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13	->''"Movies were meant to stay on the screen, flat and large and colorful, gathering you up into their sweep of story, carrying you rollicking along to the end, then releasing you back into your unchanged life. But this movie misbehaved. It leaked out of the theater, poured off the screen, affected a lot of people so deeply that they required endless talismans and artifacts to stay connected to it."''
14	-->-- '''Carrie Fisher''' talking in her memoir ''The Princess Diarist'' about ''Film/ANewHope''.
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16	Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer born in Burbank, California. She is best remembered for starring as [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Princess Leia Organa]] in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' saga.
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18	Fisher was Hollywood royalty from birth, being the daughter of the late singer Music/EddieFisher and the late actress Creator/DebbieReynolds, whose 1959 divorce (following her father having an affair with Creator/ElizabethTaylor, whom he subsequently wed) was one of Hollywood's most notorious scandals of the time. Fisher herself was briefly married to Music/PaulSimon in the '80s.
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20	In her later career, she was primarily focused on her work as a writer, having penned such books as ''Postcards from the Edge'' (which was adapted into a [[Film/PostcardsFromTheEdge 1990 film]] directed by Creator/MikeNichols and starring Creator/MerylStreep and Creator/ShirleyMacLaine), ''Delusions of Grandma,'' and ''Surrender the Pink.'' She also wrote and performed ''Wishful Drinking,'' a one-woman play about her life. Rounding it all off, Fisher was one of the most in-demand script doctors during the 1990s, being hired to punch up such films as ''Film/{{Hook}},'' ''Film/SisterAct,'' and all the ''Star Wars'' prequels.
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22	Oh, and she owned the only official copy of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial,'' which Creator/GeorgeLucas gave to her in exchange for doing the audio commentary for ''Film/ANewHope''. She mostly used the video to evict house guests. By her own admission, she often gave no fucks about anything and spent life just ''living it.''
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24	Fisher died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60, after going into cardiac arrest during a transatlantic flight four days earlier. Her mother died the next day, her last words being [[http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/28/debbie-reynolds-tmz-000/ "I want to be with Carrie."]]
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26	In her book ''Wishful Drinking,'' she wrote about her eventual obituary: "I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra." Sure enough, several obituaries and retrospectives featured the line. She was cremated and her ashes were [[CheerfulFuneral placed in a giant novelty Prozac pill]] she'd bought a few years earlier.
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28	On May 4, 2023, Carrie Fisher posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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30	Actress Creator/BillieLourd, who appears in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy as Lt. Connix, is Fisher's only child.
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33	!!Carrie Fisher's works with TV Tropes pages:
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36	[[folder:Film roles]]
37	* ''Film/{{Shampoo}}'' (1975) as Lorna Karpf
38	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' as [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Princess Leia Organa]]
39	** ''Film/ANewHope'' (1977)
40	** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (1980)
41	** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' (1983)
42	** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015)
43	** ''Film/TheLastJedi'' (2017)
44	** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' (2019) (Appeared via repurposed deleted material from ''The Force Awakens'')
45	* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' (1980) as Mystery Woman
46	* ''Film/UnderTheRainbow'' (1981) as Annie Clark
47	* ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe'' (1985) as Paula
48	* ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' (1986) as April
49	* ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon'' (1987) as Mary Brown
50	* ''Literature/AppointmentWithDeath'' (1988) as Nadine Boynton
51	* ''Film/TheBurbs'' (1989) as Carol Peterson
52	* ''Film/{{Loverboy\|1989}}'' (1989) as Monica Delancy
53	* ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'' (1989) as Marie
54	* ''Film/DropDeadFred'' (1991) as Janie
55	* ''Film/{{Soapdish}}'' (1991) as Betsy Faye Sharon
56	* ''Film/{{Hook}}'' (1991) as Woman Kissing on Bridge ({{uncredited\|role}})
57	* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'' (1997) as Therapist (uncredited)
58	* ''Film/Scream3'' (2000) as Bianca Burnette
59	* ''Film/{{Heartbreakers}}'' (2001) as Ms. Surpin
60	* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' (2001) as Nun
61	* ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' (2003) as Mother Superior
62	* ''Film/{{Wonderland}}'' (2003) as Sally Hansen
