I adored her and not because she was cute and sexy in the Star Wars Movies. She was funny, insightful and smart. She was a woman whose contributions grew as her beauty faded. May the Force remain with her.
Behind her beauty and delicate countenance was a fiercely strong woman who battled back at whatever life threw at her. After all these years, I'm still bedazzled by her beauty transmitted through flickering hologram. RIP Princess Leia. . .
Very sad... I had a second crack at Star Wars because my son loves it so much. He knows all the characters from all seven movies. It's been great to watch them all over again with him. I liked how she said this to Han Solo: "Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerf-herder!" That's when he fell in love! Ha... She was good at acting bemused/shocked at Solo's advances...
And now her mom This wasn't her screen debut, but this is when 18 year-old Debbie Reynolds became a star.
Carrie Only my spirit knows how long It is not a question of time For the time around the sun is not how we love It is not time that measures sadness It is only that it is How can something like this feeling need a body? I only know how it shakes when you are not around Chilled by the air It cannot change the season Parched by the sun It cannot make it rain Hurt by pain It cannot make it stop No, it cannot It can only live with the things it cannot control But wherever I may wander it follows Or does it lead? How can I know if I cannot hold it in my hands Can you tell me my friend now that you're gone?
If interested POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990) was Carrie's story of her relationship with her mom -Debbie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100395/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Can't say I liked her; I never met her. I did think she was pretty decent as an actress in a couple of supporting roles. I note with interest that her autopsy revealed heroin, coke and ecstasy in her bloodstream at the time of death. A number of my criminal clients are detected as using those and they get to go to prison or rehab and community supervision. She was a celebrity and got a free ride. Hope it was worth it.