Debbie Reynolds, actress, singer, and dancer regularly appeared in movie
musicals during the 1950s. Her most high-profile film role was in Singin’ in
the Rain (1952). Her recording of the song "Tammy" (from her 1957 film
Tammy and the Bachelor) earned her a gold record and was the best-
selling single by a female vocalist in 1957. It was number one for five
weeks on the Billboard pop charts. In the movie, the first of the Tammy
film sires, she co-starred with Leslie Nielsen. Her public divorce from
Eddie Fisher in 1959 when he went to marry her former friend Elizabeth
Taylor is well-known (see picture below).

 
Shown left to right is Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds