Louise Lasser
Biography
Louise Lasser, who died in 2026, was an American actress and television writer. She began performing in coffee shops and bars around Greenwich Village and in improvisational revues, then understudied Barbra Streisand in I Can Get It for You Wholesale and made her Broadway debut in that 1962 musical. Her early films included Woody Allen comedies such as What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), Take the Money and Run (1969), Bananas (1971), and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972). She became the first woman to receive a Clio Award in 1967. Her breakthrough was the title role in the satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which earned an Emmy nomination, and she hosted Saturday Night Live in 1976. Later credits included It's a Living, Happiness (1998), which earned a National Board of Review ensemble award, Mystery Men (1999), Requiem for a Dream (2000), and National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2003).
87years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died New York City
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Louise Marie Lasser
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 37 years1966 to 2003
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First role
Lasser started out performing in coffee shops and bars in Greenwich Village and in improvisational revues. Later she was the understudy for Barbra Streisand's role of Miss Marmelstein in the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale.
Early training
Lasser held a life membership in The Actors Studio, and she also trained under Sanford Meisner and Robert X. Modica.
Louise Lasser movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask1972as Gina
IMDb rating 6.744K votes
Most often with
Woody Allen directed four of these films. Woody Allen appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Eric Roberts's page
Mark Margolis's page
Dan Frazer's page
Box office
What Louise Lasser's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$79.6 million
9 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 9 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$30M37.4% of the total
- 2$18M22.6% of the total
- 3$12M14.9% of the total
- 4$7.4M9.3% of the total
- 5$6.1M7.6% of the total
- 6$3.2M4.0% of the total
- 7$2.8M3.5% of the total
- 8$527K0.7% of the total
$5,101from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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