"Eddie Fisher (singer) Edwin John ""Eddie"" Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful pop singles artist during the first half of the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show. Fisher divorced his first wife, actress Debbie Reynolds, to marry Reynolds' best friend, actress Elizabeth Taylor, after Taylor's husband, film producer Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash. The scandalous affair was widely reported, bringing unfavorable publicity to Fisher. He later married Connie Stevens. Fisher fathered Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher with Reynolds, and"
"Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, writer, and comedian. Fisher is known for playing Princess Leia in the ""Star Wars"" films, a role for which she was nominated for four Saturn Awards. Her other film credits include ""Shampoo"" (1975), ""The Blues Brothers"" (1980), ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" (1986), ""The 'Burbs"" (1989), ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), ""Soapdish"" (1991), and ""The Women"" (2008). She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances on the television series ""30 Rock"" and ""Catastrophe""."
"featured in the 89th Academy Awards ""In Memoriam"" segment. On March 25, 2017, a public memorial for mother and daughter was held at the Hall of Liberty theater in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The event was streamed live on Reynolds' website. On April 14, a special tribute to Fisher was held by Mark Hamill during the ""Star Wars"" Celebration in Orlando. Novels Non-fiction Screenplays Plays Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, writer, and comedian. Fisher is known for playing Princess Leia in the ""Star Wars"" films, a role for which"
"She also appeared in the films ""The Potters"" and ""You're Not You"", both released in 2014. Fisher appeared in the film ""Woman in Gold"" (2015), playing the mother of Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds). In 1970, when Fisher was 18, she married her high school sweetheart Billy Mack Hamilton. They divorced two years later. Fisher was in a relationship with fellow actor Clint Eastwood for six years in the early 1990s. During that time, the couple had a daughter, Francesca Eastwood (b. 1993). Fisher endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Frances Fisher Frances Louise Fisher"
"to 2015, Fisher starred in the ABC drama series ""Resurrection"". Fisher was born in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England, the daughter of American parents Olga Rosine (née Moen), a housewife, and William Irving ""Bill"" Fisher, Sr, an oil refinery construction superintendent. Her father was of Russian-Jewish and Hungarian-Jewish descent, while her mother was of Norwegian ancestry. Before she reached the age of fifteen, she had moved nine times and travelled because of her father's job, going to places like Italy, Turkey, Colombia, France, Canada, and Brazil. When she was 15, her mother died and she took on the responsibility to"
"in the ABC drama series ""Resurrection"" about the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths. She played the role of Lucille Langston. In 2017, she and her daughter Francesca Eastwood both starred in the acclaimed ""Fargo"" episode ""The Law of Non-Contradiction"" as the older and younger versions of the same character. Fisher made her film debut in ""Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?"" (1983) and later appeared in ""Patty Hearst"" directed by Paul Schrader. In 1989 she appeared in ""Pink Cadillac"" opposite Clint Eastwood, and the pair"
"Carrie Kei Heim Carrie Kei Heim (born December 7, 1973) is an American actress, lawyer, and writer. She is best known for her roles as Cornelia in """" (1985) and Nikki Ferris in ""The Parent Trap II"" (1986). After completing ""The Parent Trap ll"", Carrie retired from acting. Heim is a 1991 graduate of Hunter College High School, a 1994 graduate of Vassar College with a B.A. in French, and a 1996 graduate of Hunter College with an additional B.A. in English and Theater. In 2001, Heim received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania law school and was a"
"by her. Her father is Andy Parker, the drummer of the English heavy rock band, UFO. Lindsay Parker Lindsay Parker (born March 30, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress who got her start as Little Girl on an episode of ""MacGyver"". She appeared in the film ""Shocker"" three years later, and played Kirstie Alley's daughter Melissa in the 1987 film ""Infidelity"". She provided the voice of Corey in ""Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"" and also played Carrie in the 1987 film ""Flowers in the Attic"". She remained active in acting up until 2007. In April 2014, Parker"
"Sarah Jessica Parker Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress, producer, and designer. She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series ""Sex and the City"" (1998–2004), for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television. She later reprised the role in films ""Sex and the City"" (2008) and ""Sex and"
"began a six-year offscreen relationship. In next year she appeared in ""Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael"". In 1992, Fisher had her break-out role in ""Unforgiven"", an Academy Award-winning film directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred. In later years she began acting regularly in major and independent films. Her most famous role in film was as the society matron Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of the character played by Kate Winslet, in the 1997 blockbuster ""Titanic"". She appeared in ""True Crime"" (1999) with Eastwood as D.A. Fisher had a role in ""House of Sand and Fog"" (2003), another Academy Award-nominated film."
