Piper Laurie
- Acting
- January 22, 1932 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
- October 14, 2023
Biography
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
Filmography
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed · Self
- Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur · Self
- White Boy Rick · Grandma Verna Wershe
- Snapshots · Rose
- More Acting 'Carrie' · Self
- MacGyver · Edith
- Bad Blood... the Hunger · Milly Lathrop
- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom · Self
- Another Harvest Moon · June
- Hesher · Madeleine Forney
- Saving Grace B. Jones · Marta Shrank
- Hounddog · Grammie
- Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks · Self
- The Dead Girl · Arden's Mother
- Eulogy · Charlotte Collins
- Cold Case · Rose (2005)
- Dead Like Me · Nina Rommey
- The Hustler: The Inside Story · Self
- Postcards From The Cast · Self
- The Last Brickmaker in America · Ruth Anne
- Acting 'Carrie' · Self
- State of Grace · Aunt Sophie
- Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror · Self
- Midwives · Cheryl Visco
- Possessed · Aunt Hanna
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Dorothy Rudd
- The Mao Game
- Inherit the Wind · Sarah Brady
- The Rage: Carrie 2 · Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Palmer's Pick-Up · Evangelist
- The Faculty · Mrs. Olson
- Brother's Keeper · Jane Waide
- Will & Grace · Sharon
- St. Patrick's Day · Mary Pat
- A Christmas Memory · Jennie
- Alone · Lillie Dawson
- Intensity · Miriam Braynard
- Intensity · Miriam Braynard
- The Grass Harp · Dolly Talbo
- In the Blink of an Eye · Kay Trafero (uncredited)
- The Road to Galveston · Wanda Kirkman
- The Crossing Guard · Helen Booth
- Fighting for My Daughter · Judge Edna Burton
- Touched by an Angel · Annie Doyle
- Shadows of Desire · Ellis Snow
- ER · Sarah Ross
- Traps · Cora Trapchek
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway · Georgia
- Diagnosis: Murder · A.D.A. Susan Turner
- Frasier · Marianne (Voice), Mrs. Mulhern
- Sad Inheritance · Margaret Kinsey
- Trauma · Adriana Petrescu
- Rich in Love · Vera Delmage
- Storyville · Constance Fowler
- Other People's Money · Bea Sullivan
- Rising Son · Martha Robinson
- Twin Peaks · Katherine Martell, Catherine Martell (archive footage)
- Twin Peaks · Catherine Martell
- Dream a Little Dream · Gena Ettinger
- Mother, Mother · Martha Cousins
- Go Toward the Light · Margo
- Tiger Warsaw · Frances Warsaw
- Appointment with Death · Emily Boynton
- Beauty and the Beast · Mrs. Davis
- Distortions · Margot Caldwell
- Promise · Annie Gilbert
- Children of a Lesser God · Mrs. Norman
- Matlock · Claire Leigh
- Tough Love · Darlene Marsh
- Love, Mary · Christine Groda
- The Twilight Zone · Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma"), Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
- Tender Is the Night · Elsie Speers
- Return to Oz · Aunt Em
- Murder, She Wrote · Peggy Shannon
- The Thorn Birds · Anne Mueller
- St. Elsewhere · Fran Singleton
- Hotel · Jessica
- Mae West · Matilda West
- The Bunker · Magda Goebbels
- Macbeth · Lady Macbeth