Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher has been laid to rest alongside her mother Debbie Reynolds, with her ashes carried to the funeral in a Prozac pill urn.

Family and friends of the star, best known for playing Princess Leia in the film series, said it was a fitting tribute to a woman who was open about her mental health problems.

The actresses were laid to rest during a private funeral service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

Todd Fisher, Carrie's brother and Debbie's son, took his sister's ashes to the service in the oversized Prozac ornament, which he said was her "favourite possession".

Image: Debbie Reynolds suffered a suspected stroke just a day after her daughter passed away

The drug, which is used to treat depression, was a reference to Fisher's bipolar disorder and the star's work as a mental health advocate.


"Carrie's favourite possession was a giant Prozac pill that she brought home years ago," Mr Fisher said.

"She loved it. It was in her house and Billie (Fisher's daughter) and I felt it was where she would want to be."

"Carrie would like that. It was her favourite thing and so that's how you do it."

Image: The funeral procession arrives at Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Mr Fisher said the funeral service was "fitting" and "beautiful" and paid tribute to his mother and sister, saying there was "so much of them" left behind.

"My sister's words, and all the movies and all the things that they created, and that's what we need to remember," he said.

"My mother was one of the most giving people with charities and every which way you can look.

"And my sister, of course, was also another one that was giving."

Image: Gwyneth Paltrow was among a number of stars who attended the memorial service

Carrie Fisher worked to eliminate the stigma around mental illness and also spoke openly of her battle with substance abuse.

In 2013, she revealed her father and Hollywood star Eddie Fisher was also bipolar.

She said: "I recognised that something was wrong with him when I was 14 and he said 'Come see what I got in Asia'.

"He had gotten 180 silk suits in every different colour. My father was a drug addict, so I knew that I was like him."

Image: Actor Ed Begley Jr arrives for the private memorial service

Fisher died on 27 December, four days after suffering a heart attack during a flight from London to Los Angeles.

Reynolds, a star in her own right who was thrust into the limelight when she starred alongside Gene Kelly in the 1952 classic Singin' in the Rain, passed away just a day later.

A day before the funeral service friends and family gathered to mourn the pair at Fisher's estate in Coldwater Canyon, Los Angeles.