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Debbie Reynolds turned 19 on April 1, 1951. 2 months later she was filming this movie. But she was not a dancer. Fred Astaire saw her crying under a piano and offered to help her. This movie is now considered one of the best of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2yiIoEtXw&index=92&list=PL9ZTfmHep3gP-qeZd8Qy-YuJDIoVtsCNi

Posting this as she gives the impression in an interview that she was 17. She was acting at 17 but not in "Singing In The Rain".

From Wikipedia:

"At age sixteen, in 1948, while a student at Burbank High School, she won the Miss Burbank beauty contest. Soon after, she had a contract with Warner Bros, and acquired a new first name."

Her breakout role was the portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer."

From "Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire" By John Franceschina:

"... September 1949 and that Three Little Words went before the cameras in December, " - that would have been when she was 17.

From http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Reynolds,_Debbie :

Name: Reynolds, Debbie
Birthname: Mary Frances Reynolds
born on 1 April 1932 at 17:49 (= 5:49 PM )
Place: El Paso, Texas, 31n46, 106w29
Timezone: MST h7w (is standard time)
Data source: BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
 
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