Tricia Leigh Fisher (born December 26, 1968)[1][2] is an American actress and singer.
Early life
Fisher was born in Burbank, California to singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens.[1] Her older sister is actress and singer Joely Fisher.[3] She has two half-siblings, actor and producer Todd Fisher and actress Carrie Fisher, from her father's previous marriage to actress Debbie Reynolds. Fisher's paternal grandparents were Russian-Jewish immigrants.[4][5][6][7] Her father had married five times, the third time to Stevens. Fisher's parents divorced when she was a baby and she and Joely were raised by Stevens, who never remarried. As children, both Tricia and Joely began performing on stage in their mother's Las Vegas show.[8]
On October 7, 2006, Fisher was honored at The Thalians 51st Anniversary Ball along with producer Marc Cherry, 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.[10]
In September 2011, Fisher and her husband, actor Byron Thames, appeared in her mother's Las Vegas stage show.[11] In July 2012, Fisher, her husband and children began appearing on the ABC Family reality series Beverly Hills Nannies.[12]
Music
Fisher performed the theme song for her 1986 movie Pretty Smart, and released a self-titled debut album for Atco Records in 1990. The album's single "Empty Beach", written by Dennis East, was a modest hit.[13][14]
^ ab"Names & Faces in the News: Proud Parents and Doctor". The Boston Globe. January 1, 1969. p. 2. ProQuest366933300. Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens had a new member of the family to help them make their New Year's celebration even more joyous. They took their second daughter, Tricia, home from the hospital in Burbank, Calif., where she was born last Thursday.
^Houseman, Victoria (1991). Made in Heaven: The Marriages and Children of Hollywood Stars. Chicago, IL: Bonus Books. p. 110. ISBN9780929387246. "The couple had two daughters: Joely, born October 29, 1967, and singer Tricia Leigh Fisher, born December 26, 1968. The marriage ended in divorce in Santa Monica on June 12, 1969."
^Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 702. ISBN1-55783-551-9.
