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Princess leia over the years, but she was much more than that role, a gift ed actress and extraordinary writer as well. >> of course most people know her as princess leia, but she had a very successful career as an actress in other movies, including "is when harry met sally" and "the blues brothers." she wrote a one-woman show about drinking based on a memoir. she had adapted "postcards from the edge" for the film version, and she was a very well noted hollywood script doctor. she would work behind the scenes on movies like "wedding singer" and "sister act" to punch them up before they started...

But after she rose to fame in that role she had a very successful career as an actress in other movies like when harry met sally and blues brothers. but mostly was a writer. an author. postcards from the edge. and the she was also a screen writer as well. she adapted postcards from the edge for the film version and she was a very noted hollywood script doctor. she would work behind the scenes on movies like "wedding singer" and skt sister act" to bunch them before they started filming. she was very well known and well paid for that. >> off screen her candor was something she was known for. bru...

>> well, i mean, her career was shaped obviously in most people's perceptions by "star wars," but she was really a multifaceted talent and a tremendous writer. wrote books and made a very good living as a script doctor working on movies like "hook" and "the wedding singer" and punching up dialogue on those. in terms of her acting career, "star wars" came so early in her career that it probably closed some doors for her, and she played comic roles and supporting roles. but the career that she had was really shaped and in many ways defined as anthony res by "star wars." >> yeah, that seems to be...

On the revolution of this affair between the two of them, but they were clearly very close, weren't they? let's talk about that and her incredible talent as both an actress and author. >> well, yes. i mean, that was really in a way the sort of soul of the original "star wars" trilogy, that relationship. and it got much richer with the empire strikes back which was the scene we saw where that relationship took root and grew. but carrie fisher was a talented actress, but really made a name for herself in a number of different areas. she was an extremely accomplished writer. wrote a number of boo...

Very honest. in a refreshing way because it's not 134g ysomething you get in town. >> it's the honesty about the way she spoke in her own life. >> absolutely. >> nischelle, i want to ask you, her portrayal of the princess is the one we most remember but she had so much depth in her work in so many ways that people may not have been aware of. >> absolutely. i mean, she was -- she had numerous guest stars on television shows, she was a script writer, they called her the script doctor. she would come in and fix different scripts. she was a working actress. she stayed working. scott mentioned this...