Piper Laurie
January 22, 1932 (92 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 · Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop
- 2012 · Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- 2010 · Another Harvest Moon as June
- 2010 · Hesher as Madeleine Forney
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as
- 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 · The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne
- 2001 · Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 2001 · Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
- 2001 · Midwives as Cheryl Visco
- 2000 · Possessed as Aunt Hanna
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dorothy Rudd
- 1999 · The Mao Game as
- 1999 · Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady
- 1999 · The Rage: Carrie 2 as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Palmer's Pick Up as Evangelist
- 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 · A Christmas Memory as Jennie
- 1997 · Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 1997 · Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 1996 · In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
- 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
- 1994 · Traps as Cora Trapchek
- 1993 · Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
- 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
- 1992 · Rich in Love as Vera Delmage
- 1992 · Storyville as Constance Fowler
- 1991 · Other People's Money as Bea Sullivan
- 1990 · Rising Son as Martha Robinson
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Katherine Martell
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Mr. Tojamura
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)
- 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 · Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw
- 1988 · Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · Distortions as Margot Caldwell
- 1986 · Promise as Annie Gilbert
- 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)
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Aunt Neva
- 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
- 1982 · Mae West as Matilda West
- 1981 · The Bunker as Magda Goebbels
- 1981 · Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1980 · Skag as Jo Skagska
- 1979 · Tim as Mary Horton
- 1978 · Rainbow as Ethel Gumm
- 1978 · The Boss' Son as Elaine
- 1977 · In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Julie Quinlan
- 1977 · Ruby as Ruby
- 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 · Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
- 1957 · Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle
- 1957 · The Ninth Day as
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as
- 1955 · Allen in Movieland as Self
- 1955 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Sarah Hatfield
- 1955 · Smoke Signal as Laura Evans
- 1954 · Dawn at Socorro as Rannah Hayes
- 1954 · Johnny Dark as Liz Fielding
- 1954 · Dangerous Mission as Louise Graham
- 1953 · The Golden Blade as Khairuzan
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miriamne
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Annie
- 1951 · The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
- 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