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My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
Actor
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The Bronx
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Carly Elisabeth Simon
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