Beyond Carrie Fisher's role as Princess Leia, the actress left other remembered characters that should not be overlooked.
On December 27, 2016, while sleeping on a flight from London to Los Angeles, Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack as a result of sleep apnea. The popular actress was 60 years old and she was filming and promoting the last three films of the Star Wars franchise where she had returned to give life to Princess Leia.
Six years after her death, we suggest you remember her with five movies, which are not Star Wars but are worth watching.
Shampoo (1975)
Tape that marks the film debut of Carrie Fisher and starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.
The story centers on George, a handsome hairdresser from Los Angeles whose dream is to run his own hair salon in Beverly Hills. Set in 1968, the film masterfully portrays the political atmosphere of the time and the government of Richard Nixon from his assumption of power until his resignation after the Watergate case.
The Blues Brothers (1980)
After spending years in jail for armed robbery, Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released for good behavior. He leaves prison dressed the same way he entered: a black suit and a hat and dark glasses. Dressed identically, his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) awaits him at the prison gate, informing him that the Santa Elena orphanage, the only home they have ever known, is in danger of disappearing for financial reasons. Without hesitating for a moment, the brothers get down to work.
Considered one of the best comedies of the '80s, the film features an all-star cast and the most iconic songs of the era. Among the figures that participated was Carrie Fisher, who plays a brief but well-remembered scene on the tape as Mystery Woman, a woman who wants to kill the protagonists, but then falls at the feet of Jake Blues.
Hannah and her sisters (1986)
Woody Allen's classic tells the story of three sisters with very different characters, daughters of an actor's marriage, who maintain a close relationship with each other. The eldest, Hannah (Mia Farrow), the one with the strongest character, is married to a wealthy businessman and her life seems balanced, perfect. Successful actress, exemplary wife, and mother, she has become the center of gravity of the whole family. Holly (Dianne Wiest), the second, sensitive and unstable, dreams of being an actress. Lee (Barbara Hershey), the youngest, is an ex-alcoholic who lives in a Soho garret with a much older minimalist painter. Far less fortunate than Hannah, her sisters often turn to her when they need advice or have financial problems. But this situation begins to falter when Elliot, Hannah's husband, falls in love with one of his wife's sisters.
Here Fisher plays April, a friend of Holly's (Wiest) who ends up becoming a rival.
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) are two college students who meet by chance when she offers to give Harry a ride in her car. During the trip they talk about friendship between people of different s*x and their opinions are completely divergent: while Harry is convinced that friendship between a man and a woman is impossible, Sally believes the opposite. Despite this, the years pass and their relationship continues.
Carrie Fisher gives life here to Marie, Sally's best friend and confidante, one of the most complete and fun roles in the film and with which the actress showed that she could be much more than just Princess Leia.
Austin Powers: International Agent of Mystery (1997)
The first adventure of Austin Powers (Mike Myers), a peculiar and attractive spy from the sixties, whose main enemy is Doctor Maligno (also played by Myers). After being both subjected to a freezing process, they wake up thirty years later in a completely different society from the one they knew. Nevertheless, they are still the same.
In the film, Carrie plays a therapist who leads a group session in hopes of helping parents and children reconnect with each other.
