Carrie Fisher Biography

Fast Facts

• Began appearing in her mother's Las Vegas act at the age of 12
• Made her film debut in Shampoo (1975)
• Penned several bestsellers, including Postcards From the Edge and Surrender the Pink
• She won the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel for Postcards
• Spoke publicly about her battles with drug addiction and bipolar disorder; also revealed that she had undergone electroshock therapy
• Addressed state legislators about mental-health issues
• Wrote and performed a one-woman play, Wishful Drinking, beginning in L
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• in 2006; it eventually opened on Broadway
• A book of the same name followed in 2008