Carrie Fisher - Biography

Last Editor: Anna_Melina				Carrie Fisher Biography -   Name : Carrie Fisher Date of birth : 21 October 1956 Place of birth : Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA Birth name : Carrie Frances Fisher Height : 5' 1

Carrie Fisher Trivia -

Checked into substance-abuse program, addiction to prescription drugs. [October 1998] Co-wrote the 1997 Annual Academy Awards Ceremony presentation. Daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. Father Eddie Fisher left when she was 3 years old to marry Elizabeth Taylor. Has a daughter Billie Catherine (with 'Bryan Lourd' ) born in 1993. Half sister to Joely Fisher. Brother is Todd Fisher. Half-sister of Tricia Leigh Fisher. The punk rock group "Blink 182" wrote a song called "A New Hope" in which Fisher's character "Princess Leia" is the lead singer's dream girl. Made stage debut in the chorus of "Irene" (1975) starring her mother, Debbie Reynolds. Half-sister-in-law of Christopher Duddy. Attended The Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), which also starred Mark Hamill. It was the first time the two had starred together since Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Neither of them knew the other was involved in the project until shortly after filming had been completed. She did her very first European signing in London, England in a hotel libary on Saturday 3rd August 2003. It was an exclusive one-day signing, tickets limited to 500. Rumors have circulated for years that she had an affair with Harrison Ford during the filming of the first Star Wars film. Both deny this, but Carrie has admitted in interviews that she had a crush on Ford and spent a lot of time with him off camera. She allegedly disliked the "bagel bun" hair style she wore in the original Star Wars (1977), but she didn't say anything about it because she was afraid that director George Lucas would get angry and fire her. When asked what her favorite moment from the Star Wars trilogy are, she replied that her favorite moments were the arguing scenes between her and Harrison Ford. Along with her writing career, she also became a successful re-writer of movie scripts, saving many troubled productions. Is a long-time friend of Miguel Ferrer. He helped her prepare for her Star Wars (1977) audition. Stood on a box for many of her scenes with Harrison Ford in the Star Wars trilogy, owing to the fact that she was roughly a foot shorter than him and didn't fit into the frame. Former stepdaughter of Connie Stevens.

Carrie Fisher Detailed Biography -

Since her feature debut opposite Warren Beatty in Shampoo in 1975, Carrie has been a compelling force in the film industry. She attained international recognition as Princess Leia, a role that made her a cultural icon, in the box office sensation Star Wars and the smash hit sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Other acting credits include The Blues Brothers, Garbo Talks, The Man With One Red Shoe, Hannah And Her Sisters, The Burbs, This Is My Life, When Harry Met Sally and Austin Powers. On the literary front, Fisher became a sensation with The New York Times best seller, Postcards From The Edge, for which she won the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. Two additional best selling novels Surrender The Pink and Delusions Of Grandma followed. She is working simultaneously on her fourth novel, and has just completed production on a new film; a comedy for ABC Pictures entitled These Old Broads, starring her mother, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins. These Old Broads premiered on February 12, 2001 on ABC-TV. Fisher has recently begun writing a screenplay adaptation for Jerry Bruckheimer entitled, Confessions Of A Shopaholic, and has completed one of the next installments of HBO Pictures Emmy Award winning series If These Walls Could Talk 3. Fisher has written two screenplays based on her best sellers: Postcards From The Edge, which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine, and the upcoming Surrender The Pink. She has also been commissioned to write an original screenplay for Columbia Pictures. As if that's not enough, she continues to be one of the most sought-after script doctors in Hollywood.