63	* ''Theatre/TheWomen'' (2008) as Bailey Smith
64	* ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'' (2009) as Doctor
65	* ''Film/SororityRow'' (2009) as Mrs. Crenshaw
66	* ''Film/MapsToTheStars'' (2014) as Herself
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69	[[folder:Television roles]]
70	* ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' (1978) as [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Princess Leia Organa]]
71	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (1 episode, 1980) as Leprechaun ({{uncredited\|role}}
72	* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (1 episode, 1982) as Cathy
73	* ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'' (1 episode, 1984) as Thumbelina
74	* ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Disney Sunday Movie]]'' (1 episode, 1986) as Franny Jessup
75	* ''Series/AmazingStories'' ([[Recap/AmazingStories1985S2E17GershwinsTrunk 1 episode]], 1987) as Laurie [=McNamara=] (uncredited)
76	* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' ([[Recap/FrasierS03E01ShesTheBoss 1 episode]], 1995) as Phyllis (voice)
77	* ''Series/{{Ellen}}'' (1 episode, 1995) {{as Herself}}
78	* ''Series/{{Gun}}'' (1 episode, 1997) as Nancy
79	* ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'' (1 episode, 1998) as Roz Katz (voice)
80	* ''Series/ItsLikeYouKnow'' (1 episode, 1999) as Herself
81	* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' (1 episode, 2000) as Herself
82	* ''Series/ANeroWolfeMystery'' (2 episodes, 2002) as Ellen Tenzer
83	* ''Series/JackAndBobby'' (1 episode, 2004) as Madison Skutcher
84	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ([[Recap/SmallvilleS05E05Thirst 1 episode]], 2005) as Pauline Kahn
85	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (25 episodes, 2005–17) as Angela/Angela as Mon Mothma (voice)
86	* ''WesternAnimation/OddJobJack'' (1 episode, 2007) as Dr. Finch (voice)
87	* ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' (1 episode, 2007) as Arlene Cutter
88	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' ([[Recap/ThirtyRockS2E4RosemarysBaby 1 episode]], 2007) as Rosemary Howard
89	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (1 episode, 2008) as [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Princess Leia Organa]]/Mon Mothma/Krayt Dragon's Mother (voice)
90	* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' (1 episode, 2010) as Anna Fowler
91	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' ([[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS7E14TheConventionConundrum 1 episode]], 2014) as Herself
92	* ''Series/{{Legit\|2013}}'' (1 episode, 2014) as Angela [=McKinnon=]
93	* ''Series/{{Catastrophe}}'' (5 episodes, 2015–17) as Mia
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97	* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' (2012) as Alternate Street Speaker (voice)
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101	* ''Film/PostcardsFromTheEdge'' (1990)
102	* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1 episode, 1993)
103	* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' (1 episode, 1997)
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107	!!Carrie Fisher's works provide examples of:
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113	* BlackComedy: When it came to her novels, Fisher was renowned for being able to see the funny side of even the most horrible stuff that happened during her struggles with addiction and bipolar disorder. In fact, it's what made several people struggling with similar issues look up to her--that she was willing to laugh at herself no matter how bad things got.
114	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She discussed this in her final title, the 2016 ''The Princess Diarist'', in relation to signing autographs and otherwise providing a celebrity encounter for fans at comic conventions, a practice she referred to as "lap dancing". For the fan, the experience is something they'll quite possibly remember for the rest of their life. For her, it was Tuesday, or another day on the job working to make some extra money to support herself.
115	* ButIPlayOneOnTV: On December 23, 2016, in the wake of Fisher going into cardiac arrest and being rushed into intensive care, dozens of media outlets posted the story carrying a headline that read as if it's "[[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]]," not the actress who portrayed her, who had had the medical emergency.
116	* TheCameo: She half-jokes in ''Wishful Drinking'' that she had her first film roles before she was born, since her movie star mother was pregnant with her when she filmed them. One not only starred both her mother and her father but was, rather appropriately, titled ''Bundle Of Joy''.
117	* CastingCouch: She joked in her books that this is how she got the role in ''Star Wars'': "I slept with some nerd. I hope it was Creator/{{George\|Lucas}}". This is also a gag in her ''Scream 3'' cameo. She later brought it up again in glorious fashion during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0 AFI's tribute to George Lucas]]:
118	-->'''Carrie Fisher:''' And in conclusion, your Honor! I hope I slept with you to get the job, because if not, who the hell was that guy!?
119	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: How she wanted her obituary to read. "I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra." Her own defiant middle finger to both Hollywood sexism and death itself.
