The report also stated that the investigation was unable to determine when she had taken the drugs, and whether they contributed to her death. [4], In 1990, Columbia Pictures released a film version of Postcards from the Edge, adapted for the screen by Fisher and starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. [118] "Drugs made me feel more normal", she explained to Psychology Today in 2001. The 60-year-old … The event was streamed live on Reynolds' website. [85] Director Rian Johnson has stated that many of Fisher's own ideas made it into the film, and that she supplied a few of Leia's lines. Her mother is honorary Oscar winner Debbie Reynolds, and her father is singer Eddie Fisher. "It was so intense," the 60-year-old actress told People magazine. [140][141][b] On January 5, 2017, a joint private memorial was held for Fisher and Reynolds. [151] Fisher and Reynolds were also both featured in the 89th Academy Awards In Memoriam segment. Fisher's memoir, The Princess Diarist, was released in November 2016. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). [153] The 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi was dedicated to her memory. [67] She was among the featured performers at the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne, which aired in August 2012. [120] At one point, she received ECT every six weeks to "blow apart the cement" in her brain. "[71] Host Jane Lynch joked that Fisher was there to add perspective to Roseanne's struggles with weight and drugs. [6] She earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. 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