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How Billie Lourd Felt Closer to Late Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Billie Lourd said her ‘cathartic’ experience working on ‘The Last Showgirl’ made her feel closer to her late mother, Carrie Fisher, and grandmother, Debbie Reynolds.

(Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP)Taking to the stage alongside costars Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis at The Last Showgirl ’s premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, September 7, Lourd revealed just how much the experience meant to her. The Last Showgirl stars Anderson as Las Vegas entertainer Shelley, who must reconcile with her new reality after her show unexpectedly closes after 30 years. Fisher was most well known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films while Reynolds shot to fame in Hollywood’s golden age, performing in classics such as Singin’ In The Rain(1952) and How the West Was Won(1962).

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