@famouslygraving: Carrie Frances Fisher (1956-2016) was an American actress, writer, and cultural icon. She played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films and reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. She also wrote the screenplay for the movie based on her book, Postcards from the Edge. Fisher's 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 in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2007) and the Channel 4 series Catastrophe (2017). Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its non-fiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the play. She wrote the screenplay for the film version of Postcards from the Edge which garnered her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and her one-woman stage show of Wishful Drinking received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Fisher worked on other writers' screenplays as a script doctor, including tightening the scripts for Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Wedding Singer (1998), and many of the films from the Star Wars franchise, among others. An Entertainment Weekly article from May 1992 described Fisher as "one of the most sought-after doctors in town." Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She passed away at the age of 60, from a heart attack, the next day her mother passed from a stroke. They are buried together at Forest Lawn Hollywood hills

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