The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher (1956-2016) won her greatest and most lasting fame early in her career, when she played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films. She struggled with bipolar disorder and drug addiction, later writing about her issues in the autobiographical comic novel Postcards from the Edge. She would later write the script for the movie version of the book, along with various other films. She died four days after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from London to Los Angeles. She is the mother of Billie Lourd.