Louise Lasser Louise Lasser Louise Lasser (born April 11, 1939) is an American actress and television writer. She is known for her portrayal of the title character on the soap opera satire "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". She was married to Woody Allen and appeared in several of his early films. Lasser was born in New York City, the daughter of Paula and S. Jay Lasser, a tax expert. Her family is Jewish. She studied political science at Brandeis University. Lasser was the understudy for Barbra Streisand in the Broadway musical "I Can Get It for You Wholesale". She also appeared on the
Louise Sunshine Scholarship Fund. Sunshine has been married twice. During her first marriage she had three children: Suzanne, Paul and Sam Sunshine. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. In 1997, she married her second husband, Martin S. Begun in New York. Begun, who passed away in May 2016, served as Associate Dean and Vice President for external affairs at the NYU Langone Medical Center and as President of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. Sunshine is a resident of Florida. Louise Sunshine Louise Mintz Sunshine (born December 2, 1940) is an American real estate professional and founder of the