Carrie Fisher’s Family Guide: Daughter Billie Lourd, Famous Parents and More
usmagazine.comA family full of actors. Fans may have known Carrie Fisher for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, but the legendary actress wasn’t the only movie star in her family.The late When Harry Met Sally actress was born in 1956 to award-winning actress Debbie Reynolds and actor and singer Eddie Fisher.
Two years after her birth, the Hollywood stars welcomed son Todd Fisher.After her parents’ divorce in 1959 due to Eddie’s infamous affair with Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie was married to the Cleopatra actress from 1959 to 1964 and later wed Connie Stevens from 1967 before splitting two years later.
Stevens and Eddie had two daughters together: Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, born in 1967 and 1968, respectively.Following in her parents’ Hollywood footsteps, Carrie started acting in the 1970s and quickly became beloved the world over with her iconic role as Princess Leia in 1977’s Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which she quickly followed up with The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return of the Jedi in 1983.Despite her incredible success, the Wishful Drinking author later revealed that she still had a difficult time living in her mother’s shadow in her early 20s.
In a 2011 interview, Carrie spoke about her life growing up with famous parents and how she struggled to have a good relationship with her mom.“We had a fairly volatile relationship earlier on in my 20s.
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