The actress appears with her daughter in '' Bright Lights : Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds , '' a 2016 documentary about the very close relationship between the two . It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival . The television premiere was January 7 , 2017 , on HBO . According to '' USA Today '' the film is " an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty ... it loosely chronicles their lives through interviews , photos , footage and vintage home movies ... It culminates in a moving scene , just as Reynolds is preparing to receive the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award , which Fisher presented to her mom . " Her recording of the song " Tammy " ( 1957 ; from '' Tammy and the Bachelor '' ) , earned her a gold record , and was the best-selling single by a female vocalist in 1957 . It was number one for five weeks on the '' Billboard '' pop charts . In the movie ( the first of the '' Tammy '' film series ) , she co-starred with Leslie Nielsen
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Debbie Reynolds