Eddie Fisher

...The New York Times. The show traces Fisher's rocky childhood as the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds through her time as an international megastar due to Star Wars through rocky battles with drugs and booze. The show was hailed...

In this article: Carrie Fisher, The show, Star Wars, Mental disorder, and Princess Leia

...the inside. Fisher is, after all, the daughter of film star Debbie Reynolds -- known for her perky turn in "Singin' in the Rain" -- and singer Eddie Fisher, known, among other things, for dumping Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor. Having...

In this article: Carrie Fisher, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Princess Leia, Debbie Reynolds, Postcards from the Edge, Connecticut, Stage fright, and Coca-Cola Zero

...to tell me, and I forgot to notice." It is worth reading nonetheless as perhaps the last insider account of true celebrity aristocracy - Fisher's parents are Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She details drug use, ECT, marriage to Paul...

In this article: Chimpanzee, Tarzan, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Simon, Postcards from the Edge, Star Wars, and Hollywood

...Reynolds and a noted scriptwriter herself. Fisher wrote the showbiz spoof "Postcards From the Edge," which was nominated for lots of Oscars and Golden Globes, but came up with scratch back in 1990. Liz is so awed by Rosemary that she lands...

In this article: Emmy, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Golden Globes, Carrie Fisher, 30 Rock, and Hollywood

...was, 'Whatever you say, master.'" "Star Wars" was followed by "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," but by the time Fisher reached 27, the movies had stopped coming and she turned to writing. Her novels include "Surrender the...

In this article: Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia, Debbie Reynolds, Star Wars, Mike Todd, Mike Nichols, All rights reserved, and Bipolar disorder

...make extreme dysfunction wildly entertaining." Particularly, he notes, during a segment devoted to Star Wars, in which Fisher wears a Princess Leia wig and brings out a Princess Leia sex doll. Ben Brantley concludes in the New York Times:...

In this article: Princess Leia, New York Post, Star Wars, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds

...motherhood. In the autobiographical "Wishful Drinking," directed by Tony Taccone, Fisher dishes on life with her parents (Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher), her brief marriage to pop star Paul Simon, her stint as the original Princess Leia...

In this article: Carrie Fisher, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Simon, Star Wars, The Cherry Orchard, Seattle Times, Chay Yew, and The Seattle Times Company