"Frances Fisher Frances Louise Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is an English born American actress. Fisher began her career in theatre and later starred as detective Deborah 'Red' Saxon in the ABC daytime soap opera ""The Edge of Night"" (1976–1981). She has portrayed strong women on film and TV since the early 1980s. In film, she is known for her roles in ""Unforgiven"" (1992), ""Titanic"" (1997), ""True Crime"" (1999), ""House of Sand and Fog"" (2003), ""Laws of Attraction"" (2004), ""The Kingdom"" (2007), ""In the Valley of Elah"" (2007), ""Jolene"" (2008), ""The Lincoln Lawyer"" (2011) and ""The Host"" (2013). From 2014"
"The Fourth Wall, The Good Old Days, La Ronde, Rogue's Gallery, Shine on Harvey Moon, Turn Out the Lights, The Ugliest Girl in Town, The Voice of the Turtle, and Sheppey. Maria Charles Maria Charles (born 22 September 1929) is an English film, television and stage actress, director and comedian. She is probably best known for her TV performance as the overbearing mother Bea Fisher in the ITV sitcom ""Agony"". Charles has also appeared on the stage in original West End productions including musicals by Stephen Sondheim, Charles Strouse and Sandy Wilson. Charles was born in London as Maria Zena"
"for two seasons on ABC. Fisher wrote the 1992 short-lived summer series ""2000 Malibu Road"", which was produced by Aaron Spelling and directed by Joel Schumacher. She later took part in the production of a highly anticipated primetime soap opera pilot, entitled ""Daughters of Eve"", which was to star Sophia Loren and premiere during the 1995-1996 television season. However, the series was not picked up. Terry Louise Fisher Terry Louise Fisher (born February 21, 1946) is an American former TV screenwriter and producer. During her career, she won three Primetime Emmy Awards from seven nominations. Fisher was born in Chicago,"
"Jenna Lamia Jenna Lamia (born May 2, 1981) is an American actress, writer, and award-winning audio book narrator. Lamia began her acting career in New York City, where she appeared on Broadway in Eugene O'Neill’s ""Ah, Wilderness!"" at Lincoln Center. She soon moved on to television and film appearances, and is best known for her roles as Sherri Ward in ""The Fighter"" with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, Siobhan Miller in """", Carrie Schillinger in ""Oz"", and as Poppy Downes in Comedy Central’s ""Strangers With Candy"", with Amy Sedaris. Over the span of her career, she has appeared on and"
"using a blank star. Along with flowers and candles, words put on the blank star read, ""Carrie Fisher may the force be with you always"". In the video game """", thousands of fans paid tribute to Fisher by gathering at House Organa on the planet Alderaan where Fisher's character in ""Star Wars"" resided. Lightsaber vigils and similar events in Fisher's honor were held at various Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas theaters and other sites. On January 6, 2017, the lights on Broadway in Manhattan were darkened for one minute in honor of Fisher and her mother. Fisher and Reynolds were also both"
"Sally Struthers Sally Anne Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is an American actress, spokeswoman and activist. She played the roles of Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton) on ""All in the Family"", for which she won two Emmy awards, and Babette on ""Gilmore Girls"". She was the voice of Charlene Sinclair on the ABC sitcom ""Dinosaurs"" and Rebecca Cunningham on the Disney animated series ""TaleSpin"". Sally Anne Struthers was born on July 28, 1947 in Portland, Oregon, and attended Grant High School. She is one of two children. She has"
"Carrie Fisher. He proposed to her on the set of ""The Blues Brothers"" (1980), in which she appeared as a spurned girlfriend of John Belushi's Jake Blues who was trying to kill both brothers. The engagement ended when she reconciled with her former boyfriend, musician Paul Simon. In 1983, he married actress Donna Dixon; they met on the set of ""Doctor Detroit"" released the same year. They went on to appear together in three additional films: ""Spies Like Us"" (1985); """" (1983); and ""The Couch Trip"" (1988). They have three daughters, Danielle, Stella, and Belle. Aykroyd maintains his Canadian roots"
