The Sweetest Throwback Photos of Billie Lourd with Mother Carrie Fisher and Grandma Debbie Reynolds

Grace GavilanesWed, October 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC

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Actress Carrie Fisher, who died on Dec. 27, 2016, was incredibly close with her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, who died one day later, on Dec. 28, 2016 — and both doted on Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd, herself an actress and now a mother to son Kingston Fisher, 6, and daughter Jackson Joanne, 3.

In the years since their deaths, Lourd has kept their memory alive with sweet tributes on Instagram, as well as sharing their work with her children — including screening Star Wars, in which Fisher played Princess Leia, for her children on Star Wars day last year.

On the anniversary of Fisher’s death last December, Lourd (whose father is Fisher’s ex Bryan Lourd) shared how her children helped her manage her grief.

While has previously opened up about how her death anniversary is sometimes like “an emotional tropical storm” that “pours rain a lot of the day,” the actress has also shared how losing her mother has helped her relish the happy moments in life as well.

On what would have been Fisher’s 70th birthday today, look back at sweet photos of Lourd with Fisher and Reynolds, whom she has described as her “favorite people.”

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Cuddles with Mom

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“I’m a very distinct personality, definitely different from both of them,” Lourd told PEOPLE of her mother and grandmother. “Well, it’s something you learn through generations. I think I’ve learned to balance my life and my work in a different way than they were able to do, and that was also a product of the times.”

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Down and Dirty

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On the fifth anniversary of Fisher’s death, Lourd wrote a post about her grief, including a powerful bit about listening to the song “Landslide” and having it affect her differently now.

“We loved to sing. We loved Fleetwood Mac,” she wrote. “We loved this song. It echoed in our living room throughout my childhood, playing slightly too loudly as she scribbled her marvelous manic musings on yellow legal pads ... I didn’t know who to be or what to do after my mom died. I was afraid of changing because I had built my life around her. Then she was gone. And I had to rebuild my life without her. And it wasn’t (and still isn’t) easy. But time has made me bolder. I never stop missing her but I have gotten stronger with each passing year.”

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Oh, Baby

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In 2019, Lourd shared this photo with the following caption: “Happy holidays! (But also sad/emotional/weird/stressful holidays!) Sending my love to everyone who has lost someone they loved and is missing them a little extra today. I see you. It’s okay if everything ain’t all merry and bright. It can be a mix of all of it. And it’s all okay. Feel all the feelings - the good and the not so good. Eat something delish they used to love. Put on one of their favorite songs. Tell a story about them. Cry about them. Call one of their friends you haven’t talked to in a while. Be kind and patient with yourself.”

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Billie Lourd and Debbie Reynolds

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Lourd (having a silly moment with her grandma, whom she called Abadaba, a nod to her early career hit “Aba Daba Honeymoon,”) recently showed her kids Singing in the Rain.

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Pick Up Service

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Billie got a lift from her mom at the 1999 premiere of Tarzan.

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Fun with Mom

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“She was the greatest, funniest person ever. She was my best f---ing friend ever. There’s no one who will ever be as funny as she is,” Lourd told PEOPLE. “She was just — she is amazing.”

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Catwalkers

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The three stars strutted their stuff at the 2nd annual Runway for Life Celebrity Fashion Show to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 2003.

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Nothing But Love

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Though they were incredibly close while raising Lourd, Reynolds and Fisher did have a complicated relationship as a result of Reynolds’ stardom while Fisher was young, including an estrangement in the 1980s.

“It took like 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me,” Reynolds told PEOPLE in 1988. “I don’t know what the problem ever was. I’ve had to work at it. I’ve always been a good mother, but I’ve always been in show business, and I’ve been onstage, and I don’t bake cookies, and I don’t stay home.”

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Aloha!

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“Today I am griefful (griefy but grateful). I watch the magic that is my son and daughter and I know she is a piece of that magic. And I feel all the things. The grief. The joy. The longing. The magic. The emptiness. The fullness. And it all coexists in a profound way. Sending my love to everyone out there who needs it,” Lourd captioned this photo on the anniversary of her mother’s death.

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Keeping the Legacy

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Lourd, Reynolds and Fisher struck a pose during TNT’s 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2015, where Reynolds was honored with the SAG Life Achievement award.

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Big Day

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“My mom would’ve been 68 today. Dead person birthdays are weird to say the least. On my mom’s birthday every year, I try to celebrate her as much as possible, but today I really wanted to celebrate her with her,” Lourd captioned this photo.

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Back in the Day

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“She is with me every day - she infuses my joyful moments with even more joy,” Lourd said of her mom. “As I tell my son, she lives in the stars - and she damn sure makes my life sparkle.”

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Generations

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For the launch of Debbie Reynolds’ new Hollywood memorabilia exhibit in 2011, her daughter and granddaughter showed their support.

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Tight Squeeze

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The Scream Queens actress supported her legendary mom at the Hollywood premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.

“I’m always proud of my mother; she’s killing it right now,” Billie (who also had a role in the film) told PEOPLE in 2016. “She’s incredible.”

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Ballooning with Joy

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The three had a happy moment in this black-and-white birthday throwback photo.

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All in the Family

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Lourd told PEOPLE she credited her mother and grandmother for her acting chops. “I’d say definitely the comedy is in the genetics. They were better at it than me. I can do a fair bit of tap dancing, not as good as ... young Debbie Reynolds, but that’s also in the genes, although my mom kind of sucked at tap dancing,”

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Learning the Rope

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Lourd spoke at her mother’s posthumous ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “I feel so lucky that even though they won’t get to meet my mom, they will get to know a piece of her through Leia,” she said. “And I will get to tell them that the little lady in the TV is my Momby, their Grandmomby. Leia has become a family heirloom, and not just for my family.”

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Big Smiles

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Lourd told PEOPLE that while she initially tried to create a unique path for herself from her famous predecessors, since their death, she loves that acting brings her closer to them.

“I guess I just tried to separate myself from them while they were alive and now I feel like I kind of I am kind of trying to do the opposite. I try to connect myself to them because I miss them.”

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Just the Three of Us

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While discussing Reynolds with PEOPLE before her death, Lourd praised her grandmother’s work ethic.

“She’s had such an incredible career, and she’s done so many shows that people don’t even know about. She performs in Reno, she performs all over the country. It’s an incredible thing for people to see what a full star she is. She really does it all.”

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Feeling Zen

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The two shared a “#zenFriday” in 2013.

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Red Carpet Posers

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At the 2016 premiere of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Fisher and Lourd mugged for the cameras.

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Down Memory Lane

Billie Lourd photo with her parents Bryan Lourd and Carrie FisherCredit: Billie Lourd/Instagram

To commemorate the ninth anniversary of her mom’s death, Lourd shared this rare throwback photo of herself, sandwiched between her parents.

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Over There

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For Mother’s Day 2026, Lourd shared this sweet throwback photo and reflected on how grieving her mother has made her appreciate life and all the joyful in a different way.

“Losing my mom at such a young age has given me an appreciation for all the joy in life I never had before,” she wrote, in part. “And an understanding that all that joy would not exist if my mom did not exist. And my life wouldn’t be what it is if I did not lose her when I did.”

She continued, “I miss her every single day but her magic is with me every day through the magic that is the life I’ve created with my husband and children. She is just like the thing she loved the most - glitter - we will thankfully never be able to wash her off and she makes our lives sparkle every single day.”

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