Carrie Fisher: a life on the edge

Introduction: famous for simply being herself

Hollywood baby

A complicated childhood

From Broadway to Beatty to Britain

Princess Leia becomes the toast of young New York

The fabulous life of the girl in the metal bikini

"She burned like a bride"

A writer who acts

"When I love, I love for miles"

"I am mentally ill. I can say that"

The warrior in the war zone

Working through anything

A year from hell, a year of final kindness.