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Academy Museum Gives Debbie Reynolds Her Due as a Costume Conservator

When the “Singin’ in the Rain” actress was alive, the film academy turned up its nose at her fabled costume collection. Now it has gone to her son with hat in hand.

“My mother was one of the most forgiving people ever,” said Todd Fisher, Debbie Reynolds’s son, who inherited the remaining part of her collection. “She would never want me to hold a grudge.” Credit...Roger Kisby for The New York Times

“My mother was one of the most forgiving people ever,” said Todd Fisher, Debbie Reynolds’s son, who inherited the remaining part of her collection. “She would never want me to hold a grudge.” Credit...Roger Kisby for The New York Times