CARRIE FISHER
| VITALS
Name: Carrie Fisher
DOB: -- October 21, 1956
Birthplace: -- Beverly Hills, California
Family: -- Mother: Debbie Reynolds, Father: Eddie Fisher, Daughter: Billie, Half Sister: Joely Fisher, Brother: Todd Fisher, Half Sister: Tricia Leigh Fisher. Brother-in-Law: Christopher Duddy.
Height: -- 5' 1" (1.55 m)
Eye color: -- Brown
Education:-- High School (Left Early), Central School of Speech and Drama in London
Nicknames: -- None Could Be Found
|
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Big break: -- Star Wars Episode IV (1977)
Best known for: -- Princess Leia
CREDITS
| Movies:
Shampoo
Star Wars Ep. IV, V, VI
The Burbs
Lover Boy
(More Below)
| 
| Television:
On the Lot
Laverne and Shirley
Frasier
Smallville
Family Guy (Voice)
(More Below)
|
| Stage:
Agnes of God-1982
Irene- 1975
No, No Nanette- 1976 | Awards:
| --Awards:
1990- Presidents Award
1978- Best Actress/
(Star Wars)
|
Upcoming Projects:
Know what Carrie Fisher is working on? Share the details:
Synopsis: A group of "Star Wars" fans travel to Skywalker Ranch to see "The Phantom Menace" before it's released. | TRIVIA
- 1998- Checked into substance abuse program for her addiction to prescription medication.
- 1997- Co-wrote Academy Awards Ceremony Presentation.
- Appeared in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" in 2001 along with Mark Hamil (Luke Skywalker). It was the first time the two had appeared in the same feature since Return of the Jedi in 1983. Neither knew the other was involved in the movie until shortly after filming was complete.
- She did not like her "Bagel-Bun" hair style in Star Wars but was afraid that director George Lucas would fire her if she complained about it.
- She had to stand on a box in many of the scenes from Star Wars that she appeared with Harrison Ford (Han Solo) because he was roughly a foot taller than her.
- Carrie was once engaged to Dan Akroyd.
- She lives with her mother, Debbie Reynolds (Singer).
- Her daughter, Billie's father is talent agent, Bryan Lourd.
- Bryan and Carrie never married and Bryan left Carrie for a man which inspired Carrie to write the novel, "The Best Awful".
- Carrie sometimes works as a screenplay "Script Doctor".
- Made her stage debut as a chorus member in "Irene", which starred her mother Debbie Reynolds (Singer).
|
Weeds?
