Happy Birthday Carrie Fisher!

Happy Birthday to our princess, Carrie Fisher! Her first role was as Lorna Karpf in the comedy Shampoo (1975). Fisher’s next part was iconic, Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars (1977)! She sang beautifully “A Day to Celebrate” as Princess Leia in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978). Then, she returned as Leia in The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Fisher played the Mystery Woman in The Blue Brothers (1980) and then was in wacky comedy, Under the Rainbow (1981). She was a sensation in Return of the Jedi (1983) with her metal bikini that was a nod to Dejah Thoris. Next, Fisher was in the film, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). She had her first novel, Postcards from the Edge, published in 1983. It was made into a film in 1990. Fisher starred in “Gershwin’s Trunk”, a 1987 episode of Amazing Stories. 

She had a cameo as Mary Brown in the comedy, Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). She played the therapist Marie in the Rob Reiner directed romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally… (1989).  Fisher wrote her novels Surrender the Pink (1990) and then Delusions of Grandma (1993). In 1997, she had a cameo as a therapist in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Fisher wrote a 1997 episode of the sitcom, Roseanne, that featured her mother Debbie Reynolds. She was in the horror movie, Scream 3 (2000) and then starred in the comedy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). Fisher co-wrote and executive produced the tv film, These Old Broads (2001) starring her mother. Her follow up to Poscards from the Edge, The Best Awful There Is was published in 2004. Fisher played Pauline Kahn in “Thirst” (2005), an episode of Smallville. Wishful Drinking was her play which she performed by herself on stage from 2006 to 2007. 

                                            Carrie Fisher’s Walk of Fame star, 6840 Hollywood Boulevard next to the El Capitan Theatre, author’s photo. 

Another cameo had Fisher play a doctor in the Fanboys (2009) film. In 2010, her Wishful Drinking performance was aired on HBO. Fisher finally returned as Leia, now a general, in Force Awakens (2015). She published her Star Wars stories in The Princess Diarist (2016). Also, Fisher was in the documentary, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016). Then, Fisher had finished filming which was in The Last Jedi (2017). In 2018 the Grammy Award was poshumously awarded to her for the audio book of The Princess Diartist. Her unused footage from Force Awakens was brought in The Rise of Skywalker (2019). On May 4, 2023, Carrie Fisher was awarded her Walk of Fame star. Hazel, a witch, was Fisher’s last role in the fantasy film, Wonderwell that was finally released in 2023. Carrie Fisher died on December 2016, but she will always be remembered as our princess. Happy Birthday Carrie Fisher! 

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