Born to celebrity parents, she was picked to play a princess in a little movie called Star Wars when only 19 years old. Read | Rogue One review: This is our generation’s Star Wars story.In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitable wit. She followed up this year with a memoir, “The Princess Diarist,” based on diaries she kept while filming the original Star Wars trilogy.

A version of the stage production hit HBO in 2010. It’s the title of her one-woman stage show and autobiography. Carrie Fisher, the 16-year-old daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, in New York. Meryl Streep starred as movie actress Suzanne Vale, looking to rebuild her life after a drug overdose. This 1990 film directed by Mike Nichols was based on a screenplay she wrote, which was based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title. Read | I’ll be waiting right here mommy: Ailing Carrie Fisher’s dog has a message

She was Lorna Karpf and her mom reportedly wasn’t thrilled about the character’s use of profanity. (AFP File Photo)īefore Star Wars was “Shampoo” of 1975, starring Warren Beatty as a Beverly Hills hairdresser. Carrie Fisher (right) poses with a storm trooper as she attends the opening of the European Premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in central London. She later reprised the role, including a turn in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” last year. Who can forget that cinnamon-bun hairdo as Princess Leia in the original trilogy, from 1977 to 1983. Princess Leia wore the famous bikini after she was captured by Jabba the Hutt on the desert planet. Suffering from mental illness, and drug and alcohol addiction during much of her life, Fisher became an outspoken advocate for those issues. They divorced when she was 2 after her dad decamped to marry Elizabeth Taylor. With a big personality, a history of addiction and a long, varied show business career, here’s a taste of Carrie Fisher’s Hollywood life and times:Ĭarry Fisher’s mom is Debbie Reynolds and her dad, the late crooner Eddie Fisher. Harrison Ford talks with Carrie Fisher during a break in the filming of the CBS-TV special ‘The Star Wars Holiday’ in Los Angeles.(AP File Photo) Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars,” has died.

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