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October 21st, 2006 - Happy Birthday Carrie Fisher!
By Allie | October 21, 2006
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Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist, best known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in the original Star Wars trilogy.
She’s 50!
Fisher was born in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds; her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Her younger brother is Todd Fisher. Her half-sisters are actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, whose mother is actress Connie Stevens.
When she was two years old, her parents divorced and her father married actress Elizabeth Taylor. The following year, her mother married shoe store chain owner Harry Karl. Fisher grew up wanting to follow in the footsteps of her famous parents. She began appearing with her mother in Las Vegas at age 12. She attended Beverly Hills High School but left to become an actress. She appeared as a debutante and dancer in the hit Broadway revival Irene (1973) starring her mother.
Carrie Fisher was married to musician Paul Simon (married 1983-divorce 1984, during which time she had a miscarriage), and was in a relationship with him for several years afterward. Subsequently, she had a relationship with CAA principal and agent Bryan Lourd. They had one child together, Billie Catherine Lourd (born July 17, 1992). The couple’s relationship ended when Lourd left her for a man. For a brief time she was engaged to Dan Aykroyd.
In an interview on public radio in 2005, Fisher expressed some regret about being known overwhelmingly for her role as Princess Leia and joked that she was afraid if she ever became senile she might begin to slip back into character. Fisher has publicly discussed her problems with drugs, her battles with bipolar disorder, and overcoming an addiction to prescription antidepressants, most notably on ABC TV’s 20/20.
On February 26, 2005, 42-year-old Republican Party media adviser R. Gregory Stevens was found dead in a guest room at Fisher’s home. She stated that he was a longtime friend and often stayed with her. An autopsy revealed he died from an overdose of cocaine and OxyContin. After years of being single, Fisher moved in with three-time Emmy award winning news pilot/reporter Bob Tur. The couple broke up in late 2005. Fisher describes herself as an “enthusiastic agnostic who would be happy to be shown that there is a God.”
Other October 21st Birthdays:
Jeremy Miller-Actor/Growing Pains (30)
Judge Judy Sheindlin-TV Personality (64)
Joyce Randolph-Actress/The Honeymooner’s (81)
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