Reynolds won sympathy as the innocent victim, a role emphasized when she appeared before news cameras with diaper pins on her blouse. Taylor was assailed as a husband stealer, Fisher as a deserter. The celebrity world seemed to lose its mind. Fisher consoled the widow and soon announced he was leaving his wife and two children to marry Taylor. 1 hit on the pop charts in 1957 with "Tammy," the Oscar-nominated song from her film "Tammy and the Bachelor." But the Cinderella story ended after Mike Todd died in a 1958 airplane crash. The Fishers also had a son, Todd, named for Eddie's close friend and Taylor's husband, showman Mike Todd.ĭuring this period, Reynolds had a No.
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The couple made a movie together, "Bundle of Joy," which seemed to mirror the 1956 birth of Carrie. She also received a Tony nomination in 1973 for her starring role in the Broadway revival of "Irene," in which her daughter also appeared.Īfter her transition from starlet to star, Reynolds became popular with teenage girls and even more so when in 1955 she married Eddie Fisher, the pop singer whose fans were equally devoted. The 1964 Meredith Willson musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," with Molly's defiant song "I Ain't Down Yet," brought Reynolds her only Academy Award nomination. Donald O'Connor had been dancing since he was three months old, Gene Kelly since he was 2 years old." "I had to learn everything in three to six months. "Gene Kelly was hard on me, but I think he had to be," Reynolds, who more than held her own in the movie, said in a 1999 Associated Press interview.
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She was 19 with little dance experience, and she would be appearing with two of the screen's greatest dancers, Donald O'Connor and Kelly. Mayer cast her in "Singin' in the Rain," despite Kelly's objections. and three supporting roles at MGM, studio boss Louis B. I send all of my love," Ellen DeGeneres tweeted. "I can't imagine what Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds' family are going through this week.