My Life With Debbie Reynolds

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There was something that Debbie Reynolds didn't know about her loving husband: He was a gambler. However, she never suspected him until his habits became too disturbing to ignore. a b "Debbie Reynolds on How Elizabeth Taylor Stole Her Husband". ABC News. January 21, 2015 . Retrieved December 29, 2016. She got what she wanted: A little boy, whom she named Todd after their very close mutual friend Mike Todd, who was at the time married to Elizabeth Taylor. Mary Francis (Debbie) Reynolds (1932–2016)", The Horn Call, February 2017, Volume XLVII, No. 2, p. 26. Primarily because I had two children growing up, I could make movies and recordings and plays in nearby Las Vegas and handle a television series without being away from them. Now, they are well on the way to being adults. Also, there was the matter of being offered a show that I felt might be right for me... I felt that Irene was it and now was the time. [47]

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Palank, Jacqueline (September 10, 2010). "Reynolds to Auction Hollywood Memorabilia". The Wall Street Journal blogs . Retrieved January 18, 2011. Reynolds amassed a large collection of movie memorabilia, beginning with items from the landmark 1970 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer auction, and she displayed them, first in a museum at her Las Vegas hotel and casino during the 1990s [58] and later in a museum close to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

Gussow, Mel (February 28, 1983). "Stage: Debbie Reynolds In 'Woman Of The Year' ". The New York Times . Retrieved December 28, 2016. Her performance in the film greatly impressed the studio, which then gave her a co-starring role in what became her highest-profile film, Singin' in the Rain (1952), a satire on movie-making in Hollywood during the transition from silent to sound pictures. [19] It co-starred Gene Kelly, whom she called a "great dancer and cinematic genius", adding, "He made me a star. I was 18 and he taught me how to dance and how to work hard and be dedicated." [21] In 1956, she appeared in the musical Bundle of Joy with her then-husband, Eddie Fisher. [22] Debbie Reynolds Memoir: 'Unsinkable' To Highlight Divorces". The Huffington Post. Associated Press. January 31, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved December 29, 2016. Marrying him felt right. We seemed to be kindred spirits,” she writes, even though her daughter, actress and writer Carrie Fisher, had yet to meet him, and her close friends were wary of this new suitor.Reynolds, herself, gushed about her 'brave, loyal and loving' husband in her 1988 autobiography, Debbie: My Life.

Nelson, Valerie J. (December 28, 2016). "Debbie Reynolds, who sang and danced to fame in 'Singin' in the Rain,' dies at 84". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles . Retrieved December 28, 2016. Grand Marshal: Debbie Reynolds". Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. a b c d e "Debbie Reynolds to be Honored with 2014 SAG Life Achievement Award". SAG-AFTRA (Press release). August 18, 2014 . Retrieved December 29, 2016. Now, in her follow-up memoir “Unsinkable” — which reads more like a true-crime story than a fairytale love affair — she amends her impression with four words: “How wrong I was!”Richard Hamlett was Reynolds' third husband but their marriage ended in acrimony as she accused him of running off with his mistress and her money Reynolds appears with her daughter in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a 2016 documentary about the very close relationship between the two. [37] It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The television premiere was January 7, 2017, on HBO. [7] According to USA Today, the film is "an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty ... [it] loosely chronicles their lives through interviews, photos, footage, and vintage home movies... It culminates in a moving scene, just as Reynolds is preparing to receive the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, which Fisher presented to her mom." [38] Music career and cabaret [ edit ]

Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess. If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well. Since I can’t, I will do whatever I can to make her life less difficult,” Reynolds writes. “I’m so grateful to Carrie for working so hard to stay well when sometimes it might be easier to give up.” I was sure he was going to toss me off the balcony,” Reynolds continued. “One shove and all his troubles would be over. I pictured myself plummeting twelve floors to the pavement.” The divorce took a severe toll on Reynolds. She later admitted, "I was going through a terrible time: I couldn't eat, I had ulcers, I had lost a lot of weight, I was so unhappy". Despite her sadness, Reynolds hoped that this enduring loneliness wouldn't plague her forever. Do It Debbie's Way!" A Tribute to the Unsinkable Miss Reynolds and Her Superb Multimedia Exercise Program". Stargayzing.com . Retrieved August 27, 2015.

Reynolds was married three times. Her first marriage was to singer Eddie Fisher in 1955. [73] They became the parents of Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher. The couple divorced in 1959 when it was revealed shortly after the death of Elizabeth Taylor's husband Mike Todd that Fisher had been having an affair with her; Taylor and Reynolds were good friends at the time. The Eddie Fisher–Elizabeth Taylor affair was a great public scandal, which led to the cancellation of Eddie Fisher's television show. [74] Karma came for Eddie Fisher, who married Taylor the day his divorce went through. However, his career would never be the same again.