Reynolds was known for taking on characters in comedies and musicals, including ones with a cheery disposition.
“Ain’t for me, honey” (viaNew York Times).
Sadly, her off-screen life was far more complicated than that of her girl-next-door characters.
A Hollywood scandal
In 1955, Debbie Reynolds married popular singer Eddie Fisher.
Not long after, Reynolds gave birth to daughter Carrie in 1956 and son Todd in 1958.
“I wasn’t good in bed.
I didn’t make good gefilte fish or good chopped liver.
So what did he have?
A cute little girl next door with a little turned-up nose.
That was, in fact, all he actually ever said he wanted from me.
The children, he said, better have your nose” (viaNew York Times).
What happened next is the stuff of Hollywood legend.
The two were married for 11 years, divorcing in 1996.
