Date of Birth 26 September 1953 Date of Death 15 June 1979 , New York City, New York, USA (suicide) Laurie Bird was a cute and charming actress who appeared in only three pictures during her regrettably short-lived career. Bird was born on September 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director Monte Hellman, from nearly 500 women, to portray The Girl in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971). Bird gave a fine and impressively natural performance in her film debut as the chatty and rootless hippie wanderer, The Girl, in Hellmans extraordinary road movie masterpiece. She was likewise excellent as Harry Dean Stantons snippy young wife, Dody Burke White, in Hellmans bleakly fascinating character study Cockfighter (1974). Following her small role as Paul Simons L.A. girlfriend in Woody Allens Annie Hall (1977), Laurie quit acting, altogether, and became a photographer. Bird committed suicide in boyfriend Art Garfunkels Manhattan penthouse, at the tragically young age of 25, on June 15, 1979. Garfunkel dedicated his album, Scissors Cut, to Laurie. The album features a partial photograph of Laurie Bird on its back cover.
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