Carrie Fisher

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Carrie Fisher, 2013

Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956 in Burbank , † December 27, 2016 in Los Angeles ) was an American actress , comedian and author . She became world famous as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.

Career

Carrie Fisher with Wim Wenders at the premiere of the film FIST , April 13, 1978
Carrie Fisher with Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford at San Diego Comic-Con , July 2015

She had her first film appearance in 1975 in the comedy Shampoo . In 1977 she played the role of Princess Leia in the science fiction film Star Wars for the first time alongside Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford . In addition to various smaller film and television productions in the seventies, Carrie Fisher hosted an episode of the American comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1978 . She also played the role of Princess Leia for the second time in the television Star Wars Holiday Special .

In 1980 she played Jake Blues' vengeful ex-lover in the film Blues Brothers . In the same year appeared with The Empire Strikes Back, the second part of the original Star Wars trilogy , which was completed in 1983 with The Return of the Jedi . In 1986, Fisher starred in the Woody Allen comedy film Hannah and Her Sisters in a supporting role. In 1987 she published her first novel Postcards From the Edge (German title: Greetings from Hollywood), which contains autobiographical elements; the main character of the novel by living with her drug addiction and her mother similar problems as Fisher himself. In 1989, the novel was Meryl Streep , Shirley MacLaine and Dennis Quaid under the book title filmed . Fisher played a bigger role in the 1989 film Harry and Sally . In the same year, the film comedy My Devilish Neighbors appeared , in which Fisher played one of the leading roles on the side of Tom Hanks .

In 1995, Fisher had a guest appearance on the television series Ellen , in which her half-sister Joely Fisher played a leading role from the second season. Fisher turned her life story into the one-woman show Wishful Drinking , which ran successfully on Broadway for several months in late 2006. The show was the basis for her book of the same name and also read in as an audio book, which was published in 2008. In it, Fisher also described her bipolar disorder .

In addition to her work as an actress, Fisher also worked for many years as a script doctor . She revised lines of dialogue in scripts, although her name was not mentioned in the credits of the respective films. Among other things, she was involved in the scripts for the films Sister Act - A Heavenly Career , Hook and Focal Point LA - The Pros Are Back .

After more than 30 years, Fisher took on the role of Leia Organa again in the seventh film in the Star Wars saga in 2014 . Directed by JJ Abrams, she stars alongside Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford , who can also be seen in their well-known Star Wars roles. Filming of Star Wars: The Force Awakens began in May 2014. The film was released in December 2015. That year she appeared in the British comedy series Catastrophe , for which she posthumously received an Emmy nomination in the category of guest actress in a comedy series .

Shortly before her death, The Princess Diarist's memoir about her Star Wars years appeared. She also received a posthumous Grammy Award for the audio book version .

In 2017, she was posthumously honored as the Disney Legend for her role as Princess / General Leia Organa.

Personal

Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds . Her parents divorced when she was two, and her father married Elizabeth Taylor shortly thereafter . Her brother is Todd Fisher, her half-sisters are actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher , whose mother is actress Connie Stevens . Carrie Fisher attended Beverly Hills High School and later the Central School of Speech and Drama in London .

In the 2016 published autobiography The Princess Diarist (German title: The Diary of Princess Leia ) Fisher wrote about her three-month affair with actor Harrison Ford while filming Star Wars 1976. From 1977 to 1983 Carrie Fisher had a temporarily interrupted relationship with musicians Paul Simon . In 1983 she briefly dated actor Dan Aykroyd . Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon were married from August 1983 to July 1984. Daughter Billie Lourd was born on July 17, 1992 . The child's father is artist agent Bryan Lourd (* 1960), from whom Fisher separated in 1995 after three years.

death

Fan-decorated star for Fisher's devotion on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fisher's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , decked out by fans in her memory

