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Born |
Todd Emmanuel Fisher February 24, 1958 Burbank, California, U.S. |
Residence | Las Vegas |
Alma mater | Southern California Institute of Architecture |
Occupation | Actor, director, producer, cinematographer, business executive, curator |
Years active | 1959–present |
Organization | Debbie Reynolds Hotel & Casino (CEO) Hollywood Motion Picture Museum (CEO) |
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Parent(s) |
Eddie Fisher Debbie Reynolds |
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Website | toddfisher |
Todd Emmanuel Fisher (born February 24, 1958) is an American actor, director, cinematographer, and producer of television films and documentaries. He is the son of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.
He has a professional background in architectural design and sound engineering, with experience designing and building sound stages, recording studios, and television facilities. Fisher is also a business executive; the former CEO, president, CFO, and treasurer of the Debbie Reynolds Hotel & Casino (DRHC), Debbie Reynolds Management Company, Inc., and Debbie Reynolds Resorts, Inc. As of 2013[update], he is the CEO and curator of the Hollywood Motion Picture Museum, which is housed at Debbie Reynolds Studios (DR Studios) in North Hollywood and at his ranch in Creston, California.
Fisher was born on February 24, 1958 in Burbank, California, to actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Fisher's paternal grandparents were Jewish Russian immigrants, while his mother's ancestry was Protestant, Scots-Irish, and English. Fisher, who was named after his father's best friend, Mike Todd, is the second of two children born to his parents. His sister, Carrie Fisher, was born in 1956.
His parents divorced in 1959. A later marriage between his father and actress Connie Stevens resulted in the births of Fisher's two half-sisters, Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher. In 1960, his mother married Harry Karl, owner of a chain of shoe stores. His mother and stepfather divorced in 1973, when Fisher was 15 years old.