"Jodie Fisher Jodie Lin Fisher (born July 17, 1969) is an American actress whose acting credits include ""NCIS: Los Angeles"", ""Star Trek"", and ""Little Big League"" as well as the reality TV series Age of Love. Jodie Fisher was born in Dallas, Texas, and is of Scandinavian and Irish ancestry. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Dean's List. Fisher has appeared as a lead actress in television and movie roles, including a 2011 episode of the television series """". After her sexual harassment claim which resulted in the resignation of then Hewlett-Packard"
"1970s and early 1980s. Her audiobook recording of the memoir earned her the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, awarded 13 months after her death. Fisher and her mother appear in """", a 2016 documentary about their close relationship featuring interviews, photographs and home movies. The documentary premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and broadcast on January 7, 2017. She will be featured in the film ""Wonderwell"" with Rita Ora, which was filmed in the summer of 2016 in Italy. Fisher met musician Paul Simon while filming ""Star Wars"", and the pair dated from 1977 until 1983."
"aged 71. Janet Carroll Janet Carroll (December 24, 1940 – May 22, 2012) was an American film, stage and television character actress. Carroll's career spanned more than four decades and included major roles in Broadway musicals and Hollywood productions, but was perhaps most recognized for her portrayal of the oblivious mother of Joel (Tom Cruise) in the 1983 film ""Risky Business"". Carroll was born Janet Carol Thiese in Chicago, the daughter of Hilda Catherine (née Patton) and George Nicholas Thiese. She received formal theatrical training and began acting professionally in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous productions in local theaters."
"Christmas"" which she, her mother Connie Stevens all sang various Christmas carols. She sang her own solo ""Grown Up Christmas List"". Her vocals are also heard singing ""One For My Baby"" in Harold Arlen's album ""STAGE"" From 2003 until 2005, she starred in the Lifetime network's drama series ""Wild Card"" as insurance investigator Zoe Busiek. After that, she had a recurring role as Lynette's boss Nina on ""Desperate Housewives"". From 2006 until 2010, Fisher starred opposite actor Brad Garrett as Joy Stark in the Fox TV sitcom ""'Til Death"". Fisher married cinematographer Christopher Duddy in 1996. They have three daughters,"
"Kelly Bishop Carole ""Kelly"" Bishop (born February 28, 1944) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series ""Gilmore Girls"" and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances ""Baby"" Houseman in the film ""Dirty Dancing."" Bishop originated the role of Sheila in ""A Chorus Line,"" for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. She also starred as Fanny Flowers in the ABC Family short-lived comedy-drama series ""Bunheads."" Bishop was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Jane Lenore (née Wahtola) and"
"a ventilator. On the morning of December 27, 2016, after being in intensive care for four days, Fisher died at the age of 60 at the UCLA Medical Center. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, confirmed her mother's death in a statement to the press. Many of her co-stars and directors from ""Star Wars"" and other works also shared their thoughts on her death. On January 9, 2017, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a death certificate that stated ""cardiac arrest/deferred"" as the cause of death. More tests were expected. In a June 16, 2017, news release, the Los"
"Carrie Fisher were together from 1991 to 1994. They have one daughter, actress Billie, born in 1992. Lourd married Bruce Bozzi, the co-owner of The Palm, on October 12, 2016, and Lourd legally adopted Bozzi's daughter, Ava. They divide their time between a penthouse apartment in the West Village, in Lower Manhattan, New York City and a house in Beverly Hills, California. Lourd was elected to the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2011. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City."
