reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor also writing wishful drinking and shockaholic. she was briefly married to paul simon in the 1980s. years later she gave birth to a daughter from her relationship with agent brian lorde. she debuted in the acclaimed film shampoo. in between the star wars movies fisher landed a number of meaty soles. in soap dish . and as meg ryan s wise-cracking friend in when harry met sally. someone s staring at you in personal growth. reporter: but nothing could or would loom larger than fisher in star wars. transported you. it was extraordinary entertainment film making. do you like the princess? i have her over sometimes. she s a little pitchy, you know. carrie fisher was 60. and another great one-liner from carrie fisher. she also told ellen degeneres
secret for 40 years? i was good at that, wasn t i? reporter: fisher was born in beverly hills, mother debbie reynolds and father singer eddie fisher. i was primarily brought up by my mother, but i saw my father. reporter: fisher poked fun at the absurdities of show biz life and all manners of self-medication, including taking piste to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. whether you feel better, but then you re fat. so what you gain is a loss. it s not a good situation. reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor also writing wish ffl drinking and shockaholic. she was briefly married to paul simon in the 1980s. years later she gave birth to a daughter from her relationship with agent brian lord. she debuted in the acclaimed film shampoo. in between the star wars movies fisher landed a number of meaty roles. in soap dish. i think we found our way. and as meg ryan s wise-cracking friend in when
fisher with the proshowbiz life all manner of self-medication, including taking pills to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. you feel better but you re fat. what you gain is a loss. it s not a good situation. reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and also writing wishful drinking and shockaholic. fisher was briefly married to single paul simon in the 1980s. years later she gave birth to a daughter billy katherine from her relationship with brian lore. she debuted in shampoo. in between the star wars movies fisher landed a number of many roles in 80 soap dish and in meg ryan s white cracking friend in when harry met sally. someone is staring at you in personal growth. reporter: but nothing could, would or perhaps loom large on screen than fisher in star wars. it transport you.
up in front of all those people. it twirled up! reporter: she poked fun at show biz light and all manner of self-medication including taking pills to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. so you feel better, but then you re fat. so what you gain is a loss. it s not a good situation. reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor. also writing wishful drinking, and shock-a-hollic. elizabeth taylor became her stepfather. she was briefly married to paul simon and years later gave birth to a daughter billie catherine. she debuted in the film shampoo. in between the star wars movies fisher landed a mish-mash of movie roles. some stinkers. under the rainbow. hollywood vice squad.