Tricia Leigh Fisher is an American

United States

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 actress and singer.

Early life

Fisher was born in Burbank, California

Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....

 to singer Eddie Fisher

Eddie Fisher (singer)

Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher , was an American entertainer. He was one of the world's most famous and successful singers in the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show. His divorce from his first wife, Debbie Reynolds, to marry his best friend's widow, Elizabeth Taylor, garnered...

 and actress Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles in the television series Hawaiian Eye and other TV and film work.-Early life:...

. Her older sister is actress Joely Fisher

Joely Fisher

Joely Fisher is an American actress best known for her work on television as Paige Clark on Ellen as well as Joy Stark in the Fox sitcom Til Death, and also on stage and in films.-Background:...

. Other siblings include half brother Todd Fisher and half-sister actress Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher

Carrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge, for which she wrote the screenplay to the film of the same name, and her...

 of Star Wars

Star Wars

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fame, whose mother is actress Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds is an American actress, singer, and dancer.She was initially signed at age 16 by Warner Bros., but her career got off to a slow start. When her contract was not renewed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave her a small, but significant part in the film Three Little Words , then signed her to...

. Fisher's parents divorced when she was a baby, and she, along with her sister Joely, were raised by Stevens. As children, both Tricia and Joely began performing on stage

Theatre

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 in their mother's Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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 show. They toured the world with their mother, attending many different schools and having tutor

Tutor

A tutor is a person employed in the education of others, either individually or in groups. To tutor is to perform the functions of a tutor.-Teaching assistance:...

s. Both girls would go on to attend Beverly Hills High School

Beverly Hills High School

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.

Acting

Fisher made her debut in the 1985 crime

Crime film

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 drama

Drama

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 Stick, starring Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...

, Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress and former fashion model.She is known for starring in two TV series, as the title character on the situation comedy Murphy Brown , for which she won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards; and as Shirley Schmidt on the comedy-drama Boston Legal...

, George Segal

George Segal

George Segal is an American film, stage and television actor.-Early life:George Segal, Jr. was born in 1934 Great Neck, Long Island, New York, the son of Fannie Blanche and George Segal, Sr. He was educated at George School, a private Quaker preparatory boarding school near Newtown, Bucks County,...

, and Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Charles Durning is an American actor. With appearances in over 100 films, Durning's memorable roles include police officers in the Oscar-winning The Sting and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon , along with the comedies Tootsie, To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the last two...

. She then starred as Daphne Ziegler in the 1986 comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

, Pretty Smart

Pretty Smart

Pretty Smart is a 1987 American comedy-drama film starring Tricia Leigh Fisher and Patricia Arquette. It was directed by Dimitri Logothetis. It was Arquette's first film.-Plot:...

. In 1987, Fisher appeared in the television movie

Television movie

A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

 Strange Voices, opposite Valerie Harper

Valerie Harper

Valerie Harper is an American actress, known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for her starring roles on the sitcoms Rhoda and Valerie.-Early life and career:Harper was born at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Rockland County,...

. The following year, she landed a role in the TV movie Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis, opposite Bob Denver

Bob Denver

Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor known for his roles as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island and the beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.-Early life:Denver was born in New Rochelle, New York, and raised in...

. In 1989, Fisher appeared in two movies, Hollywood Chaos and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. is a 1989 comedy horror film, directed by David K. Irving, written by M. Kane Jeeves and stars Brian Robbins, Tricia Leigh Fisher and Bianca Jagger.-Plot:...

, followed by roles in the 1990 comedy, Book of Love

Book of Love (1990 film)

Book of Love is a 1990 romantic comedy film directed by New Line Cinema producer Robert Shaye. It is based on the autobiographical novel Jack in the Box by William Kotzwinkle .The film was originally PG-13, but subsequent DVD releases have been the R-rated Director's Cut Book of Love is a 1990...

and Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream is a 1993 film directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway.-Plot:Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo...

starring Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...

, Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

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, and Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...

.

In addition to Fisher's work in movies, she has also made guest appearances on Our House

Our House (NBC TV series)

Our House is an American television drama series that aired on NBC for two seasons from September 11, 1986 to May 8, 1988. The series centers on the Witherspoon family and the challenges they face adjusting to life with three generations living in the same house.- Synopsis :After his son dies, Gus...

, Growing Pains

Growing Pains

Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...

, Ellen

Ellen (TV series)

Ellen is a U.S. television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, producing 109 episodes.The theme song, "So Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas...

