A parade of somber stars visited the next-door homes of Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher on a gloomy Thursday afternoon amid reports that a private memorial was scheduled at the compound to mourn the late actresses. Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Ellen Barkin and Ed Begley Jr. were among those entering the property in the Coldwater Canyon area of Los Angeles.
Press, private security and police assembled on the street outside of the homes, which are tucked away at the end of a long driveway and hidden by trees and shrubs in the tony neighborhood just north of Beverly Hills.
Streep, who starred in the adaptation of Fisher\u2019s semi-autobiographical novel \u201cPostcards from the Edge,\u201d was carrying white flowers as she walked up the driveway, choosing to ignore questions from the media gathered on the street. Streep knew both mother and daughter \u2014 she had presented Reynolds with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the film academy\u2019s Governors Awards in 2015.
Also visiting the compound Thursday were Jamie Lee Curtis, who stars with Fisher\u2019s daughter, Billie Lourd, on TV\u2019s \u201cScream Queens,\u201d and Eric Idle, a friend of Fisher\u2019s who rented her his home during the filming of \u201cThe Empire Strikes Back.\u201d
Fisher and Reynolds died last week, one day apart, casting a pall over Hollywood\u2019s annual holiday break. Fisher, 60, an actress and writer who starred as Princess Leia in the original \u201cStar Wars\u201d trilogy, died Dec. 27 after suffering a medical emergency Dec. 23 aboard a flight from London. Reynolds, 84, an Oscar-nominated actress who shot to fame after starring in \u201cSingin\u2019 in the Rain\u201d at age 19, passed away Dec. 28 after being briefly hospitalized.
\u201cShe said, \u2018I want to be with Carrie,’\u201d Reynolds\u2019 son, Todd Fisher, told The Associated Press. \u201cAnd then she was gone.\u201d
Fisher and Reynolds will be buried together at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, reportedly on Friday. The sprawling location is the resting place of numerous celebrities, including Lucille Ball, Dick Van Patten, Liberace, Florence Henderson, David Carradine and Bette Davis.
Todd Fisher and other family representatives did not immediately respond to requests for further details about the memorial and burial services.
Lourd, 24, made her first public comment on the deaths of her mother and grandmother on Instagram Monday.
\u201cReceiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist,\u201d Lourd wrote under a picture of the three women. \u201cThere are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only Momby.\u201d
People inside and outside of show business have continued to mourn the two Hollywood legends. Last week, fans created an impromptu star on Hollywood\u2019s Walk of Fame for Fisher, and peers like \u201cStar Wars’\u201d Mark Hamill have written heartfelt tributes.
HBO bumped up plans to air the new Fisher Stevens-directed documentary about the mother, daughter duo, \u201cBright Lights,\u201d which is now set to air on Saturday.
Elsewhere Thursday, Broadway theaters announced plans to dim their marquee lights Friday night. The Broadway League says the lights will be dimmed for one minute at 7:45 p.m.
Reynolds and Fisher both made their Broadway debuts in 1973 in the musical comedy revival of \u201cIrene,\u201d which earned Reynolds a Tony Award nomination. She also appeared on Broadway in \u201cWoman of the Year\u201d and the musical revue \u201cDebbie.\u201d
Fisher\u2019s Broadway credits include her one-woman show \u201cWishful Drinking,\u201d \u201dAgnes of God\u201d and \u201cCensored Scenes From King Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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