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.