Piper Laurie
January 22, 1932 (94 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
- 2022 · Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur as Self
- 2018 · White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe
- 2016 · More Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 2016 · MacGyver as Edith
- 2012 · Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop
- 2010 · Another Harvest Moon as June
- 2010 · Hesher as Madeleine Forney
- 2009 · Saving Grace B. Jones as Marta Shrank
- 2008 · 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 · State of Grace as Aunt Sophie
- 2001 · Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
- 2001 · Midwives as Cheryl Visco
- 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. Olson
- 1998 · Brother's Keeper as Jane Waide
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Sharon
- 1997 · A Christmas Memory as Jennie
- 1997 · Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 1997 · Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 1995 · The Crossing Guard as Helen Booth
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Annie Doyle
- 1994 · ER as Sarah Ross
- 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 Catherine Martell (archive footage)
- 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 · Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw
- 1988 · Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton
- 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 · Tough Love 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
- 1982 · Hotel as Jessica
- 1982 · Mae West as Matilda West
- 1981 · The Bunker as Magda Goebbels
- 1980 · Skag as
- 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
- 1958 · Naked City as Mary Highmark
- 1957 · Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Phoebe Durkin
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Cleopatra
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Jessica Galloway
- 1952 · Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Millicent Blaisdell
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miriamne
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Annie
- 1951 · The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 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
- Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Self
- 2023 · Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
- 2018 · Snapshots as Rose
- 2012 · Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as Self
- 2001 · The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne
- 2001 · Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 2000 · Possessed as Aunt Hanna
- 1999 · Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady
- 1999 · Palmer's Pick-Up as Evangelist
- 1998 · St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat
- 1997 · Alone as Lillie Dawson
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Dolly Talbo
- 1996 · In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
- 1996 · The Road to Galveston as Wanda Kirkman
- 1995 · Fighting for My Daughter as Judge Edna Burton
- 1994 · Shadows of Desire as Ellis Snow
- 1994 · Traps as Cora Trapchek
- 1988 · Go Toward the Light as Margo
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Davis
- 1981 · Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
- 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
- 1959 · Winterset as Miriamne
- 1958 · Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
- 1957 · Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle
- 1957 · The Ninth Day as Ruth McAdam
- 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 Mississippi Gambler as Angelique Dureau
- 1953 · The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self
- 1952 · Son of Ali Baba as Kiki / Princess Azura
- 1952 · No Room for the Groom as Lee Kingshead
- 1951 · Francis Goes to the Races as Frances Travers
- 1950 · The Milkman as Chris Abbott
- 1950 · Louisa as Cathy Norton