"and Education (CARE) Fund. Since May 2006, she has been a global emissary for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Fisher was born Lizabeth Davis Frehling on April 6, 1948, in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marjorie Faith (née Switow) and George Allen Frehling. Her parents were of Russian Jewish descent. Her parents divorced when Fisher was four, and the following year her mother married multimillionaire Max Fisher, who adopted Fisher. Raised in Michigan, Fisher attended Kingswood School (today's Cranbrook Kingswood School) in Bloomfield Hills (where she had briefly dated politician Mitt Romney), and attended college at the"
"Marcella Lowery Marcella Lowery (born April 27, 1946) is an American actress. Marcella Lowery is known for her roles as Geoffrey Owens' mother, Francine Tibideaux, on ""The Cosby Show"", Jamal Jenkins' grandmother on ""Ghostwriter"" from 1992 to 1995, Anna Eldridge in the 1996 film, ""The Preacher's Wife"" and as Principal Karen Noble on the NBC sitcom ""City Guys"". Lowery was born in Queens, New York. She had a recurring role on ""The Cosby Show"" as Francine Tibideaux, the mother of Elvin Tibideaux and mother-in-law of Sondra Huxtable, as well as a brief role in ""What About Bob?"". She was also"
"Clarice Taylor Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress. Born in Buckingham County, Virginia but raised in Harlem, New York, Taylor was best known for her recurring role on television on ""The Cosby Show"" as Dr. Heathcliff ""Cliff"" Huxtable's (Bill Cosby) mother, Anna Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for the role. She was also a regular on ""Nurse"", played Harriet on ""Sesame Street"", and appeared as Grady's cousin Emma on ""Sanford and Son"". Taylor started working in the theatre—with the American Negro Theatre—at a time"
"Barnaby in the episode """"The things we do for..."""" broadcast in July 2008. In January 2010 it was announced that Yates would once again team up with former ""Shameless"" co-star Maxine Peake in the film ""Edge"". Filming began that same month. Yates was married for a time to Michael Freeman, a former parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party in Finchley and a councillor on Barnet Council. They had two children, but divorced in the 1980s. Marjorie Yates Marjorie Yates (born 13 April 1941) is a British actress best known for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama"
"Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg was born in New York on May 17, 1940, the daughter of Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Nazi Austria composer Eric Zeisl and his wife Dr. Gertrud S Zeisl (Jellinek). She is portrayed by actress Frances Fisher in ""Woman in Gold"", the 2015 film about her son E. Randol Schoenberg, who represented Maria Altmann in her claim against the Government of Austria to recover five family-owned paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Zeisl Schoenberg received her PhD in German Language and Literature from University of California, Los"
"years later, and his loved ones: ""whatever bad moments that I had certainly could never compare to that family"". Jodie Foster Alicia Christian Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. She has received two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and the Cecil B DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated a Primetime Emmy Award. A child prodigy, Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old, and she made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom"
"In 2004, she appeared in ""Laws of Attraction"" as Julianne Moore's mother, even though she is only 8 years older. Fisher worked on four films in 2006, including Peter Berg's ""The Kingdom"", and Paul Haggis' ""In the Valley of Elah"". The same year, she appeared in the film ""Jolene"" with Jessica Chastain as her lover. She served as an official festival judge for the 2011 Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles. In 2011, she appeared in ""The Lincoln Lawyer"" and ""The Roommate"". Fisher appeared as Maggie Stryder in the 2013 film ""The Host"" with Saoirse Ronan and William Hurt."
"Lindsay Parker Lindsay Parker (born March 30, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress who got her start as Little Girl on an episode of ""MacGyver"". She appeared in the film ""Shocker"" three years later, and played Kirstie Alley's daughter Melissa in the 1987 film ""Infidelity"". She provided the voice of Corey in ""Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"" and also played Carrie in the 1987 film ""Flowers in the Attic"". She remained active in acting up until 2007. In April 2014, Parker published her first children's book, ""Fiona Von Finnigan - Fairy Tale Fixer"", written and illustrated entirely"
"several decades with roles in movies and television. She may be best known for her role as Mrs. Tate in the 2002 movie Antwone Fisher. Nelson was born on December 17, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, to James and Evelyn (formerly Hines) Nelson. Her father was a pastor and a taxi driver. Her mother was an executive assistant at magazine publisher Women's Wear Daily. An African American, she attended the predominantly white Brooklyn College in the late 1950s, majoring in biochemistry. She took a speech class, which was an acting course, and was asked to perform in a play. For"