American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)

Carrie Fisher

Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the latter using unreleased footage from The Force Awakens. Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008).

Born

1956

October 21

Died

2016

Era

1950s

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Carrie, in brief

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Key dates

1956 Born
2016 Died

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310 Sixty-five days after being exiled by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, Pope Eusebius dies.
685 Election of Pope Conon following the death of Pope John V.
1094 El Cid and his forces defeat a larger army of the Almoravids in the battle of Cuarte.
1096 A Seljuk Turkish army successfully ambushes the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.

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The world in 1956

When Carrie arrived

april 19 Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
april 26 SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
april 3 Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
april 30 Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

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Also born on October 21

Alfred Nobel 1833–1896 Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833) Brent Hayden 1983– Canadian swimmer Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917) Georg Solti 1912–1997 Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997) Joey Harrington 1978– American football player and sportscaster Keith Green 1953–1982 American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1953) Ken Watanabe 1959– Japanese actor and producer Lavinia Miloșovici 1976– Romanian gymnast Mary Blair 1911– American illustrator and animator (died 1978)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1956

Aldo Nova 1956– Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Andreas Floer 1956–1991 German mathematician and academic (died 1991) Angelika Machinek 1956–2006 German glider pilot (died 2006) Ashoke Sen 1956– Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist Bernard Sumner 1956– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Bernie Wagenblast 1956– transportation journalist, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter Bill Emmott 1956– English journalist and author Bob Saget 1956–2022 American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956) Cathy Jamieson 1956– Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice

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