Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Courtney Love were among the stars paying tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds at what was believed to be a private memorial service.

The service was being held in a compound in Coldwater Canyon in Los Angeles, and other famous names who were spotted included Jamie Lee Curtis, Ellen Barkin and Ed Begley Jr.

Streep was pictured carrying a bunch of white roses as she entered the compound, which has security guards posted at two points - one appearing to be the entrance and the other an exit.

Actor Stephen Fry and his husband, Elliott Spencer, were seen walking in the grounds of the compound.

During the arrivals of the many people paying tribute to the mother and daughter, a fan walked up to the gate to lay a bunch of white roses outside the entrance.