The Lucky Move
At one point, while living in El Paso, Texas, Reynolds’ family was homeless. They would sleep in the park and then moved into a small shack with her parents, grandparents, and five uncles on Magnolia Street, right next to the railroad tracks. “Those were hard times, but I loved living there,” Reynolds said in 2015. When the actress was seven years old, her family packed up their belongings and headed to Burbank, California.
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Even though Reynolds won the Miss Burbank beauty contest in 1948, she had a hard time with the boys. They never found her attractive in school. “She never dressed well or drove a car,” Reynolds’ friend told reporters in 1963. “And, I think, during all the years in school, she was invited to only one dance.”