Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon

Birth Date

6/25/1945 (81)

Birth Place

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. After a brief stint with her sister Lucy Simon as duo group the Simon Sisters, she found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album Carly Simon, which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and spawned her first Top 10 single, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (No. 10). Her second album, Anticipation, followed later that year and became an even greater success, earning Simon another Grammy nomination and later being certified Gold by the RIAA. She achieved international fame the following year with the release of her third album, No Secrets, which sat firmly at No. 1 on the Billboard 2...

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Acting

Gender

Female

Total Credits

15

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Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Theme Song Performance

Songs

Self (uncredited)

Frequent Collaborators

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

3 films together

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

2 films together

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

1 film together

Michael Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus

2 films together

Kevin Wade

1 film together

Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher

1 film together

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