Debbie Reynolds (born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas)

Actress and singer Debbie Reynolds is best known for starring as Kathy Seldon
in the 1952 classic Singin’ in the Rain. She married Eddie Fisher in 1955 and is
the mother of actress Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher. Reynolds won the Miss
Burbank beauty contest at the age of sixteen (below).

Geoffrey Chaucer‘s The Canterbury Tales (1392) contains the first
recorded association between April 1 and foolishness. The custom
of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one’s 
family and friends is recognized everywhere.

MIKE GRACIA