Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher - both gone RIP

[JH4HJ]

Oh, this is so very sad. Debbie Reynolds has died, just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher.

Debbie Reynolds, the vivacious actress, dancer and pop star who wowed ’em in the musicals Singin’ in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, died Wednesday, one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, passed away, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 84.

Full article

Between 1950 and 1967, she appeared in more than 30 movie musicals and light comedies, receiving her lone Oscar nomination for playing the title character in 1964’s “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” Many critics considered it her most memorable early role, and it was a favorite — Reynolds related to a woman with tremendous zest for life.

Off-screen, she starred as the wronged woman in a love triangle that many in the late 1950s considered the Hollywood scandal of the century. Her first husband, pop singer Eddie Fisher, left Reynolds — perceived by moviegoers as the girl next door — for sultry actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Full obituary here

Screen Actors Guild "Life Achievement" Award 2015
(intro by Carrie), recap of Debbie's career

[chessie]

How awful. Carrie's passing is a huge loss, and now this. My heart goes out to Billie Lourd; losing her mom and grandmother back-to-back must be unbearable.

I grew up watching and loving Debbie Reynolds movies, but Singing in the Rain is in a class by itself. Can you imagine keeping up with the likes of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly and looking as great as she did?

What a year.
Carol

[JH4HJ]

Can you imagine keeping up with the likes of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly and looking as great as she did?

And - she was only 19 when she made Singing in the Rain. Wow.

[mamaleh]

The whole thing seems like a bad soap opera, but unfortunately life does sometimes resemble one. How awful, too, for Todd Fisher, losing his sister and then his mom.

I loved Carrie's WISHFUL DRINKING play at Studio 54 several years ago. Her wit, intelligence and likability really shined through.

I remember reading in an interview with Gene Kelly a long time ago that he rehearsed Debbie, then having little dance experience, for something like 20 hours straight until her feet bled to get her step-perfect in the "Good Morning" number set to film the next day. She never gave up, determined to give it her all and then some. What troupers, both.

May Carrie and Debbie rest in peace.

Ellen

[njr]

Dec 29, 2016 0:27:31 GMT -5 JH4HJ said:

Can you imagine keeping up with the likes of Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly and looking as great as she did?

And - she was only 19 when she made Singing in the Rain. Wow.

And Carrie was 19 when she filmed the first Star Wars.

Nancy