![]() ![]() Fisher continued acting on Broadway while doing onscreen work. From then on she went on to feature in a laundry list of films, including “Ringo” (1978), “Leave Yesterday Behind,” (1978), and “Drop Dead Fred” (1991), among others. Her first film role was as Lorna Karpf in the film, “Shampoo” (1975), but it was her 1977 role portraying Princess Leia in “Star Wars” that put her on the map. She picked up her education later on when she enrolled in London’s Central School of Speech and Drama, and then, at Sarah Lawrence College. ![]() Fisher dropped out of Beverly Hills High School at 16 to pursue a career on Broadway. The young girl was dubbed the bookworm of the family as she found solace in her volumes as a child. Fisher’s parents divorced when she was two years old, after which her mother went on to remarry and divorce when Fisher was 17 years old. ![]() While the actress had a star-studded life onscreen, it wasn’t always roses and butterflies in her personal life. Fisher was of Russian, Scottish, Irish and Jewish descent. Born October 21, 1956, in Burbank, California, the American beauty’s parents are singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. Carrie Fisher undeniably left her mark on the film industry. ![]()
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