Piper Laurie
Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA — Jan 22 1932• Died Oct 14 2023
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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 Catherine Martell in the television series Twin Peaks.
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Piper Laurie's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dorothy Rudd
Frasier
Marianne (voice)
Diagnosis: Murder
A.D.A. Susan Turner
Murder, She Wrote
Peggy Shannon
Twin Peaks
Katherine Martell
Cold Case
Rose (2005)
ER
Sarah Ross
Will & Grace
Sharon
St. Elsewhere
Fran Singleton
MacGyver
Edith
Touched by an Angel
Annie Doyle
Robert Montgomery Presents
Stacey Spender
Naked City
Mary Highmark
Matlock
Claire Leigh
The Twilight Zone
Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
Hotel
Ben Casey
Studio One
Ruth Cornelius
Dead Like Me
Nina Rommey
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Playhouse 90
The Faculty
Mrs. Karen Olson
Carrie
Margaret White
The Thorn Birds
Anne Mueller
Brother's Keeper
Jane Waide
State of Grace
Aunt Sophie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Miriamne
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell
White Boy Rick
Grandma Verna Wershe
The Hustler
Sarah Packard
Return to Oz
Aunt Em
Hesher
Madeleine Forney
General Electric Theater
Phoebe Durkin
Hounddog
Grammie
Tender Is the Night
Elsie Speers
Children of a Lesser God
Mrs. Norman
The Crossing Guard
Helen Booth
Intensity
Miriam Braynard
Skag
Love, Mary
Christine Groda
Appointment with Death
Emily Boynton
Alone
Lillie Dawson
The Dead Girl
Arden's Mother
Eulogy
Charlotte Collins
The Rage: Carrie 2
Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Grass Harp
Dolly Talbo
Tim
Mary Horton
Snapshots
Rose
Son of Ali Baba
Kiki / Princess Azura
Other People's Money
Bea Sullivan
Trauma
Adriana Petrescu
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
Skag
Jo Skagska
The Bunker
Magda Goebbels
Possessed
Aunt Hanna
In the Blink of an Eye
Kay Trafero (uncredited)
Dream a Little Dream
Gena Ettinger
Mae West
Matilda West
Until They Sail
Delia Leslie Friskett
Science Fiction Film Awards
Herself
Midwives
Cheryl Visco
No Room for the Groom
Lee Kingshead
Toughlove
Darlene Marsh
The Golden Blade
Khairuzan
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Georgia
Storyville
Constance Fowler
Promise
Annie Gilbert
Another Harvest Moon
June
Louisa
Cathy Norton
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Tina
Mother, Mother
Martha Cousins
Rising Son
Martha Robinson
Johnny Dark
Liz Fielding
Traps
Cora Trapchek
The Ninth Day
Inherit the Wind
Sarah Brady
Winterset
Miriamne
Sad Inheritance
Margaret Kinsey
Ruby
Ruby
Rainbow
Ethel Gumm
Palmer's Pick-Up
Evangelist
Rich in Love
Vera Delmage
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
Distortions
Margot Caldwell
Smoke Signal
Laura Evans
Beauty and the Beast
Dawn at Socorro
Rannah Hayes
The Road to Galveston
Wanda Kirkman
Intensity
Miriam Braynard
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Millicent Blaisdell
The Mississippi Gambler
Angelique Dureau
Dangerous Mission
Louise Graham
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
The Milkman
Chris Abbott
Allen in Movieland
Self
Postcards From The Cast
Self
Saving Grace B. Jones
Marta Shrank
Kelly and Me
Mina Van Runkle
Bad Blood... the Hunger
Milly Lathrop
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
St. Patrick's Day
Mary Pat
The Boss' Son
Elaine
Francis Goes to the Races
Frances Travers
Ain't Misbehavin'
Sarah Hatfield
Shadows of Desire
Ellis Snow
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Fighting for My Daughter
Judge Edna Burton
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Herself
A Christmas Memory
Jennie
Days of Wine and Roses
Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Tiger Warsaw
Frances Warsaw
Go Toward the Light
Margo
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Self
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Self
The Mao Game
The Last Brickmaker in America
Ruth Anne
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Julie Quinlan
The Hustler: The Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
More Acting 'Carrie'
Self