Piper Laurie

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 116

Gender Female

Birthday January 22, 1932

Day of Death October 14, 2023 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Rosetta Jacobs

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Piper Laurie

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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Acting

2023

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

2018		White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe
2018		Snapshots as Rose

2016

(1 episode) as Edith

2012		Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop
2012		Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self

2010		Another Harvest Moon as June
2010		Hesher as Madeleine Forney

2007		Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007		Hounddog as Grammie

2006

as Arden's Mother

2004

as Charlotte Collins

2003		Cold Case (1 episode) as Rose (2005)
2003		Dead Like Me (1 episode) as Nina Rommey

2002

as Herself (archive footage)

2001		Postcards From The Cast as Self
2001		The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne
2001		Acting 'Carrie' as Self
2001		Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
2001		Midwives as Cheryl Visco

2000

as Aunt Hanna

1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) as Dorothy Rudd
1999		The Mao Game
1999		Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady
1999		The Rage: Carrie 2 as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999		Palmer's Pick Up as Evangelist

1998		The Faculty as Mrs. Karen Olson
1998		Brother's Keeper (1 episode) as Jane Waide
1998		Will & Grace (1 episode) as Sharon
1998		St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat

1997		Alone as Lillie Dawson
1997		A Christmas Memory as Jennie
1997		Intensity (2 episodes) as Miriam Braynard
1997		Intensity as Miriam Braynard

1996		In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
1996		The Road to Galveston as Wanda Kirkman

1995		The Crossing Guard as Helen Booth
1995		The Grass Harp as Dolly Talbo
1995		Fighting for My Daughter as Judge Edna Burton

1994		Shadows of Desire as Ellis Snow
1994		ER (4 episodes) as Sarah Ross
1994		Traps (5 episodes) as Cora Trapchek

1993		Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
1993		Diagnosis: Murder (1 episode) as A.D.A. Susan Turner
1993		Frasier (1 episode) as Marianne (voice) (1 episode) 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

as Bea Sullivan

1990		Rising Son as Martha Robinson
1990		Twin Peaks (1 episode) as Catherine Martell (archive footage) (1 episode) as Mr. Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice) (4 episodes) as Mr. Tojamura (1 episode) as Mr. Tojamura / Catherine Martell (30 episodes) as Catherine Martell

1989		Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell
1989		Dream a Little Dream as Gena Ettinger
1989		Mother, Mother as Martha Cousins

1988		Go Toward the Light as Margo
1988		Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw
1988		Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton

1987		Beauty and the Beast (1 episode)
1987		Distortions as Margot Caldwell

1986		Promise as Annie Gilbert
1986		Children of a Lesser God as Mrs. Norman
1986		Matlock (1 episode) as Claire Leigh

1985		Toughlove as Darlene Marsh
1985		Love, Mary as Christine Groda
1985		The Twilight Zone (1 episode) as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (1 episode) as Aunt Neva
1985		Tender Is the Night (6 episodes) as Elsie Speers
1985		Return to Oz as Aunt Em

1984		Terror in the Aisles as Margaret White (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984		Murder, She Wrote (1 episode) as Peggy Shannon

1983

(4 episodes) as Anne Mueller

1982		St. Elsewhere (3 episodes) as Fran Singleton
1982		Hotel (1 episode)
1982		Mae West as Matilda West

1981		The Bunker as Magda Goebbels
1981		Macbeth as Lady Macbeth

1980		Skag (6 episodes)
1980		Skag as Jo Skagska

1979

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

1976

as Margaret White

1963

(1 episode) as Lee Wiley

1961		The Mike Douglas Show (1 episode) as Self
1961		Ben Casey (1 episode)
1961		The Hustler as Sarah Packard

1959

as Miriamne

1958		Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
1958		Naked City (1 episode) as Mary Highmark

1957		Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
1957		Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle

1956

(1 episode)

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 Oscars (1 episode) as Self (archive footage)
1953		General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Jessica Galloway (1 episode) as Cleopatra (1 episode) as Phoebe Durkin
1953		The Mississippi Gambler as Angelique Dureau

1952		Son of Ali Baba as Kiki / Princess Azura
1952		Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Millicent Blaisdell
1952		No Room for the Groom as Lee Kingshead

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Annie (1 episode) as Miriamne
1951		The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
1951		Francis Goes to the Races as Frances Travers

1950		The Milkman as Chris Abbott
1950		Louisa as Cathy Norton
1950		What's My Line? (1 episode) as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents (1 episode) as Stacey Spender

1948		Studio One (1 episode) as Ruth Cornelius
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show (1 episode) as Self

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