, Wild Card

Wild Card (TV series)

Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.-Synopsis:...

, 7th Heaven

7th Heaven

7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...

, and 'Til Death

'Til Death

’Til Death is an American sitcom which aired on the Fox network from September 7, 2006, to June 20, 2010. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, who were also the writers and executive-producers...

.

On October 7, 2006, Fisher was honored at The Thalians 51st Anniversary Ball along with producer Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...

, her mother Connie Stevens, and her sister Joely Fisher. They performed together at the event at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California.

Music

Fisher performed the theme song for her 1986 movie Pretty Smart, and released a self-titled debut album for Atco Records

Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...

 in 1990. The track, "Empty Beach", was released from the album and was a modest hit. Fisher has not released any other albums to date.

Personal life

Fisher has a son, Holden Chabot, from a previous relationship. On August 12, 2007, Fisher married actor/singer Byron Thames

Byron Thames

Byron Thames is an American television and film actor and musician.-Career:Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he relocated shortly after his birth to New Orleans, Louisiana, he moved to Hollywood, California with his mother at age eight to pursue a career as an actor.After meeting actor/director...

 in a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 wedding ceremony.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Stick	Katie
1987	Pretty Smart Pretty Smart Pretty Smart is a 1987 American comedy-drama film starring Tricia Leigh Fisher and Patricia Arquette. It was directed by Dimitri Logothetis. It was Arquette's first film.-Plot:...	Daphne Ziegler
1989	Hollywood Chaos
1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. is a 1989 comedy horror film, directed by David K. Irving, written by M. Kane Jeeves and stars Brian Robbins, Tricia Leigh Fisher and Bianca Jagger.-Plot:...	Katie
1990	Book of Love Book of Love (1990 film) Book of Love is a 1990 romantic comedy film directed by New Line Cinema producer Robert Shaye. It is based on the autobiographical novel Jack in the Box by William Kotzwinkle .The film was originally PG-13, but subsequent DVD releases have been the R-rated Director's Cut Book of Love is a 1990...	Gina Gabooch
1993	Arizona Dream Arizona Dream Arizona Dream is a 1993 film directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway.-Plot:Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo...	Lindy	Uncredited
1994	Hostile Intentions	Maureen
1994	I'll Do Anything I'll Do Anything I'll Do Anything is a 1994 American dramedy film written and directed by James L. Brooks. Its primary plot concerns a down-on-his-luck actor who suddenly finds himself the sole caretaker of his six-year-old daughter.-Synopsis:...	Airplane Passenger
1997	Men Seeking Women	Amanda	Alternative title: The Bet
2009	Saving Grace B. Jones	Ella Jean Jones

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	One Big Family	Melinda Clarke	Episode: "Image Breaker"
1986	Our House	Bonnie	Episode: "Different Habits"
1987	Time Out for Dad	Shelley Kowalski	Television movie
1987	Strange Voices	Lisa Glover	Television movie
1988	Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis	Chatsie	Television movie
1988	Growing Pains Growing Pains Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...	C.J. Powell	Episode: "Nude Photos"
1996	The Making of a Hollywood Madam	Heidi Fleiss Heidi Fleiss Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media. She is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam"....	Television movie
1996– 1998	Ellen Ellen (TV series) Ellen is a U.S. television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, producing 109 episodes.The theme song, "So Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas...	Joanie Megan	Episodes: "Lobster Diary" "Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (Part 2)"
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...	Julia	Episode: "The Tractor"
1999	Love American Style	Amy	Television movie
2001	These Old Broads These Old Broads These Old Broads is a 2001 television film written by Carrie Fisher and starring her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor in her final film role...	Hooker	Television movie
2001	The Huntress The Huntress (TV series) The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.-Cast:*Annette...	Cashier	Episode: "The Quest: Part 2"
2003	Wild Card Wild Card (TV series) Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.-Synopsis:...	Nicolette	Episode: "Backstabbed"
2004	7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...	Mrs. Shearers	Episode: "Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do"
2007– 2010	'Til Death 'Til Death ’Til Death is an American sitcom which aired on the Fox network from September 7, 2006, to June 20, 2010. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, who were also the writers and executive-producers...	Denise	10 episodes

Singles

• 1990: "Empty Beach"
• 1990: "Let's Make the Time"
• 1990: "My Heart Holds On"/"Good As Gold"^‡

‡ Japan release only

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