Carrie Fisher
American actress and writer (1956–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer.[2] Fisher played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) — a posthumous release that was dedicated to her[3][4] — and appeared in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens.[5][6]
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Born | Carrie Frances Fisher (1956-10-21)October 21, 1956 Burbank, California, U.S. |
Died | December 27, 2016(2016-12-27) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | Cardiac arrest; contributing factors were sleep apnea and atherosclerosis[1] |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Sarah Lawrence College |
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Years active | 1959–2016 |
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Partner | Bryan Lourd (1991–1994) |
Children | Billie Lourd |
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Website | carriefisher |
Fisher's other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008).[7] She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2007) and the Channel 4 series Catastrophe (2017).
Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its non-fiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the play. She wrote the screenplay for the film version of Postcards from the Edge which garnered her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and her one-woman stage show of Wishful Drinking received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Fisher worked on other writers' screenplays as a script doctor, including tightening the scripts for Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Wedding Singer (1998), and many of the films from the Star Wars franchise, among others.[8]
Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. She earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction.[9] Fisher died of a sudden cardiac arrest in December 2016, at age 60, four days after experiencing a medical emergency during a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. She was posthumously made a Disney Legend in 2017,[10] and was awarded a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album the following year. In 2023, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[11]