Piper Laurie

Known For: Acting
Born: January 22, 1932
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: October 14, 2023

Piper Laurie

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.

Filmography

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

2023 · Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

2022 · Herself

White Boy Rick

2018 · Grandma Verna Wershe

Snapshots

2018 · Rose

More Acting 'Carrie'

2016 · Self

MacGyver

2016 · Edith

Bad Blood... the Hunger

2012 · Milly Lathrop

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

2012 · Self

Another Harvest Moon

2010 · June

Hesher

2010 · Madeleine Forney

Saving Grace B. Jones

2009 · Marta Shrank

Hounddog

2008 · Grammie

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007 · Self

The Dead Girl

2006 · Arden's Mother

Eulogy

2004 · Charlotte Collins

Cold Case

2003 · Rose (2005)

Dead Like Me

2003 · Nina Rommey

The Hustler: The Inside Story

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Postcards From The Cast

Postcards From The Cast

2001 · Self

The Last Brickmaker in America

2001 · Ruth Anne

Acting 'Carrie'

2001 · Self

State of Grace

2001 · Aunt Sophie

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

2001 · Self

Midwives

2001 · Cheryl Visco

Possessed

2000 · Aunt Hanna

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Dorothy Rudd

The Mao Game

1999

Inherit the Wind

1999 · Sarah Brady

The Rage: Carrie 2

1999 · Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Palmer's Pick-Up

1999 · Evangelist

The Faculty

1998 · Mrs. Karen Olson

Brother's Keeper

1998 · Jane Waide

Will & Grace

1998 · Sharon

St. Patrick's Day

1998 · Mary Pat

A Christmas Memory

1997 · Jennie

Alone

1997 · Lillie Dawson

Intensity

1997 · Miriam Braynard

Intensity

1997 · Miriam Braynard

The Grass Harp

1996 · Dolly Talbo

In the Blink of an Eye

1996 · Kay Trafero (uncredited)

The Road to Galveston

1996 · Wanda Kirkman

The Crossing Guard

1995 · Helen Booth

Fighting for My Daughter

1995 · Judge Edna Burton

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Annie Doyle

Shadows of Desire

1994 · Ellis Snow

ER

1994 · Sarah Ross

Traps

1994 · Cora Trapchek

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993 · Georgia

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · A.D.A. Susan Turner

Frasier

1993 · Marianne (voice), Mrs. Mulhern

Sad Inheritance

1993 · Margaret Kinsey

Trauma

1993 · Adriana Petrescu

Rich in Love

1992 · Vera Delmage

Storyville

1992 · Constance Fowler

Other People's Money

1991 · Bea Sullivan

Rising Son

1990 · Martha Robinson

Twin Peaks

1990 · Katherine Martell, Catherine Martell (archive footage)

Twin Peaks

1989 · Catherine Martell

Dream a Little Dream

1989 · Gena Ettinger

Mother, Mother

1989 · Martha Cousins

Go Toward the Light

1988 · Margo

Tiger Warsaw

1988 · Frances Warsaw

Appointment with Death

1988 · Emily Boynton

Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Mrs. Davis

Distortions

1987 · Margot Caldwell

Promise

1986 · Annie Gilbert

Children of a Lesser God

1986 · Mrs. Norman

Matlock

1986 · Claire Leigh

Tough Love

1985 · Darlene Marsh

Love, Mary

1985 · Christine Groda

The Twilight Zone

1985 · Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma"), Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")

Tender Is the Night

1985 · Elsie Speers

Return to Oz

1985 · Aunt Em

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Peggy Shannon

The Thorn Birds

1983 · Anne Mueller

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Fran Singleton

Hotel

1982

Mae West

1982 · Matilda West

The Bunker

1981 · Magda Goebbels

Macbeth

1981 · Lady Macbeth

Skag

1980 · Jo Skagska

Skag

1980

Tim

1979 · Mary Horton

Rainbow

1978 · Ethel Gumm

The Boss' Son

1978 · Elaine

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

1977 · Julie Quinlan

Ruby

1977 · Ruby

Carrie

1976 · Margaret White

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · Lee Wiley

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

Ben Casey

1961

The Hustler

1961 · Sarah Packard

Winterset

1959 · Miriamne

Days of Wine and Roses

1958 · Kirsten Arnesen Clay

Naked City

1958 · Mary Highmark

Until They Sail

1957 · Delia Leslie Friskett

Kelly and Me

1957 · Mina Van Runkle

The Ninth Day

1957

Playhouse 90

1956

Allen in Movieland

1955 · Self

Ain't Misbehavin'

1955 · Sarah Hatfield

Smoke Signal

1955 · Laura Evans

Dawn at Socorro

1954 · Rannah Hayes

Johnny Dark

1954 · Liz Fielding

Dangerous Mission

1954 · Louise Graham

The Golden Blade

1953 · Khairuzan

General Electric Theater

1953 · Phoebe Durkin, Cleopatra, Jessica Galloway

The Mississippi Gambler

1953 · Angelique Dureau

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

1953 · Self

Son of Ali Baba

1952 · Kiki / Princess Azura

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952 · Millicent Blaisdell

No Room for the Groom

1952 · Lee Kingshead

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Miriamne, Annie

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951 · Tina

Francis Goes to the Races

1951 · Frances Travers

The Milkman

1950 · Chris Abbott

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

Louisa

1950 · Cathy Norton

What's My Line?

1950 · Self - Mystery Guest

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950 · Stacey Spender

Studio One

1948 · Ruth Cornelius

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter

Science Fiction Film Awards

— · Herself

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