A day after her daughter, Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher passed away, actress Debbie Reynolds also passed away at the age of 84.
Reynolds was known for show biz success and a tumultuous personal life, losing one husband to Elizabeth Taylor and two others who plundered her for millions.
Fisher who struggled for most of her life with drug addiction and mental health problems died after falling ill on a plane and being hospitalized.
Reynolds was known for her role in Singin' in the Rain, where she appeared at the age of 19 years alongside stalwarts like Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly.
Reynolds won the Academy Award nomination for her role in the 1964 Meredith Willson musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown about a life of a Colorado woman rising from poverty to riches and triumphing over tragedy during the Titanic disaster.
In 1955 Reynolds married pop singer Eddie Fisher with whom she had Carrier and a son Todd.
Reynolds also won the top place on pop charts with Tammy, an Oscar nominated song from the film “Tammy and the Bachelor.”
Reynolds appeared with top names like Glenn Ford, Tony Curtis, Fred Astaire and Any Griffith. She also starred in “How the West Was Won.”
Her memoirs include Unsinkable and Make 'Em Laugh.
She also appeared on TV shows like Rosenanne and Will & Grace.
Reynolds and Fisher were featured together in the HBO documentary “Bright Lights,” scheduled for release in 2017.
About Debbie Reynolds- Birth name: Mary Frances Reynolds
- Date of birth: April 1, 1932
- American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian.
- Her breakout role was the portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words.
- For this, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
