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Laurie Anderson

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Began career as a performance artist in the late 1960s, began recording in the late 1970s. Rose to popularity in early 1980s when 8-minute single, "O Superman" made it to No. 2 on the British pop charts. Early magnum opus was the two-night extravaganza "United States Parts I-IV" in 1983. Latest album "Life on A String" released in 2001... See full bio »

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in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
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2011 Declaration of War (writer: "O Superman" / performer: "O Superman")
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.400 (2011) (performer: "Another Day in America" - uncredited)
 
2010 Miral (writer: "Miral 1", "Miral 3", "Flow", "Miral 2", "Carbon" / performer: "Miral 1", "Miral 3", "Miral 2", "Carbon" / "Flow")
 
2010 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– 1 of 7 Voted Off (2010) (performer: "Gravity's Angel")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– New Summer Toys/Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Laurie Anderson (2010) (performer: "Only an Expert" - uncredited)
 
2000 Before Night Falls (writer: "Loop Vamp" / performer: "Loop Vamp")
 
1998 The Rugrats Movie (performer: "This World Is Something New to Me")
 
1995 Fallen Angels (writer: "Speak My Language" / performer: "Speak My Language")
 
1995 Ladies Please! (documentary) (performer: "Sharkey's Night")
 
1994 Frauen sind was Wunderbares (music: "Strange Angels" / lyrics: "Strange Angels" / "Strange Angels")
 
1993 Faraway, So Close! (writer: "Tightrope", "Speak My Language" / performer: "Tightrope", "Speak My Language")
 
1991 The Doctor (writer: "Strange Angels" / performer: "Strange Angels")
 
1990 Laurie Anderson: Collected Videos (video) (writer: "Smoke Rings", "Beautiful Red Dress", "Language is a Virus", "The Dream Before", "Sharkey's Day", "O Superman", "Strange Angels" / performer: "Smoke Rings", "Beautiful Red Dress", "Language is a Virus", "The Dream Before", "Sharkey's Day", "O Superman", "Strange Angels")
 
1987 Wings of Desire ("Angel Fragments")
 
1986 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (documentary) (writer: "Sharkey's Day", "Langue d'Amour", "Gravity's Angel", "Kokoku", "Excellent Birds", "Blue Lagoon", "Smoke Rings", "White Lily", "Late Show", "Talk Normal", "Language Is A Virus", "Radar", "Sharkey's Night", "Credit Racket" / performer: "Sharkey's Day", "Langue d'Amour", "Gravity's Angel", "Kokoku", "Excellent Birds", "Blue Lagoon", "Smoke Rings", "White Lily", "Late Show", "Talk Normal", "Language Is A Virus", "Radar", "Sharkey's Night", "Credit Racket" / producer: "Sharkey's Day", "Langue d'Amour", "Gravity's Angel", "Kokoku", "Excellent Birds", "Blue Lagoon", "Smoke Rings", "White Lily", "Late Show", "Talk Normal", "Radar", "Sharkey's Night", "Credit Racket")
 
Show ShowComposer (14 titles)
2006 Hidden Inside Mountains (short)
 
2002 Life on a String (short)
 
1994 Puppet Motel (Video Game)
 
1992 Monster in a Box
 
1991 Polizeiruf 110 (TV series)
– Der Riß (1991)
 
1990 Laurie Anderson: Collected Videos (video)
 
1987 Swimming to Cambodia
 
1987 What You Mean We? (TV movie)
 
1986 Something Wild
 
1986 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (documentary)
 
1986 The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (documentary)
 
1986 Die Welt jenseits der Welt
 
1983 No York City (short)
 
1974 Dearreader: How to Turn a Book Into a Movie
 
Show ShowActress (8 titles)
2006 Hidden Inside Mountains (short)
 
2002 Life on a String (short)
 
1998 The Rugrats Movie
Newborn Baby (voice)
 
1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
– Episode dated 22 February 1995 (1995) … Musical Guest
 
1992 Hotel Deutschland
 
1987 Alive from Off Center (TV series)
Host and her Clone
– Women of the Calabash (1987) … Host and her Clone
– Funhouse (1987) … Host and her Clone
– As Seen on TV (1987) … Host and her Clone
 
1983 Closed Circuit
Sängerin
 
1974 Dearreader: How to Turn a Book Into a Movie
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1994 Puppet Motel (Video Game)
 
1991 Arena (TV series documentary)
– The Human Face (1991) (additional material)
 
1987 What You Mean We? (TV movie)
 
1986 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (documentary)
 
1974 Dearreader: How to Turn a Book Into a Movie
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
2012 Wolf Dog (song: music by) (post-production)
 
2000 Before Night Falls (composer: additional music)
 
1995 Ladies Please! (documentary) (composer: song "Sharkey's Night")
 
1983 The Keep (score mixer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2010 Burning Ice (documentary) (voyager)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1990 Laurie Anderson: Collected Videos (video) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2012 Kobresia: What Is (documentary) (inspirational thanks)
 
2008 The Black List: Volume One (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (special thanks)
 
2000 Before Night Falls (special thanks)
 
1995 Command & Conquer (Video Game) (special thanks)
 
1994 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (documentary) (thanks)
 
1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2012 Bam150 (documentary) (post-production)
Laurie Anderson
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.400 (2011) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2010 Music (documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
– New Summer Toys/Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Laurie Anderson (2010) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2010 Homeland: The Story of the Lark (video documentary)
 
2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Pipes of Peace (documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
1990-2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself / Herself - Narrator
– Andy Warhol: A Documentary (2006) … Herself - Narrator
– John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990) … Herself
 
2002 The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Art in the Twenty-First Century (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Place (2001) … Herself
 
1999 Searching for Jimi Hendrix (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 The Nova Convention Revisited: William S. Burroughs and the Arts (video)
Herself
 
1996 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Herself
– Art Show (1996) … Herself
 
1995 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.5 (1995) … Herself
 
1994 Puppet Motel (Video Game)
Herself and Puppet
 
1993 The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros (documentary)
Herself
 
1991 Viva el espectáculo (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.18 (1991) … Herself
 
1991 Arena (TV series documentary)
Presenter
– The Human Face (1991) … Presenter
 
1990 Laurie Anderson: Collected Videos (video)
Herself
 
1989 Heavy Petting (documentary)
Herself
 
1987 What You Mean We? (TV movie)
Herself and her Clone
 
1986 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (documentary)
Herself / Fenway Bergamot / The Voice of Reason
 
1986 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Herself - Muscial Guest
– Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson (1986) … Herself - Muscial Guest
 
1986 The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (documentary)
 
1986 Alive from Off Center (TV series)
Herself
– What You Mean We? (1986) … Herself
 
1985 The 27th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1984 Bei Bio (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 September 1984 (1984) … Herself
 
1984 The New Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.8 (1984) … Herself
 
1981 14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s (documentary)
(Herself)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2008 Catalunya.cat (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album, "Big Science," Warner Bros. Records 23674, 1982. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The bullet doesn't kill you. It's the hole. See more »

Trivia:

Worked alongside Andy Kaufman for a time in the 1970s, acting as a sort of 'straight woman' during his stand-up routines. Possibly romantically linked with him as well (implied by the spoken word recording "Ugly One With the Jewels" in which she talks about him). See more »

Trademark:

In the early years of her career, she wore a white pants suit See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini