TCM to Honor SAG Life Achievement Recipient Debbie Reynolds With Five-Film Tribute

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the life and career of iconic actress Debbie Reynolds with a five-film tribute on Thursday, Jan. 22, in honor of Reynolds receiving the 51st SAG Life Achievement Award. Reynolds daughter, actor/novelist/screenwriter/performance artist Carrie Fisher will present the honor to Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® ,which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT).

Given annually to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession," the union's highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar®, Emmy® and Tony®-nominated Reynolds, who is celebrating her 66th year in show business.

The following is the complete schedule for TCM's tribute to Debbie Reynolds:

TCM Honors Debbie Reynolds- Thursday, Jan. 22
8 p.m. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
10:00 p.m. The Catered Affair (1956)
11:45 p.m. The Mating Game (1959)
1:30 a.m. The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
3:45 a.m. Mary, Mary (1963)
(All times Eastern)

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About the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC will be produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment, Inc. and will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT). A primetime encore presentation will follow immediately on TNT. The SAG Awards can also be viewed live on the TNT and TBS websites, and also the Watch TNT and Watch TBS apps for iOS or Android. (Viewers must sign in using their TV service provider user name and password) Prior to the televised ceremony, honorees for outstanding television and film stunt ensemble action performances will be announced from the red carpet during the SAG Awards Red Carpet Pre-show, which will be webcast live on sagawards.tntdrama.com and People.combeginning at 6 p.m. (ET) / 3 p.m. (PT). One of the awards season's premier events, the SAG Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances from the previous calendar year. Of the top industry honors presented to actors, only the SAG Awards are selected entirely by 111,228 performers' peers in SAG-AFTRA. The SAG Awards was the first televised awards show to acknowledge the work of union members and the first to present awards to motion picture casts and television ensembles. For more information about the SAG Awards®, SAG-AFTRA, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about.

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