According to a source close with the family, a private, small memorial will be held for Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, in Beverly Hills on Thursday. mother-and-daughter died a day apart in December in Los Angeles. Fisher was best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars series. she was 60. Reynolds, a beloved Hollywood icon whose first starring role was in Singin' in the Rain, was 84. The two lived on the same compound.