---
name: "Carly Simon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carly-simon"
fi1m_id: "carly-simon"
imdb_id: "nm0800089"
tmdb_id: 174875
wikidata_id: "Q181683"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "25 June 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:49:16.085675+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carly Simon

## Identity

Carly Simon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carly-simon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carly-simon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0800089
- **TMDB ID:** 174875
- **Wikidata ID:** Q181683
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Simon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181683, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/174875

Songs. Born 25 June 1945 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 25 June 1945, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1977–1988
- **Also known as:** Carly Elisabeth Simon
- **Frequently works with:** [Mike Nichols](https://film.one/person/mike-nichols.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1980s 66 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $456m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Simon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181683, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/174875

## Biography

Carly Simon is an American singer-songwriter and composer. She contributed the song "Let the River Run" to the soundtrack of the 1988 film *Working Girl*, for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award.

Simon has also provided voice performances in episodes of the television series *Frasier* (1993), *Family Guy* (1999) and *Bob's Burgers* (2011). She was born on 25 June 1945 in New York City.

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Working Girl* (1988), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Songs, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/working-girl.md)
- *Heartburn* (1986), Fi1m 55, Original Music Composer, Music, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/heartburn.md)
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Fi1m 62, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Fi1m 77, Theme Song Performance — [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Carly Simon (voice)
- *Pooh's Heffalump Movie* (2005), as Songs
- *Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos* (2004), Musical
- *Piglet's Big Movie* (2003), as Songs
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Carly Simon (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Marie (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *This Is My Life* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Postcards from the Edge* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Working Girl* (1988), as Songs · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/working-girl.md)
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Actor
- *Nothing in Common* (1986), as Songs
- *Heartburn* (1986), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/heartburn.md)
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), as Songs — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *Perfect* (1985), as Carly Simon (uncredited)
- *Torchlight* (1984), as Songs
- *Love Child* (1982), as Songs
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), as Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)
- *Taking Off* (1971), as Audition Singer

## Gallery

- ![Signature of musician Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-01e742281359.png) Signature of musician Carly Simon — Carly Simon / Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Carly_Simon%27s_Signature.png/1280px-Carly_Simon%27s_Signature.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Taylor and Carly Simon performing onstage in Los Angeles (1975)](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-6de9646ce911.jpg) James Taylor and Carly Simon performing onstage in Los Angeles (1975) — Kathleen Ballard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Carly_Simon%2C_1975_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Press photo of Carly Simon, 1972](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-2e8c61ea1dec.jpg) Press photo of Carly Simon, 1972 — Unknown; AP photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Carly_Simon_%281972%29_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Carly Simon at the 1989 Academy Awards. Photo taken at 61st Academy Awards 3/29/89 - Governor's Ball - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but ](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-bfe5c0d8728d.jpg) Photo of Carly Simon at the 1989 Academy Awards. Photo taken at 61st Academy Awards 3/29/89 - Governor's Ball - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but  — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Carly_Simon_%281989%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-963f4ba8a4b6.jpg) Carly Simon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-af528888da4a.jpg) Carly Simon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-a05472643cba.jpg) Carly Simon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-e6a6b1d1cb6f.jpg) Carly Simon — Alan Light → https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/210255316/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Carly_Simon_%281989%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-681103306a0a.jpg) Carly Simon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-b46f2dc18498.jpg) Carly Simon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carly Simon](https://film.one/media/person/119439/gallery-fc9bcc3dc65f.jpg) Carly Simon — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1989: Best Original Song (won), for *Let the River Run*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2022: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist 1972: Grammy Award for Best New Artist (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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