'Singin' in the Rain' actor Debbie Reynolds dies one day after daughter Carrie Fisher

Debbie Reynolds PicAFPHollywood 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 attackReynolds 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 OConnor 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 TaylorReynolds 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 fiveyear plan she said I get through today and Im not going to get upset for five yearsI always picture a long tunnel and at the end of the tunnel theres a light I know I can make it to that light and Ill take five years to get there Nowu007fIve 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 BrideShe 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 OGrady It was 1952s Singin in the Rain however that catapulted Reynolds to stardom playing opposite Gene Kelly and Donald OConnor and recording the original soundtrack album for the filmHer 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 thenhusband Fisher The Mating Game with Tony Randall It Started with A Kiss with Glenn Ford and The Pleasure of His Company with AstaireReynolds 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 ShowReynolds goes liveThe 1970 film Whats the Matter with Helen turned out to be the last big screen acting role she would have for some 20 years I didnt stop making movies They stopped making me Reynolds told The New York Times in 1996 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 Charlottes WebHer 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 1997There 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 interviewReynolds 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 shortlived 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 Debbies Way and four years later produced the exercise video Couples Do It Debbies WayReynolds 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 EarthThe 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 amp Grace more TV movies and in 2012 a role in the feature film One for the Money