Piper Laurie

Actor Jan 22 (died age 91) Detroit, Michigan, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

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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 Cather…

Known For

Film

Twin Peaks

Katherine Martell

Film

Carrie

Margaret White

Film

Twin Peaks

Catherine Martell

Film

The Hustler

Sarah Packard

Film

The Faculty

Mrs. Karen Olson

Film

Return to Oz

Aunt Em

Film

White Boy Rick

Grandma Verna Wershe

Film

Hesher

Madeleine Forney

Filmography

Acting (126)

Movies (87)

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

2023

as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)

5.7

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

2022

as Herself

6.7

White Boy Rick

2018

as Grandma Verna Wershe

Snapshots

as Rose

More Acting 'Carrie'

as Self

Bad Blood... the Hunger

2012

as Milly Lathrop

8.3

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

as Self

Hesher

as Madeleine Forney

Another Harvest Moon

as June

Saving Grace B. Jones

as Marta Shrank

Hounddog

as Grammie

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

The Dead Girl

as Arden's Mother

Eulogy

as Charlotte Collins

The Hustler: The Inside Story

2002

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

as Self

Acting 'Carrie'

as Self

Midwives

as Cheryl Visco

The Last Brickmaker in America

2001

as Ruth Anne

7.6

Postcards From The Cast

2001

as Self

Possessed

2000

as Aunt Hanna

5.4

The Rage: Carrie 2

1999

as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Palmer's Pick-Up

as Evangelist

The Mao Game

Inherit the Wind

as Sarah Brady

The Faculty

as Mrs. Karen Olson

St. Patrick's Day

as Mary Pat

A Christmas Memory

as Jennie

Alone

as Lillie Dawson

Intensity

as Miriam Braynard

The Road to Galveston

as Wanda Kirkman

The Grass Harp

as Dolly Talbo

In the Blink of an Eye

1996

as Kay Trafero (uncredited)

5.4

The Crossing Guard

1995

as Helen Booth

6.0

Fighting for My Daughter

as Judge Edna Burton

Shadows of Desire

as Ellis Snow

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

as Georgia

Trauma

as Adriana Petrescu

Sad Inheritance

as Margaret Kinsey

Storyville

as Constance Fowler

Rich in Love

as Vera Delmage

Other People's Money

as Bea Sullivan

Rising Son

as Martha Robinson

Twin Peaks

as Catherine Martell

Dream a Little Dream

as Gena Ettinger

Mother, Mother

as Martha Cousins

Appointment with Death

as Emily Boynton

Go Toward the Light

as Margo

Tiger Warsaw

as Frances Warsaw

Distortions

as Margot Caldwell

Children of a Lesser God

as Mrs. Norman

Promise

as Annie Gilbert

Return to Oz

as Aunt Em

Tough Love

as Darlene Marsh

Love, Mary

as Christine Groda

Mae West

as Matilda West

The Bunker

as Magda Goebbels

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

Skag

as Jo Skagska

Tim

1979

as Mary Horton

6.3

Rainbow

1978

as Ethel Gumm

The Boss' Son

1978

as Elaine

Ruby

1977

as Ruby

4.3

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

as Julie Quinlan

Carrie

as Margaret White

The Hustler

as Sarah Packard

Winterset

as Miriamne

Days of Wine and Roses

1958

as Kirsten Arnesen Clay

Kelly and Me

as Mina Van Runkle

The Ninth Day

Until They Sail

as Delia Leslie Friskett

Smoke Signal

as Laura Evans

Allen in Movieland

as Self

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Sarah Hatfield

Dangerous Mission

as Louise Graham

Johnny Dark

as Liz Fielding

Dawn at Socorro

as Rannah Hayes

The Golden Blade

as Khairuzan

The Mississippi Gambler

1953

as Angelique Dureau

7.2

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

1953

as Self

Son of Ali Baba

1952

as Kiki / Princess Azura

5.6

No Room for the Groom

1952

as Lee Kingshead

5.5

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952

as Millicent Blaisdell

6.9

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951

as Tina

5.7

Francis Goes to the Races

as Frances Travers

The Milkman

as Chris Abbott

Louisa

as Cathy Norton

Television (39)

MacGyver

as Edith

Cold Case

as Rose (2005)

Dead Like Me

as Nina Rommey

State of Grace

as Aunt Sophie

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dorothy Rudd

Will & Grace

as Sharon

Brother's Keeper

as Jane Waide

Intensity

as Miriam Braynard

as Sarah Ross

Touched by an Angel

as Annie Doyle

Traps

as Cora Trapchek

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

as A.D.A. Susan Turner

Frasier

as Marianne (voice)

Twin Peaks

as Katherine Martell

Twin Peaks

as Mr. Tojamura

Beauty and the Beast

Matlock

as Claire Leigh

The Twilight Zone

as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")

Tender Is the Night

as Elsie Speers

Murder, She Wrote

as Peggy Shannon

The Thorn Birds

as Anne Mueller

The Thorn Birds

as Anne Mueller

Hotel

St. Elsewhere

as Fran Singleton

Skag

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Lee Wiley

5.7

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Ben Casey

Naked City

as Mary Highmark

Playhouse 90

General Electric Theater

1953

as Phoebe Durkin

6.4

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Miriamne

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

as Stacey Spender

5.6

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.9

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Studio One

as Ruth Cornelius

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Science Fiction Film Awards

as Herself