Laurie Bird

Quick Facts

Full Name	Laurie Bird
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Sep 26, 1953(1953-09-26)
Age	71
Date Of Death	1979-06-15
Birthplace	Glen Cove
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Virgo

Laurie Bird Biography

Laurie Bird is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on September 26, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York, United States. Famous for her performances in the films of the 1970s Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter, and Annie Hall, Bird prematurely and tragically ended her acting career when she committed suicide at 25 years old.

Photographer and an actor. She designed the album’s cover the A photographer as well as an actress, she created the album cover for Art Garfunkel‘s late 1970s recording Watermark. At the time of her death, she was sharing an apartment with Garfunkel, with whom she was romantically involved.’s late 1970s album Watermark. When she died, death, she lived in her apartment Garfunkel who she had a romantic relationship.

Described by Hollywood columnist Dick Kleiner as “look[ing] like an innocent Hayley Mills,” Bird appeared in just three films: Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Cockfighter (1974), and a small role as girlfriend to Paul Simon’s character in the romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), from Woody Allen. While researching for Two-Lane Blacktop, screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer met her and recommended her name to Hellman while he was looking for actresses for the same movie. In Two-Lane Blacktop she played a hitchhiker to whom the film’s characters are initially attracted, but after they lose a race she joins another driver. Her second release, Cockfighter, had her paired opposite Warren Oates. He loses her in a bet. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Film critic Michael Atkinson wrote in his book Exile Hollywood (2008) “In two films, she made more of an impression, left more of a synaesthetic presence, than many actors do in a career”.

She was romantically involved with her Blacktop and Cockfighter director Monte Hellman. From 1974 until her death in 1979, Bird was in a serious romantic relationship with Art Garfunkel.

Her mother passed away in the year three , and was a part of the reason for her own development although she lived in the same home together with two siblings and her dad.

Laurie Bird Net Worth

Laurie Bird is one of the richest Movie Actress from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Laurie Bird 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her first film experience acting in The Girl in the 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop – introduced her to director Her first film acting experience – playing The Girl in the 1971 feature Two-Lane Blacktop – introduced her to director Monte Hellman, who would become her lover. who would later become her lover.

Writer Tim Kinsella references Bird’s name in the title of his novel from 2014, Let Go in addition to Go on and On, based on the role that played by Laurie Bird.

Laurie Bird (September 26, 1953 – June 15, 1979) was an American film actress and photographer. She appeared in three films during the 1970s. Two of them were directed by Monte Hellman. She was romantically involved with Hellman and Art Garfunkel, committing suicide in the latter’s apartment by taking an overdose of Valium. Bird inspired one of Tim Kinsella’s novels.

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Laurie Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Laurie Bird celebrates birthday on September 26 of every year.