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Louise Lasser played the title role in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a soap opera parody so deadpan that audiences argued over whether it was satire or sincere, earning her an Emmy nomination. She had been married to Woody Allen and appeared in his early films Take the Money and Run and Bananas, and continued working into her eighties, including a recurring role on Lena Dunham's Girls.