Fisher died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60. She had a cardiac arrest four days earlier, towards the end of a flight from London to Los Angeles . Initial investigations into the exact cause of death brought no result. In mid-June 2017, the responsible coroner in Los Angeles published an opinion on the cause of death, in which he determined a breathing disorder during sleep in connection with other factors as the cause of death. In addition to noticeable fat deposits in the arteries and a heart disease, various active ingredients and traces of cocaine , heroin , other opiates and ecstasy were found. Whether and how exactly the interaction of these factors ultimately led to death could not be clarified in the investigation. Fisher had probably last used cocaine three days earlier. Her mother died of a stroke the day after her . Fisher's funeral took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park ( Courts of Remembrance section ) in Hollywood on January 6, 2017 . She was buried next to her mother. Your urn is shaped like a Prozac pill. Fisher intermittently took this antidepressant because she suffered from bipolar disorder.

Voice actresses

Since Carrie Fisher mostly played supporting roles, she was spoken by 23 different voice actors in the German film versions. Most often, Susanna Bonaséwicz gave her voice.

Filmography (selection)

bibliography

Novellas

Non-fiction

Scripts

As a script doctor

Awards

year Award category job result
1977 Saturn Award Best main actress Star Wars (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope) Nominated
1983 Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi) Nominated
1990 The President's Memorial Award Won
1991 BAFTA Award Best adapted script Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards From The Edge) Nominated
2008 Emmy Guest actor in a comedy series 30 skirt Nominated
2010 Grammy Award Best spoken album Wishful drinking Nominated
2011 Emmy Best entertainment special Nominated
2016 Saturn Award The best supporting actress Star Wars: The Force Awakens Nominated
2017 Hugo Award Best related work The diary of Princess Leia (The Princess Diarist) Nominated
Emmy Guest actor in a comedy series Catastrophe Nominated
2018 Grammy Award Best spoken album The diary of Princess Leia (The Princess Diarist) Won
Saturn Award The best supporting actress Star Wars: The Last Jedi Nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice Fantasy Actress Won

Web links

Commons : Carrie Fisher  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carrie Fisher on IMDb . - Many sources give the earlier common indication of Beverly Hills as the place of birth .
  2. ↑ Bipolar Disorder: How Carrie Fisher Fighted With Her Psyche , Spiegel Online , December 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Deceased Star Wars icon: Why there would never have been "Sister Act" and "Hook" without Carrie Fisher. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ edition.cnn.com: Carrie Fisher honored at D23 as Disney Legend
  5. ↑ Yohana Desta: Carrie Fisher's Fascinating Romances: Paul Simon, Dan Aykroyd, Harrison Ford, and a US Senator . In: Vanities . ( vanityfair.com [accessed November 30, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Actress Carrie Fisher is dead . In: " Die Zeit " Online, December 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Carrie Fisher: "Star Wars" star died at the age of 60 . In: " Die Welt " Online, December 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ Carrie Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60 . In: BBC , December 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and other factors, coroner says . In: " The Guardian ", June 17, 2017.
  10. ↑ Cocaine, Heroin and Ecstasy: Carrie Fisher had drugs in her blood when she died . In: n-tv.de, June 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ Debbie Reynolds: Hollywood icon and mother of Carrie Fisher is dead . In: " Spiegel ", accessed on July 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ The grave of Carrie Fisher. In: knerger.de. Klaus Nerger, accessed on May 8, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Carrie Fisher buried in a huge Prozac urn . In: "Spiegel", online edition, January 7, 2017.
  14. ↑ Carrie Fisher. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on April 23, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Andrew Liptak: Women swept nearly every category at the 2017 Hugo Award . August 11, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  16. ^ Sarah Rodman: Carrie Fisher nets Grammy nod in spoken-word category, faces off with Springsteen and Bernie Sanders . Los Angeles Times . November 28, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ Dave McNary: 'Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations . Variety Media, LLC .. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  18. ↑ TV News Desk: The 2018 Teen Choice Awards Announces New Wave of Nominees . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Carrie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fisher, Carrie Frances (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Beverly Hills , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2016
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States