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| 1 | Died the same year as her Star Wars co-star Kenny Baker. |
| 2 | She was considered for several roles which ultimately went to other actresses, including the role of Regan in The Exorcist (1973) which went to Linda Blair, the role of Iris in Taxi Driver (1976) which went to Jodie Foster, the role of Violet in Pretty Baby (1978) which went to Brooke Shields, the role of Rizzo in Grease (1978) which went to Stockard Channing, the role of Lois Lane in Superman (1978) which went to Margot Kidder, the role of Linda Barrett in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) which went to Phoebe Cates, the role of Elvira Hancock in Scarface (1983) which went to Michelle Pfeiffer, the role of Deborah Gelly in Once Upon a Time in America (1984) which went to Elizabeth McGovern, the role of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor (1985) which went to Anjelica Huston, the role of Charlie in Top Gun (1986) which went to Kelly McGillis, the role of Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987) which went to Glenn Close, the role of Katharine Parker in Working Girl (1988) which went to Sigourney Weaver, the role of Vicki Vale in Batman (1989) which went to Kim Basinger, the role of Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman (1990) which went to Julia Roberts, the role of Kate McCallister in Home Alone (1990) which went to Catherine O'Hara, the role of Thelma Dickinson in Thelma & Louise (1991) which went to Geena Davis, the role of Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct (1992) which went to Sharon Stone, and the role of Annie in Speed (1994) which went to Sandra Bullock. |
| 3 | As well as working as a script doctor for films, she also polished scripts for George Lucas' television series Young Indiana Jones (1992). Lucas had directed Fisher as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) trilogy. There exists a Stars Wars script purported to be hers, which shows extensive pen and ink changes to the dialog, perhaps marking the beginning of the script doctor part of her career. Lucas later hired her to polish the scripts of the original trilogy's prequels Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). |
| 4 | She turned down the role of Emmeline Lestrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980) which went to Brooke Shields, the role of Sarah Connor in The Terminator (1984) which went to Linda Hamilton, and the role of Kathryn Murphy in The Accused (1988) which went to Kelly McGillis. |
| 5 | She suffered an ectopic pregnancy whilst married to Paul Simon in May 1984. |
| 6 | She was well known for her sense of humor and quick wit. One of her father Eddie Fisher's first hits in the 1950s was a song entitled "Oh! My Pa-Pa". Her father, of course, had a scandalous affair with Elizabeth Taylor and ultimately left her mother, Debbie Reynolds to marry Taylor. When Fisher and Reynolds were making a joint television appearance, Fisher quipped that her mother could sing, too, and should have written and sang a song entitled, "Oh! My Faux Pas". |
| 7 | She died only one day before her mother Debbie Reynolds. |
| 8 | She co-starred with her daughter in Billie Lourd in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). Lourd auditioned without Fisher's awareness. |
| 9 | Her final acting project was the third season of Catastrophe (2015). She was the only cast member allowed to improvise and her own real life dog Gary portrays her dog on the show. She passed away a week after finishing work on the show. |
| 10 | She was originally cast as Miss Scarlett in Clue (1985), but had to check into rehab a week before filming began. |
| 11 | She auditioned for the lead role in Carrie (1976), while Sissy Spacek auditioned for Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), as George Lucas and Brian De Palma were holding joint auditions. They ultimately swapped roles. Contrary to popular belief, Fisher did not turn down Spacek's role because of the nudity involved. |
| 12 | Her French bulldog Gary accompanied her everywhere, even onto TV talk show sets whenever she was a guest. |
| 13 | She admitted that she found it difficult to act across from Peter Cushing in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) for two reasons. She thought the dialog was awful, and Cushing was so nice and polite to her on set between takes that she found it very difficult to show the disdain her character, Princess Leia felt towards Cushing's character, Grand Moff Tarkin. |
| 14 | She accomplished a 35-pound weight loss in her preparation for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). |
| 15 | In 1994, she did a rewrite of the script of Intolerable Cruelty (2003), shortly after the original script sold. The Coen Brothers rewrote the script years later and none of Fisher's work remained in the finished film. |
| 16 | In 1990, she sold the big screen rights to her book, Surrender the Pink, to Warner Bros. for $1 million. Steven Spielberg was producing, with Demi Moore attached to star. Fisher wrote the screenplay, but the project stalled in development. |
| 17 | She wrote her own scene for her cameo appearance in Scream 3 (2000). |
| 18 | Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her mother had English, some Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and German, and distant French, ancestry. |
| 19 | Sister-in-law of Catherine Hickland, and ex-sister-in-law of Donna Jean Freberg and Donavan Freberg. |
