Louise Lasser soap opera "The Doctors" and television commercials. She appeared in the Woody Allen films "Take the Money and Run" (1969), "Bananas" (1971), and "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972), as well as being one of the voices for his earlier spoof dubbing of a Japanese spy movie, "What's Up Tiger Lily?" (1966). She also appeared in comedies such as "Such Good Friends" (1971) and "Slither" (1973). In 1973, she appeared in the episode "The Roller Coaster Stops Here" of the NBC romantic anthology television series "Love Story". Lasser became a household name
Louise Lasser Lear says, "when she read a bit of the script for me, I all but cried for joy ... Louise brought with her the persona that fit Mary Hartman like a corset." Exhausted from the grueling schedule, Lasser left the series after two seasons (325 episodes), and the serial was re-branded "Forever Fernwood", which continued on for 26 weeks focusing on the trials and tribulations of the other "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" characters. In 2000, Lasser appeared on a panel with her former cast members at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills (taped for the museum archives).