Debbie Reynolds, legendary actress and mother of Carrie Fisher, died

World News Adina Camarasu
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Debbie Reynolds, legendary Hollywood actress and mother of Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in ‘Star Wars’, died at the age of 84, following a stroke, according to rollingstone.com.

According to Variety, the actress was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital after a suspected stroke, just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher died.

‘She wanted to be with Carrie’, said her son, Todd Fisher for Vanity Fair.

Debbie Reynolds was a popular Hollywood actress in the 1950s and 1960s, and conquered us all with her American appearance and her charm, recreating the atmosphere of that era.

Besides her appearance alongside Gene Kelly in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’, she was also known for ‘The unsinkable Molly Brown’ movie, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award as Best Actress.

Marie Frances Reynolds was born on April 1, 1932, in El Paso, Texas, and later moved with her family in Burbank, California.

Her first appearance in the spotlights happened when he was 16 and she won the Miss Burbank beauty contest in 1948. There he was noticed by a representant of Warner Bros, with which she signed her first contract. Debbie became famous really quick.

She then signed a contract with MGM, which brought her the major role in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’.

Although she was respected for her talent as an actress, her private life brought her notoriety when her husband, Eddie Fisher, father of Carrie and Todd, had an affair with actress Elizabeth Taylor and left Reynolds.

The scandal did not stop there, as Debbie Reynolds also divorced her second husband, Harry Karl, who suffered from a terrible gambling passion and contributed to diminishing the actress’ wealth.