Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher’s first public bow was a Louella Parsons column announcing “the most welcome baby in the world”. Carrie was a foetus. Her father, Eddie Fisher, was still hoping for a boy. Six months later, Debbie gave birth just before the premiere of her and Eddie\u2019s first, and only, film \u2013 the appropriately titled romance Bundle of Joy \u2013 and Louella was proven correct. Infant Carrie was born to two young and ill-matched stars and an extended family of hundreds of loving fans who swamped her with stuffed animals and dresses. Debbie pasted six-week-old Carrie\u2019s cards into a scrapbook to say: \u201cSee all the commotion you caused!\u201d<\/p>\n
– The enduring icon of the swinging 60s<\/p>\n
– The \u2018most painted woman in the world\u2019<\/p>\n
– Australia\u2019s \u2018million-dollar mermaid\u2019<\/p>\n
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Fans didn\u2019t see Debbie and Carrie\u2019s farewell partnership in the film Bright Lights until after both mother and daughter had died, just 24 hours apart in the last days of 2016. \u201cWe\u2019re here with a woman who alleges to be my mother,\u201d says Carrie in the documentary\u2019s droll opening line. \u201cI don\u2019t buy it for a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n
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