120	* EnforcedMethodActing: Her famous slave bikini in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' was apparently just as uncomfortable to wear as it looked, and sometimes left her nether regions visible to people standing behind her. As such, she was likely just as miserable in the scenes as she looked.
121	* HistoryRepeats: She and her mother both appeared in all-time classic films before the age of 21 which would cast a massive shadow over the rest of their careers: ''Film/SingingInTheRain'' in her mother's case, and (of course) ''Star Wars'' in her own.
122	* IAmNotSpock: PlayedWith and {{Zig Zagged}} with ''Star Wars''.
123	** It's hard to tell if she was proud or embarrassed or both to have been in it. Her cover of ''Wishful Drinking'' has a woman resembling her with Leia buns with her head down and much of the stage show covered her love-hate relationship with it. She has stated that she wished she had turned down the role, though it's unclear if she regretted being in it or simply regretted agreeing to it.
124	** At some point, she decided to embrace it: she took up the mantle of General Leia in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and appeared in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', albeit posthumously. (Creator/MarkHamill [[https://youtu.be/_voKbAgIzWM?t=36499 claims]] she immediately jumped at the opportunity -- "I'm in!" -- at a meeting between them and Lucas, and even asked if her [[Creator/BillieLourd daughter]] could have a part in the film as well). She was quite active on the press circuit for ''TFA'' as well, often travelling with her dog, who quickly developed his own fandom.
125	--->'''Carrie Fisher:''' George Lucas ruined my life and I mean this in the nicest way possible.
126	** In a clip from Mark Hamill's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE99le5FBrY tribute video to her]], she said in an interview, "I think I am Princess Leia and Princess Leia is me, it's like a mobius strip tease."
127	* PunBasedTitle: The above mentioned books ''Wishful Drinking'' and ''Delusions of Grandma''.
128	* RomanceOnTheSet: ''The Princess Diarist'' revealed that she had an affair with Harrison Ford while shooting ''A New Hope'', but the it didn't grow into a serious relationship.
129	* SelfDeprecation:
130	** She used it a lot in her books and interviews, regarding her drug abuse and her acting in ''Star Wars''.
131	-->'''Carrie Fisher:''' You know how they say that [[Creator/KarlMarx religion is the opiate of the masses]]? Well, I took [[{{Spoonerism}} masses of opiates religiously.]]
132	** Again, the giant Prozac pill.
133	** Revealed once in a house tour that she had a small statue made of herself in the slave outfit... with removable bra.
134	** "[[TheRoast Hi, I'm Mrs Han Solo, and I'm an alcoholic.]]"
135	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She has said she was unprepared about being seen as a sex symbol, recounting one incident where a young man happily told her he thought about her "four times a day" [[HormoneAddledTeenager from when he was fourteen until he was twenty-one]].
136	* TangledFamilyTree: [[http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/11/16/1225954/378460-carrie-fisher.jpg As detailed by the "Hollywood Inbreeding 101" segment of]] ''Wishful Drinking'', she has family connections to many Hollywood people. She started to compile them all once her daughter Billie asked Carrie if she could be related to a grandson of Creator/ElizabethTaylor she dated. (in the show, Carrie's response is "you're related by scandal!")
137	* WhatDidIDoLastNight: She was completely whacked out of her skull on drugs during ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''. She's gone on record several times saying she was so high during filming that she has absolutely ''no'' memory of taking part in the special at all.
138	* WriteWhatYouKnow: Fisher made a good part of her writing career from this, writing what critics called a series of "Fictionalized Autobiographies". '' Postcards from the Edge'' concerns her battle with drug addiction, ''Surrender the Pink'' dramatizes her first marriage to Music/PaulSimon, ''Delusions of Grandma'' recounts her experience with motherhood and relationship with her movie star mother, ''The Best Awful There Is'' is roughly based on her relationship with her partner Bryan Lourd (father of her daughter Billie), and her final memoir, ''The Princess Diarist'' was an expansion of the diaries she kept while filming ''A New Hope'', including the revelation of a months-long affair with Creator/HarrisonFord. (Although this had been an OpenSecret for many years before.) It all came full circle in her film ''These Old Broads'', two of whose main characters are partly based on her mother Creator/DebbieReynolds and former stepmother Creator/ElizabethTaylor, and they were played by Reynolds and Taylor themselves (they even share a not-so-subtle joke at the expense of their mutual ex-husband, Music/EddieFisher, "[[RomanAClef Freddie]]").
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