A best-selling book and a hit Hollywood movie brought Meryl Streep and Carrie Fisher together
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In “Postcards From The Edge,” character Suzanne Vale, who was an actress, grew up with a celebrity mother, found her own fame early in life, and then struggled with addiction, just as Fisher did. When Suzanne is released from rehab, her flamboyant mother takes her in and their relationship is examined. Suzanne is the Carrie Fisher character, while mother Doris is loosely based on Debbie Reynolds. Meryl Streep – who’s had a stunning transformation — played Suzanne and Shirley MacLaine was Doris (via Rotten Tomatoes). That was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. In fact, Fisher and Streep became so close thanks to “Postcards,” that she made Streep godmother to her daughter, Billie Lourd, according to TheThings.
In 2004, The American Film Institute gave Streep a Lifetime Achievement Award and Fisher was there to pay tribute. This is the story Fisher told about her friend. “So, I was staying with Meryl last summer for a few days when she asked me to help her out in her garden. It seemed that a certain type of bug was shamelessly eating her raspberry plants, and something had to be done and quickly. It appeared Meryl and I were gonna have to kill some insects. She was this vicious bug crusher without conscience. I learned something that day: don’t mess with Meryl.” (via Cheat Sheet) Years later, at Fisher’s memorial in 2017, Streep sang “Happy Days Are Here Again,” according to Global News – a beautiful tribute to a meaningful friendship.
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A best-selling book and a hit Hollywood movie brought Meryl Streep and Carrie Fisher together
Christopher Polk/Getty Images
In “Postcards From The Edge,” character Suzanne Vale, who was an actress, grew up with a celebrity mother, found her own fame early in life, and then struggled with addiction, just as Fisher did. When Suzanne is released from rehab, her flamboyant mother takes her in and their relationship is examined. Suzanne is the Carrie Fisher character, while mother Doris is loosely based on Debbie Reynolds. Meryl Streep – who’s had a stunning transformation — played Suzanne and Shirley MacLaine was Doris (via Rotten Tomatoes). That was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. In fact, Fisher and Streep became so close thanks to “Postcards,” that she made Streep godmother to her daughter, Billie Lourd, according to TheThings.
In 2004, The American Film Institute gave Streep a Lifetime Achievement Award and Fisher was there to pay tribute. This is the story Fisher told about her friend. “So, I was staying with Meryl last summer for a few days when she asked me to help her out in her garden. It seemed that a certain type of bug was shamelessly eating her raspberry plants, and something had to be done and quickly. It appeared Meryl and I were gonna have to kill some insects. She was this vicious bug crusher without conscience. I learned something that day: don’t mess with Meryl.” (via Cheat Sheet) Years later, at Fisher’s memorial in 2017, Streep sang “Happy Days Are Here Again,” according to Global News – a beautiful tribute to a meaningful friendship.
In 2004, The American Film Institute gave Streep a Lifetime Achievement Award and Fisher was there to pay tribute. This is the story Fisher told about her friend.
“So, I was staying with Meryl last summer for a few days when she asked me to help her out in her garden. It seemed that a certain type of bug was shamelessly eating her raspberry plants, and something had to be done and quickly. It appeared Meryl and I were gonna have to kill some insects. She was this vicious bug crusher without conscience. I learned something that day: don’t mess with Meryl.” (via Cheat Sheet)
Years later, at Fisher’s memorial in 2017, Streep sang “Happy Days Are Here Again,” according to Global News – a beautiful tribute to a meaningful friendship.
