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Father --. fisher wove her experience as the kid who struggled with addiction into a best selling comedic novel postcards from the edge. >> i think of that as sort of the edge. the obsession. and i thought of it in the car one day. >> and fisher turned the book into a movie starring meryl streep. >> remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those people, including that guy michael. >> i did -- it twirled up. >> reporter: pokes fun at the absurdities of the showbiz life and all manner of the medication. >> any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. so you feel b...

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...

>> 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...

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Harrison ford. >> i was -- >> well, you say it. >> yes, i did. >> how did that stay a secret for 40 years? >> i was good at that, wasn't i? >> reporter: fisher was born in beverly hills, mother actress debbie reynolds, father singer eddie fisher. >> i was primarily brought up by my mother but i saw my father. >> reporter: fisher in showbiz life in 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 bipola...