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84-Year-Old Actress Debbie Reynolds, Dies One Day After Her Daughter, Carrie Fisher Died (Video/Pictures) 84-Year-Old Actress Debbie Reynolds, Dies One Day After Her Daughter, Carrie Fisher Died (Video/Pictures) Her son, Todd Fisher, said Reynolds died Wednesday, a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60. KCBS Jennifer Kastner reports. Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, who sang and danced her way into the hearts of millions of moviegoers around the world in musicals like “Singin’ in the Rain,” died on Wednesday at age 84, her son said. Reynolds, one of the most enduring and endearing Hollywood actresses, died hours after being rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke, her son, Todd Fisher said. Her death came just one day after her daughter, the actress Carrie Fisher, died of a heart attack. Reynolds, who rose to stardom in the film “Singin’ In the Rain,” appeared in dozens of films. She starred opposite Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Donald O’Connor, Fred Astaire and Dick Van Dyke. She received a best actress Academy Award nomination for the 1964 musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” At the peak of her stardom, Reynolds was drawn into a scandal when her husband, singer Eddie Fisher, began an affair with actress Elizabeth Taylor. Reynolds and Fisher divorced in 1959 and he married Taylor. Actress Debbie Reynolds holds the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy for a Female which she received at the 11th annual American Comedy Awards in Los Angeles, February 9, 1997, as she poses with her daughter Carrie Fisher. Reynolds stars in the new film “Mother.” REUTERS/Fred Prouser Reynolds and Taylor, who eventually divorced Fisher, made peace years later and appeared together in the 2001 television movie “These Old Broads,” written by Carrie Fisher. In a 2010 interview with Rage Monthly, Reynolds reflected on her philosophy of life. “I always go by a five-year plan,” she said. “I get through today and I’m not going to get upset for five years. “I always picture a long tunnel and at the end of the tunnel, there’s a light. I know I can make it to that light and I’ll take five years to get there. Now…I’ve gone through many tunnels. So, I just keep trying. I never give up.” Mary Frances Reynolds was born on April 1, 1932. She was 16 and in the Miss Burbank beauty contest when she was discovered by a talent scout. Warner Brothers changed her name to “Debbie,” and she had a bit part that year in “June Bride.” She was signed by MGM in 1950 and that year, in “Two Weeks with Love,” Reynolds performed the hit duet “Aba Daba Honeymoon” with Carleton Carpenter. She also made her feature acting debut in 1950 in “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady.” It was 1952’s “Singin’ in the Rain,” however, that catapulted Reynolds to stardom, playing opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor and recording the original soundtrack album for the film. Video: YouTube/LostVocals – Her fame grew with leading roles in “Susan Slept Here” with Dick Powell, “The Tender Trap” with Frank Sinatra, “The Catered Affair” with Bette Davis, “Bundle of Joy” with then-husband Fisher, “The Mating Game” with Tony Randall, “It Started with A Kiss” with Glenn Ford, and “The Pleasure of His Company” with Astaire. FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds poses atop her newly unveiled star in the live theatre and stage category on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during ceremonies January 17. REUTERS/File Photo Reynolds’ song “Tammy” from her 1957 movie “Tammy and the Bachelor” hit No. 1 on the singles charts. That year, she became a regular on “The Eddie Fisher Show” broadcast by NBC. She performed in nightclubs, hosted TV specials, and in 1968 had her first TV series, the NBC sitcom “The Debbie Reynolds Show.” REYNOLDS GOES LIVE The 1970 film “What’s the Matter with Helen?” turned out to be the last big screen acting role she would have for some 20 years. “I didn’t stop making movies. They stopped making me,” Reynolds told The New York Times in 1996. FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds attends an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California June 16, 2012. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo Reynolds performed on cruise ships and in nightclubs and took to the stage in New York and London. Her 1973 revival of the musical “Irene” earned her a Tony Award nomination. The same year she gave voice to Charlotte in the animated feature “Charlotte’s Web.” Her second marriage, to shoe businessman Harry Karl, ended in the early 1970s after he gambled away most of her money. Financial reasons compelled her to keep working. In 1984 she married her third husband, real estate developer Richard Hamlett, and they bought a Las Vegas hotel and casino, where she also performed. That marriage ended amid the financial collapse of that property and Reynolds filed for bankruptcy protection in 1997. “There are good men, including my father and my son Todd, but I happened to marry idiots, which is why I gave up years ago. I have very bad taste in men,” she told the Yorkshire Post in a 2010 interview. FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds is photographed by fans as she arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film “Cabaret” during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California April 12, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo Reynolds’ theatrical performances took her to the West Coast, then in 1981, she returned to Broadway to take over the lead in “Woman of the Year.” That year brought another TV show, the short-lived series “Aloha Paradise.” By 1983, Reynolds had a recurring role in the TV series “Jennifer Slept Here, starring Ann Jillian. The next year she created and starred in an exercise video, “Do It Debbie’s Way,” and four years later produced the exercise video, “Couples (Do It Debbie’s Way).” Reynolds starred in her first TV movie, “Sadie and Son,” in 1987. The following year brought her written memoir, “Debbie: My Life.” She then toured nationally with “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” In 1992 she made a cameo appearance in the movie “The Bodyguard” and the next year she had a supporting role in “Heaven and Earth.” The 1996 Albert Brooks comedy “Mother,” brought Reynolds back to the big screen in a lead role. The rest is history: “Halloweentown” movies for Disney, a recurring role in the sitcom “Will & Grace,” more TV movies and, in 2012, a role in the feature film “One for the Money.” (Reporting and writing by Will Dunham; Editing by Bill Trott, Toni Reinhold and Leslie Adler) C0z t7N6UAAA11Wq Actress Carrie Fisher and her mother actress Debbie Reynolds arrive for Elizabeth Taylor’s birthday party in Henderson FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds and son, filmmaker Todd Fisher, and daughter, screenwriter Carrie Fisher FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher arrive at the 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Actr ess Carrie Fisher and her mother actress Debbie Reynolds pose as they arrive for Elizabeth Taylor’s birthday party in Henderson, Nevada Actress Debbie Reynolds holds the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy for a Female which she receiv.. FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds poses with her daughter actress Carrie Fisher (L) after Reynolds star in the live theatre and stage category FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds poses with her daughter actress Carrie Fisher backstage after accepting her Lifetime Achievement award at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles FILE PHOTO: Actress Reynolds is photographed by fans as she arrives at the world premiere of the 40th anniversary restoration of the film “Cabaret” during the opening night gala of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood FILE PHOTO: Debbie Reynolds attends the 100th anniversary of The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds poses atop her newly unveiled star in the live theatre and stage FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds gestures as she is interviewed at a preview of her vast Hollywood costume and prop collection in Beverly Hills FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds is interviewed at a preview of her Hollywood costume and prop collection in Beverly Hills FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds poses backstage after accepting her Lifetime Achievement awards at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles FILE PHOTO: Actress Debbie Reynolds accepts the life achievement award from her daughter actress Carrie Fisher at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
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