Name
Piper Laurie
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-01-22
Deathday
2023-10-14 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
The Faculty
(2,405 Votes)
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When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that ...
Relase Date : 25 Dec, 1998
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Return to Oz
(1,102 Votes)
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Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in t...
Relase Date : 21 Jun, 1985
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The Rage: Carrie 2
(498 Votes)
5.703
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high...
Relase Date : 12 Mar, 1999
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White Boy Rick
(1,244 Votes)
6.352
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the pol...
Relase Date : 14 Sep, 2018
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Other People's Money
(159 Votes)
6.1
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patri...
Relase Date : 18 Oct, 1991
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The Grass Harp
(35 Votes)
5.9
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young...
Relase Date : 11 Oct, 1996
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Children of a Lesser God
(356 Votes)
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Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds me...
Relase Date : 13 Sep, 1986
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1961 The Hustler as Sarah Packard
- 1986 Children of a Lesser God as Mrs. Norman
- 1988 Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton
- 2001 Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 1991 Other People's Money as Bea Sullivan
- 1976 Carrie as Margaret White
- 1979 Tim as Mary Horton
- 2002 The Hustler: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1955 Allen in Movieland as Self
- 1998 The Faculty as Mrs. Olson
- 1995 The Crossing Guard as Helen Booth
- 1959 Winterset as Miriamne
- 1985 Return to Oz as Aunt Em
- 2006 The Dead Girl as Arden's Mother
- 1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
- 1981 The Bunker as Magda Goebbels
- 2008 Hounddog as Grammie
- 2010 Hesher as Madeleine Forney
- 1996 The Grass Harp as Dolly Talbo
- 2000 Possessed as Aunt Hanna
- 1951 Francis Goes to the Races as Frances Travers
- 1952 Son of Ali Baba as Kiki / Princess Azura
- 1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
- 1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Millicent Blaisdell
- 1977 Ruby as Ruby
- 1997 A Christmas Memory as Jennie
- 1953 The Golden Blade as Khairuzan
- 1996 In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
- 1957 Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
- 1954 Johnny Dark as Liz Fielding
- 2012 Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop
- 1954 Dangerous Mission as Louise Graham
- 2023 Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
- 1988 Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw
- 1950 The Milkman as Chris Abbott
- 2010 Another Harvest Moon as June
- 1952 No Room for the Groom as Lee Kingshead
- 1992 Rich in Love as Vera Delmage
- 1992 Storyville as Constance Fowler
- 1955 Smoke Signal as Laura Evans
- 2001 The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne
- 1954 Dawn at Socorro as Rannah Hayes
- 1980 Skag as Jo Skagska
- 1957 Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle
- 1953 The Mississippi Gambler as Angelique Dureau
- 1987 Distortions as Margot Caldwell
- 1981 Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
- 1996 The Road to Galveston as Wanda Kirkman
- 2001 Postcards From The Cast as Self
- 1978 Rainbow as Ethel Gumm
- 1989 Dream a Little Dream as Gena Ettinger
- 1982 Mae West as Matilda West
- 2007 Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as Self
- 2004 Eulogy as Charlotte Collins
- 1978 The Boss' Son as Elaine
- 1993 Trauma as Adriana Petrescu
- 1995 Fighting for My Daughter as Judge Edna Burton
- 1990 Rising Son as Martha Robinson
- 1997 Alone as Lillie Dawson
- 2001 Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
- 1955 Ain't Misbehavin' as Sarah Hatfield
- 1999 Palmer's Pick-Up as Evangelist
- 1988 Go Toward the Light as Margo
- 1999 The Rage: Carrie 2 as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1977 In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Julie Quinlan
- 1985 Love, Mary as Christine Groda
- 2022 Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur as Self
- 1986 Promise as Annie Gilbert
- 1957 The Ninth Day as Ruth McAdam
- 1950 Louisa as Cathy Norton
- 1999 Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady
- 1993 Sad Inheritance as Margaret Kinsey
- 2001 Midwives as Cheryl Visco
- 2018 White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe
- 1989 Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell
- 1994 Shadows of Desire as Ellis Snow
- 1998 St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat
- 1997 Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- 2018 Snapshots as Rose
- 1958 Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
- 2012 Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- 1999 The Mao Game
- 1985 Tough Love as Darlene Marsh
- 1989 Mother, Mother as Martha Cousins
- 1953 The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self
- 2009 Saving Grace B. Jones as Marta Shrank
- 2016 More Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Claire Leigh
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Rose (2005)
- 2016 MacGyver ( 1 episode ) as Edith
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Dorothy Rudd
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Mary Highmark
- 1982 Hotel ( 0 episode )
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Marianne (voice)
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Cornelius
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Phoebe Durkin
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as Sharon
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Miriamne
- 1994 ER ( 4 episodes ) as Sarah Ross
- 1980 Skag ( 6 episodes )
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as A.D.A. Susan Turner
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lee Wiley
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Stacey Spender
- 1994 Traps ( 5 episodes ) as Cora Trapchek
- 1990 Twin Peaks ( 30 episodes ) as Katherine Martell
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Mulhern
- 2003 Dead Like Me ( 1 episode ) as Nina Rommey
- 1956 Playhouse 90 ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Cleopatra
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Jessica Galloway
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
- 1997 Intensity ( 2 episodes ) as Miriam Braynard
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 3 episodes ) as Fran Singleton
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Annie
- 1990 Twin Peaks ( 1 episode ) as Catherine Martell (archive footage)
- 1998 Brother's Keeper ( 1 episode ) as Jane Waide
- 1990 Twin Peaks ( 11 episodes ) as Catherine Martell
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Annie Doyle
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Peggy Shannon
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- Soon Science Fiction Film Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 State of Grace ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Sophie
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Tender Is the Night ( 1 episode ) as Elsie Speers
- 1987 Beauty and the Beast ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Davis
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Jessica
- 1983 The Thorn Birds ( 4 episodes ) as Anne Mueller
