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Updated on January 08, 2026

Louise Lasser Wiki Biography

The daughter of tax specialist S. J. Lasser, comedy actress Louise Lasser must have started off lightening things up considerably in her own household. She first won notice singing in Greenwich Village dives, improvisational revues and on Broadway in the early 1960s. Probably best known as the second Mrs. Woody Allen, Louise appeared with the … 

Full NameLouise Lasser
Net Worth$1.5 Million
Date Of BirthApril 11, 1939
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Height5′ 7″ (1.7 m)
ProfessionActress, Writer
EducationBrandeis University
NationalityAmerican
SpouseWoody Allen
ParentsS. J. Lasser, Paula Lasser
IMDB
AwardsNational Board of Review Award for Best Cast
NominationsPrimetime Emmy Award for Special Classification Of Outstanding Program Achievement
MoviesEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*, Bananas, Requiem for a Dream, Take the Money and Run, What’s Up, Tiger Lily?, Blood Rage, National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers, Frankenhooker, Crimewave, Slither, In God We Tru$t, Mystery Men, Happiness, Fast Food Fast Women, Such Good Friends, Just Me and…
TV ShowsIt’s a Living, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Quote
1Mary (Hartman) is me – I mean, she’s who I would be if I had grown up in a small town and married my high school sweetheart and become a housewife instead of growing up in the big city and becoming an actress and marrying a genius.
Fact
1She is of Russian Jewish descent.
2She appeared in five films directed by her ex-husband Woody Allen: What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), Take the Money and Run (1969), Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) and Stardust Memories (1980). Only the first two were made during their marriage.
3Louise Lasser hosted at the end of the first season of “Saturday Night Live” (1975) on July 24, 1976. Lasser was said to be going through personal problems at the time and was reportedly nearly incoherent throughout the broadcast.
4Class of 1961 at Brandeis where she starred in a succession of college musicals with Margo Howard (born Margo Lederer) and Stuart Damon (of the soap General Hospital (1963)).
5Replaced Barbra Streisand in the Broadway show “I Can Get It for You Wholesale” in 1962.
6She is the former sister-in-law of Letty Aronson.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Girls2014-2015TV SeriesBeadie
Driving Me Crazy2012Shelly Petterson
Horses Eat Each Other2010ShortIrma
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2009TV SeriesConvention Attendee
Number Nine2009ShortNurse Jane
Broadway Bound2008ShortDorthy Palmer
National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers2003Doris Mundt
Wolves of Wall Street2002Landlady
Queenie in Love2001Martha
Club Land2001TV MovieFrieda Barber
Fast Food Fast Women2000Emily
Requiem for a Dream2000Ada
Mystery Men1999Violet
Happiness1998Mona Jordan
Layin’ Low1996Mrs. Muckler
Sudden Manhattan1996Dominga
The Night We Never Met1993Mrs. Winkler
Empty Nest1992TV SeriesLouise Polsky
Modern Love1990Greg’s Mom
Frankenhooker1990Jeffrey’s Mother
Rude Awakening1989Ronnie Summers
Sing1989Rosie
Surrender1987/IJoyce
Blood Rage1987Maddy
The Perils of P.K.1986
Crimewave1985Helene Trend
St. Elsewhere1984TV SeriesAunt Charise
Bedrooms1984TV MovieBetty / Loretta
Laverne & Shirley1983TV SeriesSister Margaret
Taxi1980-1982TV SeriesPhyllis Bornstein Consuelos / Phyllis Reiger
It’s a Living1981-1982TV SeriesMaggie McBurney
For Ladies Only1981TV MovieBeth Doyle
In God We Tru$t1980Mary
Stardust Memories1980Sandy’s Secretary (uncredited)
Simon1980Doris the Computer (voice, uncredited)
Just Me and You1978TV MovieJane Alofsin
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman1976-1977TV SeriesMary Hartman
Medical Center1975TV SeriesEsther Kornblum
Moe and Joe1974TV MovieMo Lambert
McCloud1974TV SeriesSgt. Maggie Philbin
Love Story1973TV SeriesElaine Kaplan
Isn’t It Shocking?1973TV MovieBlanche
Coffee, Tea or Me?1973TV MovieSusan Edmonds
The Lie1973TV Movie
Slither1973Mary Fenaka
Mary Tyler Moore1973TV SeriesAnne Adams
Class of ’551972TV MovieChristine
The Bob Newhart Show1972TV SeriesMrs. Radford
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask1972Gina
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story1971TV Short
Such Good Friends1971Marcy
Love, American Style1971TV Series segment “Love and the Plumber” – Love and the College Professor/Love and the Eyewitness/Love and the Lady Barber/Love and the Plumber 1971 … segment “Love and the Plumber”
Bananas1971Nancy
Take the Money and Run1969Kay Lewis
What’s Up, Tiger Lily?1966Suki Yaki (voice)
What’s New Pussycat1965Masseuse (uncredited)
The Doctors1963TV SeriesJackie (1964)
The Laughmakers1962TV Short

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Just Me and You1978TV Movie
What’s Up, Tiger Lily?1966

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You2016DocumentaryHerself
Jeez, Louise: An Interview with Actress Louise Lasser2015Documentary shortHerself
Woody Allen: A Documentary2012DocumentaryHerself
American Masters2011TV Series documentaryHerself
Late Night with David Letterman1983TV SeriesHerself
Today1980TV SeriesHerself – Guest
Good Morning America1979TV SeriesHerself – Guest
Saturday Night Live1976TV SeriesHerself – Host / Inger
The Mike Douglas Show1971-1976TV SeriesHerself – Actress
Dinah!1976TV SeriesHerself – Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1963-1971TV SeriesHerself – Guest
Talent Scouts1963TV SeriesHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hollywood Couples2006TV Series documentaryHerself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1998NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest Acting by an EnsembleHappiness (1998)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1976Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsSpecial Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual AchievementMary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)

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