Overview
- Lasser died of natural causes at her Manhattan home on Monday, a detail confirmed to multiple outlets by her friend Susan Charlotte and first posted publicly by co-star Claudia Lamb.
- She was 87 and is survived by her longtime partner, Michael Citriniti; no public details about services or estate statements have been released yet.
- Lasser’s signature role was the title character on Norman Lear’s Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which ran roughly 325 episodes across 1976–77, aired five nights a week, and earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination.
- Her six-decade career began on Broadway and included early collaborations and film roles with Woody Allen and later character work in films such as Requiem for a Dream and Funny Pages and in television including HBO’s Girls.
- Coverage and tributes note Lasser’s very public 1976 controversies—an SNL hosting and a drug-related arrest—that were folded into the show’s material and shaped her public image as much as her performance did.