186
irritable bowel syndrome of, 245
memoirs of, xiii, 175, 176, 183, 191
memorabilia collection of, 169, 171, 206–7
portraits of, 23–24
SAG award to, 1–2, 3–13, 12, 13
scrapbooks of, 21, 44, 67
on This Is Your Life, 15–19, 19, 242
Reynolds, Maxene Harmon (mother), 113–14
and Bertha the Elephant, 59
and Greta Garbo, 233–35
on her wedding day, 126, 127
and Rudy Render, 188, 189
and This Is Your Life, 17, 19
Reynolds, Raymond (father), 126
as a clown, 95
finger cut off, 223–24
on his wedding day, 127
and Mexico City trip, 27, 29, 30, 31–32
and Rudy Render, 188–89
and This Is Your Life, 17, 19
Rich, Bernie, 38, 216
Rich, Elisa, 217
Rich, Mark, 216–17
Rich, Michael, 216
Rickles, Don, 98, 161–63, 162
Ritter, Thelma, 99, 151
Rivers, Joan, 62, 63, 83
Rizzo, Jilly, 161–62
Robinson, Edward G., 33
Robinson, Jessie Mae, 189
Rock, Chris, 83
Rogers, Ginger, 156
Rogers, Kenny, 164
Romero, Cesar, 200
Rooney, Mickey, 42, 80
Rose, Helen, 34, 43, 44, 78, 111
Rothschild, Vic, 34
Rowe, Debbie, 197
Ruiz Cortines, Adolfo, 27
Russell, Jane, 105, 107–8
SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, 1–2, 3–13, 12, 13
Saint, Eva Marie, 110
Sanchez, Paul, 40
Sanders, George, 142, 143–44
Sarnoff, David and Lizette, 61
Saxon, John, 231–32
Say One for Me (movie), 104, 105, 106
Schenck, Nicholas, 34–35
Schlatter, George, 156–57
Schlee, George, 233
Schlee, Valentina, 233
Scream Queens (TV), 239, 246, 249
Sea World, 55–56
Second Time Around, The (movie), 99
Severinsen, Doc, 69, 70
Shahrazad, Princess (Iran), 115
Shampoo (movie), 225–26
Shams, Princess (Iran), 114–15, 116–17, 119
Shamu (killer whale), 55–56
She Done Him Wrong (movie), 147
Sheen, Charlie, 237
Sheen, Martin, 237
Shepard, Alan, 48
Shields, Brooke, 114
Shore, Dinah, 62
Short, Bobby, 190
Showalter, Max, 179–82
Sidney, Bob, 97–98
Sidney, George, 129
Sidney, Lillian Burns, 129, 191, 192
Siegfried and Roy, 197
Simmons, Gary, 159
Simmons, Jean, 55, 126
Sinatra, Frank, 50, 172, 234
and Ava Gardner, 42, 193, 201
and Don Rickles, 161–62
and Judy Garland’s concert, 38, 40, 41
and Rat Pack, 65, 125
and royalty, 110, 118
and Tender Trap, 27, 37, 38, 41
Sinatra, Nancy, 41–42, 193
Singer, Joey, 6, 12
Singing Nun, The (movie), 49, 51, 52
Singin’ in the Rain (movie), xiii, 9, 10, 77, 79, 112
Sondheim, Stephen, 158, 191
Sonny and Cher, 35
Sound of Children, The (TV), 73, 237
South Point Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Debbie’s show in, 239–43
Spacey, Kevin, 63
Spelling, Aaron, 75, 197
Sputnik, 48
Stack, Robert, 200
Stafford, Jo, 42
Stanwyck, Barbara, 29
Star Is Born, A (movie), 36, 40
Star Wars (movies), 2, 10, 238, 239
Steinberg, David, 133
Steinberg, Ziggy, 133–34
Stephens, Sheila, 33
Stewart, Bill, 42
Stewart, Gloria, 142
Stewart, Jimmy, 38, 52, 53, 98, 110, 129, 140, 142, 151
Streep, Meryl, 183, 237
Streisand, Barbra, 81, 141, 158, 172
Stritch, Elaine, 190–91
Sullivan, Ed, 61
Sunshine Boys, The (movie), 95
Susan Slept Here (movie), 16, 34, 98
Swank, Hilary, 122
Sweeney, Keester, 38
Taliesin Associated Architects, 116
Talk, The (TV), 62
Talk of the Town (TV), 61
“Tammy” (song), 43, 242
Tauber, Richard, 141
Taylor, Elizabeth, 8, 24, 161, 193–98, 199, 213, 232, 236
Taylor, Francis, 194
Taylor, Howard, 194
Taylor, Rip, 172, 200, 202
Taylor, Sara, 194
Television, 61–76, 85
Tender Trap, The (movie), 27, 37, 38, 41
Texaco Star Theater (TV), 88
Thalians, 8, 15, 18, 128, 198, 199, 204, 205, 208, 209, 229
That’s Entertainment! (movie), 206
“There’s No Business Like Show Business” (song), 242
This Happy Feeling (movie), 231
This Is Your Life (TV), 15–19, 19, 242
Thomas, Danny, 200
Thompson, Kay, 37
Tina (bulldog), 4, 5, 240, 248
Tina (elephant), 57
Todd, Liza, 195, 197
Todd, Mike, 34, 195
Tomlin, Lily, 99, 133, 157
Tonight Show, The (TV), 63–65, 65, 69–72
Tracy, Spencer, 54
Travilla, Bill, 46
Trebek, Alex, 200
Truman, Harry S., 26
Tucker, Sophie, 83
Turner, Lana, 38, 199–202
Turner, Ret, 7, 78
Turner Classic Movies, 125
Two Weeks with Love (movie), 40
Unsinkable (Reynolds), xiii, 62, 175, 176, 183
Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (movie), 10, 37, 170, 217–18, 240, 241
USO, 108, 188
Valentina, 233
Valli, Frankie, 209
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 106
Vera Ellen, 34
“Very Special Love, A” (song), 43
View, The (TV), 62, 63
Wagner, Robert, 55, 110
Walters, Charles, 37, 219
Warner, Jack, 35, 38
Warner Brothers, 17, 24
Wasserman, Lew, 35
Watson, John, 164
Weaver, Charlie, 157
Welles, Orson, 207
West, Mae, 83, 146–50, 156, 158, 249
Westmore, Wally, 149–50
Weston, Paul, 42
West Side Story (movie), 4
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (movie), 186
What’s My Line? (TV), 141
What’s the Matter with Helen? (movie), 204
White House, visit to, 227–31, 229, 230
Whiting, Margaret, 15, 18
Whitney, Paul, 217
Wiere Brothers, 40
Wilder, Gene, 133
Wilding, Christopher, 197
Wilding, Michael, 197
Williams, Andy, 156
Williams, John, 80