forty years? forty years i thought i d wait. so you were having an affair with harrison ford. i was? well you say it. yes i did. how did that stay a secret for forty years. i was good at that wasn t i. reporter: born in beverly hills. i was primarily brought up my by mother, but i saw mathiew father. in all manner of self medication, including taking pills to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. so you feel better but you are fat. so what you gain is a loss. it is not a good situation. she spoke about being bipolar. and married in the eighties. years later giving birth to a
reporter: with all manner of self-medication including taking bills to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. 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 shockohol shockoholic. fisher was briefly married to paul simon in 1980s. years later she gave birth to a daughter billy katherine with her relationship with brian lor lorry. she debuted. and in soap dish. and as meg ryan s white cracking friend in when harry met sally. someone is staring at you in personal growth. reporter: nothing could or would perhaps loom larger on screen than fisher in star
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.
thought of in the the car one day driving back from palm springs with the music up loud. reporter: she turned her acclaimed book into a movie starring meryl streep as a recovering addict embroiled in constant often funny mother/daughter drama. remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those i do not lift my skirt up! it twirled up! reporter: fisher poked fun at the absurdities of show biz life and all manner of self-medication, including taking pills to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gain sore so whether you feel 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 ay ha shockaholic. fisher was briefly married to
reporter: fisher poked fun at about sturdies of show business life and all manners of self-medication including taking pills to control her emotions. any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. whether you feel better, then you re fat. so what you gain is a loss. it s just it s not a good situation. reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor. also writing, wishful drinking, and shockaholishockaholic. seemed no lack of material. after all, elizabeth taylor became her stp mother when eddie fisher remarried. briefly married to paul simon in the 80s, later gave birth to a daughter, billie kath african her relationship with agent bryan lourd and debuted in shampoo. i m like my mother. fisher land add mish-mash of movie roles, some stinkers, under the rainbow, hollywood vice squad. you have names for every part