Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its nonfiction book, Wishful Drinking , based on the play. She worked on other writers' screenplays as a script doctor , including tightening the scripts for Hook , Sister Act , The Wedding Singer , and many of the films from the Star Wars franchise , among others.
Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She and her mother appear together in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds , a documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. In , she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fisher was two years old when her parents divorced in after it was revealed shortly following the death of Elizabeth Taylor's husband, Mike Todd , that Eddie Fisher had been having an affair with her.
In , her mother married Harry Karl, owner of a chain of shoe stores. Fisher "hid in books" as a child, becoming known in her family as " the bookworm ". She attended Beverly Hills High School until age 16, when she appeared as a debutante and singer in the hit Broadway revival Irene , also starring her mother.
She later left without graduating. She was extremely smart; a talented actress, writer and comedienne with a very colorful personality that everyone loved. In Star Wars she was our great and powerful princessβfeisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think.
Fisher made her film debut in as the precociously seductive character Lorna Karpf in the Columbia Pictures comedy Shampoo , filmed in mid, when she was age Fisher appeared in the film The Blues Brothers as Jake 's vengeful ex-lover; she is listed in the credits as "Mystery Woman".
