By Frank Worth

Colour shot of Debbie Reynolds with husband Eddie Fisher in evening dress.

Born Mary Frances Reynolds (1932), Debbie Reynolds is an Oscar-nominated American actress, dancer and singer.

Early films were Three Little Words and Two Weeks with Love then she played the female lead in Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. She went on to star in numerous movies, such as Bundle of Joy (1956), with her then-husband, Eddie Fisher and record hit songs, most notably ‘Tammy’ from her 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor.

She is the mother of Carrie Fisher who stars as Princess Leia in Star Wars.

From 1999 to its 2006 finale, she played the recurring role of Grace's ditzy mother Bobbi Adler in TV’s Will & Grace.

Debbie Reynolds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress following her performance in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a Golden Globe for The Debbie Reynolds Show on television (1970), a Golden Globe for the motion picture Mother (1996), and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for In & Out (1997). In 1997 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6654 Hollywood Boulevard.

Eddie Fisher, born Edwin John Fisher in 1928, is an American singer and entertainer.

His strong and melodious tenor made him a teen idol and one of the most popular singers of the 1950s. He had seventeen songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and thirty-five in the Top 40.

In 1956, Fisher co-starred with then-wife Debbie Reynolds in the musical comedy Bundle of Joy. He played a serious role in the 1960 drama BUtterfield 8 with then-wife Elizabeth Taylor.

He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for TV, at 1724 Vine Street.