| 20 | She appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) parody episodes of both Family Guy (1999) and Robot Chicken (2005). She played Mon Mothma, one of the few other female characters in the series. In the latter series, Princess Leia - now played by Alex Borstein - says "I don't like her. |
| 21 | She continued to date Paul Simon for 8 years after their divorce, until finally breaking up in 1991. |
| 22 | She was longtime friends with Miguel Ferrer, who encouraged her and helped her prepare for her Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) audition. Their mothers - Debbie Reynolds and Rosemary Clooney respectively - were both best known for their performances in hit 1950s musicals: Singin' in the Rain (1952) and White Christmas (1954). |
| 23 | She was author William Goldman's first choice for the character Buttercup in The Princess Bride (1987), a role which went to Robin Wright instead. |
| 24 | Her personal assistant was Kim Painter. |
| 25 | In her 2008 memoir "Wishful Drinking", she noted that, like her mother in Singin' in the Rain (1952), she became famous at age 19 for her role in a classic hit alongside two male co-stars. She also mentioned that the title of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) could also refer to her celebrity parents' infamous divorce. |
| 26 | She was good friends with Michael Jackson and Meryl Streep. Streep portrayed Fisher in Postcards from the Edge (1990). |
| 27 | She revealed in her memoir Wishful Drinking that she once had a romantic relationship with U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut). When Dodd was asked for a comment by a reporter from The Kansas City Star in 2007, he explained that "it was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.". |
| 28 | She wrote several novels, including the semi-autobiographical Postcards from the Edge, a thinly veiled study of the relationship between Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds. It later became the film Postcards from the Edge (1990), which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine in the Fisher and Reynolds roles respectively. |
| 29 | She has one daughter, Billie Lourd, whose father is the film agent, Bryan Lourd. Fisher and Lourd never married. After he left her for a man, she used the experience as the opening premise for her novel, The Best Awful. |
| 30 | She was once engaged to Dan Aykroyd. |
| 31 | Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, lived next door to her for most of her life. |
| 32 | Weighed 7 lbs 2 ozs at birth. |
| 33 | She was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot in the category of the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film Undiscovered (2005), however, she failed to receive a nomination. |
| 34 | She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and spoke on this topic to thousands of psychiatrists assembled for the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting in May 2004 in New York City. |
| 35 | Former stepdaughter of Connie Stevens, Harry Karl and Elizabeth Taylor. |
| 36 | She had to stand on a box for many of her scenes with Harrison Ford in the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) trilogy because she was roughly a foot shorter than him and did not fit into the frame. |
| 37 | When asked to choose her favorite moment from the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) trilogy, she explained that her favorite moments were the arguing scenes between her and Harrison Ford. |
| 38 | She has confirmed in her autobiography that she disliked the "bagel bun" hairstyle she wore in the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). However, prior to filming, the studio had requested that she lose some weight first, which she hadn't. Out of fear of being fired for it, she was eager to comply with everything that director George Lucas suggested, which included the hairstyle. |
| 39 | She did her very first European signing in London, England in a hotel library on August 3, 2003. It was an exclusive one-day signing, and tickets limited to 500. |
| 40 | Appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), which also starred Mark Hamill. It was the first time the two had appeared in the same film since Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Neither of them knew the other was involved in the project until shortly after filming had been completed. They would later reunite again in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). |
| 41 | Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. |
| 42 | Half-sister-in-law of Christopher Duddy and Byron Thames. |
| 43 | She made her stage debut in 1975 in the chorus of the musical Irene, which starred her mother, Debbie Reynolds. |
| 44 | The punk rock group Blink 182 wrote a song called "A New Hope", in which her Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) character Princess Leia is the lead singer's dream girl. |
| 45 | Older half-sister of Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher. Older sister of Todd Fisher. |
| 46 | Mother, with Bryan Lourd, of daughter Billie Lourd (Billie Catherine Lourd), born on July 17, 1992. |
| 47 | Her father Eddie Fisher left her mother, Debbie Reynolds, when Carrie was two years old in order to marry Elizabeth Taylor. |
| 48 | Daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. |
| 49 | In 1998, she checked into a substance-abuse program for addiction to prescription drugs. |
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