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American actress and photographer (–)

Laurie Bird (September 26, &#; June 15, )^[3] was an American film actress and photographer. She appeared in three films during the s, two of which were directed by Monte Hellman.

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She was romantically involved with Hellman and Art Garfunkel, dying by suicide in the latter's apartment by taking an overdose of Valium.

Early life

Bird's mother died by suicide when Bird was a baby. Her father was an electrical engineer. She had two elder brothers. Her strict father restricted her social life and she fled home multiple times.

In response, he placed her in an institution for troubled girls.^[4] She attended Jamaica High School, in New York City, until she was

Career

Described by Hollywood columnist Dick Kleiner as "look[ing] like an innocent Hayley Mills", Bird appeared in just three films: Two-Lane Blacktop (), Cockfighter (), and a small role as girlfriend to Paul Simon's character in the romantic co