'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' star Louise Lasser breathes her last
Louise Lasser passed away at 87
Louise Lasser, best known for starring in Norman Lear's satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, has succumbed to her death.
She was 87.
It was reported that she died of natural causes on July 7, at her residence in Manhattan.
Susan Charlotte, a close friend of Louise, came forward confirming her death to The New York Times.
She initially gained fame through her early collaborations with Woody Allen, whom she married in 1966.
Her signature dry, deadpan comedic style stood out in Take the Money and Run and memorable commercials for NyQuil and Excedrin.
Early in her career she briefly made a Broadway appearance in 1962 as Barbra Streisand's replacement in I Can Get It for You Wholesale.
But her breakthrough came in January 1976 when she starred in Norman Lear's short lived Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
The late actress also hosted Saturday Night Live the same year and also made memorable guest appearances on hit TV shows including The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Laverne & Shirley, and St. Elsewhere.
Fans later saw her in the cast of Lena Dunham's HBO comedy Girls, where she played a recurring character Beadie, a wheelchair-using artist, in Seasons 3 and 4.