
Piper Laurie
January 22, 1932 (93 years old) in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023) was an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), and received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. She was also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of Days of Wine and Roses, and as Catherine Martell in the television series Twin Peaks.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
- 2022 · Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur as Herself
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe
- 2018 · Snapshots as Rose
- 2016 · MacGyver as Edith
- 2012 · Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- 2010 · Another Harvest Moon as June
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as
- 2001 · The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne
- 2001 · Midwives as Cheryl Visco
- 1999 · Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady
- 1999 · Palmer's Pick Up as Evangelist
- 1997 · A Christmas Memory as Jennie
- 1997 · Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 1996 · In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
- 1994 · Traps as Cora Trapchek
- 1993 · Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
- 1992 · Rich in Love as Vera Delmage
- 1992 · Storyville as Constance Fowler
- 1990 · Rising Son as Martha Robinson
- 1988 · Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw
- 1986 · Promise as Annie Gilbert
- 1982 · Mae West as Matilda West
- 1981 · Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
- 1978 · Rainbow as Ethel Gumm
- 1978 · The Boss' Son as Elaine
- 1977 · Ruby as Ruby
- 1957 · Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
- 1955 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Sarah Hatfield
- 1955 · Smoke Signal as Laura Evans
- 1953 · The Golden Blade as Khairuzan
- 1952 · Son of Ali Baba as Kiki / Princess Azura
- 1952 · Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Millicent Blaisdell
- 1952 · No Room for the Groom as Lee Kingshead
- 1951 · The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
- Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Herself
- 2012 · Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop
- 2010 · Hesher as Madeleine Forney
- 2009 · Saving Grace B. Jones as Marta Shrank
- 2007 · Hounddog as Grammie
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Arden's Mother
- 2004 · Eulogy as Charlotte Collins
- 2003 · Cold Case as Rose (2005)
- 2003 · Dead Like Me as Nina Rommey
- 2002 · The Hustler: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Postcards From The Cast as Self
- 2001 · Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 2001 · Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
- 2000 · Possessed as Aunt Hanna
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dorothy Rudd
- 1999 · The Mao Game as
- 1999 · The Rage: Carrie 2 as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998 · The Faculty as Mrs. Karen Olson
- 1998 · Brother's Keeper as Jane Waide
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Sharon
- 1998 · St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat
- 1997 · Alone as Lillie Dawson
- 1997 · Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 1996 · The Road to Galveston as Wanda Kirkman
- 1995 · The Crossing Guard as Helen Booth
- 1995 · The Grass Harp as Dolly Talbo
- 1995 · Fighting for My Daughter as Judge Edna Burton
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Annie Doyle
- 1994 · Shadows of Desire as Ellis Snow
- 1994 · ER as Sarah Ross
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as A.D.A. Susan Turner
- 1993 · Frasier as Marianne (voice)
- 1993 · Frasier as Mrs. Mulhern
- 1993 · Sad Inheritance as Margaret Kinsey
- 1993 · Trauma as Adriana Petrescu
- 1991 · Other People's Money as Bea Sullivan
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Katherine Martell
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Mr. Tojamura
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell (archive footage)
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Tojamura / Catherine Martell
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell
- 1989 · Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell
- 1989 · Dream a Little Dream as Gena Ettinger
- 1989 · Mother, Mother as Martha Cousins
- 1988 · Go Toward the Light as Margo
- 1988 · Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · Distortions as Margot Caldwell
- 1986 · Children of a Lesser God as Mrs. Norman
- 1986 · Matlock as Claire Leigh
- 1985 · Toughlove as Darlene Marsh
- 1985 · Love, Mary as Christine Groda
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Elsie Speers
- 1985 · Return to Oz as Aunt Em
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Peggy Shannon
- 1983 · The Thorn Birds as Anne Mueller
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Fran Singleton
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1981 · The Bunker as Magda Goebbels
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1980 · Skag as Jo Skagska
- 1979 · Tim as Mary Horton
- 1977 · In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Julie Quinlan
- 1976 · Carrie as Margaret White
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Lee Wiley
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · The Hustler as Sarah Packard
- 1959 · Winterset as Miriamne
- 1958 · Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
- 1958 · Naked City as Mary Highmark
- 1957 · Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle
- 1957 · The Ninth Day as
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as
- 1955 · Allen in Movieland as Self
- 1954 · Dawn at Socorro as Rannah Hayes
- 1954 · Johnny Dark as Liz Fielding
- 1954 · Dangerous Mission as Louise Graham
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Phoebe Durkin
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Cleopatra
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Jessica Galloway
- 1953 · The Mississippi Gambler as Angelique Dureau
- 1953 · The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miriamne
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Annie
- 1951 · Francis Goes to the Races as Frances Travers
- 1950 · The Milkman as Chris Abbott
- 1950 · Louisa as Cathy Norton
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Stacey Spender
- 1948 · Studio One as Ruth Cornelius
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner