Jennifer Syme

In tribute, David Lynch dedicated his film Mulholland Dr. to her memory. Though she suffered from anorexia earlier in her life, she died of cancer. Jennifer Symes was buried next to her daughter. She was born in Norwood, Ohio, and became best known for her roles in Hollywood musicals such as White Christmas and On the Town. Syme's relationship with Reeves ended shortly after the child's death but they remained friends until her own untimely passing as a result of an automobile accident in the spring of 2001 in Los Angeles. Vera-Ellen Westmeyer Rohe (February 16, 1921 - 30 August 1981) was an American actress and dancer known best by just her hyphenated first name. The photo depicted here is of Syme and Reeves attending the internment at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

In December of 1999 she was expecting their daughter, to have been named Eva Archer Syme-Reeves, when the infant was still-born a few weeks premature. Syme had performed in a few minor film roles including for Lynch in his Lost Highway. Born Jennifer Maria Syme in Pico Rivera, California, she was working as an assistant to film director David Lynch when she began dating actor Keanu Reeves. Jennifer Syme, (December 7, 1972 – April 2, 2001), was an entertainment industry employee, best known as the companion of actor Keanu Reeves.