Like their younger sister, Lucy and Joanna had celebrated music careers.
After leaving the Simon Sisters, Lucy attended nursing school but eventually found her way back to her craft. She recorded two albums in the 1970s — Lucy Simon in 1975 and Stolen Time in 1977.
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Lucy then pivoted into children’s music when she and her husband produced two Grammy-winning children’s albums: In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record in 1981 and Harmony 2 in 1983.
In her later years, Lucy spent time composing music for Broadway and became the third female composer ever when she wrote the book for Broadway’s The Secret Garden in 1991. Lucy earned a Tony Award for the musical’s book the following year.
She worked on several other projects, including HBO’s The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom.
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Joanna also went into a different area of the music industry. In 1962, she made her opera singing debut at the New York City Opera as Mozart’s Cherubino. Joanna continued performing on opera stages before semi-retiring in 1986. After she left the stage, Joanna worked as an arts correspondent for PBS’s MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour in 1992 before pivoting into real estate in her later years.
The Simon Sisters had individual creative careers throughout their lives. Carly’s brother, Peter Simon, was a notable photographer who became a celebrated artist on Martha’s Vineyard. Sadly, Peter died in 2018 from cardiac arrest after a lengthy battle with lung cancer.
