starri starring meryl streep. the mother/daughter duo shared similarities. landed brokeout roles at age 19 and rocketing to super stardom and living in the public eye. they ended their feud becoming close and quite harmonious. you made me love you. i didn t want to do it, i did. reporter: appearing in a rare performance in 2011. happy days are here reynolds came from old hollywood. very much where a studio owned you, whereas carrie fisher came from the rebellious 70s and she was like, you don t have to tell me what to do. reporter: along with their legacies, story and personal relationship will live on with an upcoming hbo documentary offering a look at their lives.
she had an affair with harrison ford, with carrie s father. having said that. basically chiechewbacca. if you weren t around in this, it was a big scandal. the original brad pitt/jennifer aniston/angelina jolie. they made the movie directed by mike nichols and debbie wanted to play herself and said, you re not right. what has the world lost? two great icons of talent, drive, and wit, tremendous wit and insight. i know you re a lover of the stage and i know you re a lover of theater and acting, movies. what will you miss? i think it s that one, two punch in a family where you have a mother that really captured
reynolds became america s sweetheart and a bona fide triple threat. i was dancing for three months, so i was hysterical. reporter: earned a best actress oscar nomination for the unsinkable molly brown. that ship may be down, but not me. i m n syncabsun unsinkable. reporter: her first marriage to eddie fisher, carrie s father, ended in a love triangle, leaving for her best friend, elizabeth taylor. reynolds would go on to marry and divorce two more times. i don t choose well. i don t blame anybody but myself but i seem to have poor taste in men. reporter: reynolds had a volatile relationship with her daughter. carrie fisher famously wrote about in postcards from the edge which was turned into a movie