Louise Lasser death: Mary Hartman star and second wife of Woody Allen dies at 87 – UK Times

Louise Lasser, the actor best known as the star of the Norman Lear sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and for her collaborations with her ex-husband Woody Allen, has died. She was 87.

The New York-born actor appeared in several of Allen’s films, including Take the Money and Run and Bananas. Later in her career, she played the elderly artist Beadie in three episodes of Lena Dunham’s hit HBO series Girls.

Her friend Susan Charlotte told The Hollywood Reporter that Lasser died Monday of natural causes at her home in Manhattan.

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