Debbie Reynolds acted.
Debbie Reynolds . She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love ( 1999 ) and an Emmy Award for playing Grace 's mother Bobbi on Will & Grace . Mother is a 1996 comedy-drama film directed by Albert Brooks , co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson , and starring Brooks and Debbie Reynolds as son-and-mother . The Catered Affair . The film stars Bette Davis , Ernest Borgnine , Debbie Reynolds , Barry Fitzgerald and Rod Taylor .