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Laurie Simmons, and daughters Lena Dunham & Grace Dunham attends the "My Art" screening at Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2017 at Cinepolis in New York, New York, USA. Laurie Simmons
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Sarah Thornton interview with Lena Dunham on her parents, growing up in the New York art world, acting and directing.
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Lena Dunham and Laurie Simmons: 'There'd be bats flying over the dinner table. But we romanticised it'
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