How Elizabeth Taylor Endangered Her Friendship With Debbie Reynolds

Publish date: 2024-05-05

"We went to school together on the lot, when she was in between films. I was just a beginner, and she and I were not in any manner alike, but we got along very well because I was in awe of going to school with Elizabeth Taylor," Debbie Reynolds told People in 2015, just one year before her death. Taylor, who was more or less a seasoned professional at that point, had been acting since childhood, and Reynolds was just getting her bearings. The two reportedly attended acting classes together at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and became close throughout that time (via Wide Open Country).

In coming years, Reynolds' career took off and Elizabeth Taylor continued her saga in the limelight. They remained good friends, and media outlets grew to adore the dynamic duo. Debbie Reynolds married celebrated singer Eddie Fisher in 1955, and two years later, Elizabeth Taylor entered into a marriage with her third husband, film producer Mike Todd. The four became so close that Fisher and Reynolds even named their son Todd, after Mike Todd. All seemed well on the domestic front for the iconic quartet, but tragedy struck like a lightening bolt in 1958 when a plane crash took Mike Todd's life (per Wide Open Country).

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