Laura Phillips "
Laurie"
Anderson (born June 5, 1947) Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance-art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film
Home of the Brave.
Anderson started dating Lou Reed in 1992, and was married to him from 2008 until his death on October 27, 2013.