Piper Laurie

Known for: Acting

Born: 1932-01-22 – 2023-10-14 (aged 91)

From: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 (124)

MOVIE★ 5.7
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
as Herself
MOVIE★ 6.3
White Boy Rick
2018
as Grandma Verna Wershe
MOVIE★ 7.1
Snapshots
2018
as Rose
MOVIE
More Acting 'Carrie'
2016
as Self
TV★ 7.3
MacGyver
2016
as Edith
MOVIE★ 8.5
Bad Blood... the Hunger
2012
as Milly Lathrop
MOVIE★ 7.4
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
Another Harvest Moon
2010
as June
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hesher
2010
as Madeleine Forney
MOVIE★ 5.4
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
as Marta Shrank
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hounddog
2008
as Grammie
MOVIE★ 7.4
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Dead Girl
2006
as Arden's Mother
MOVIE★ 6.4
Eulogy
2004
as Charlotte Collins
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Rose (2005)
TV★ 7.6
Dead Like Me
2003
as Nina Rommey
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Ruth Anne
MOVIE★ 7.5
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
TV★ 6.3
State of Grace
2001
as Aunt Sophie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Midwives
2001
as Cheryl Visco
MOVIE★ 5.4
Possessed
2000
as Aunt Hanna
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dorothy Rudd
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Mao Game
1999
MOVIE★ 6.3
Inherit the Wind
1999
as Sarah Brady
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999
as Evangelist
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Faculty
1998
as Mrs. Karen Olson
TV★ 7.0
Brother's Keeper
1998
as Jane Waide
TV★ 6.9
Will & Grace
1998
as Sharon
MOVIE★ 4.4
St. Patrick's Day
1998
as Mary Pat
MOVIE★ 6.2
A Christmas Memory
1997
as Jennie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Alone
1997
as Lillie Dawson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Intensity
1997
as Miriam Braynard
TV★ 8.0
Intensity
1997
as Miriam Braynard
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Grass Harp
1996
as Dolly Talbo
MOVIE★ 5.9
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Road to Galveston
1996
as Wanda Kirkman
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Crossing Guard
1995
as Helen Booth
MOVIE★ 4.7
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
as Judge Edna Burton
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Annie Doyle
MOVIE★ 2.6
Shadows of Desire
1994
as Ellis Snow
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Sarah Ross
TV★ 9.0
Traps
1994
as Cora Trapchek
MOVIE★ 6.3
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Georgia
TV★ 7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as A.D.A. Susan Turner
TV★ 7.7
Frasier
1993
as Marianne (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sad Inheritance
1993
as Margaret Kinsey
MOVIE★ 5.8
Trauma
1993
as Adriana Petrescu
MOVIE★ 6.4
Rich in Love
1992
as Vera Delmage
MOVIE★ 5.3
Storyville
1992
as Constance Fowler
MOVIE★ 6.1
Other People's Money
1991
as Bea Sullivan
MOVIE★ 6.2
Rising Son
1990
as Martha Robinson
TV★ 8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
as Katherine Martell
MOVIE★ 8.5
Twin Peaks
1989
as Catherine Martell
MOVIE★ 5.8
Dream a Little Dream
1989
as Gena Ettinger
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mother, Mother
1989
as Martha Cousins
MOVIE★ 7.7
Go Toward the Light
1988
as Margo
MOVIE★ 5.5
Tiger Warsaw
1988
as Frances Warsaw
MOVIE★ 6.1
Appointment with Death
1988
as Emily Boynton
TV★ 7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Mrs. Davis
MOVIE★ 9.0
Distortions
1987
as Margot Caldwell
MOVIE★ 7.3
Promise
1986
as Annie Gilbert
MOVIE★ 6.9
Children of a Lesser God
1986
as Mrs. Norman
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Claire Leigh
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tough Love
1985
as Darlene Marsh
MOVIE★ 5.7
Love, Mary
1985
as Christine Groda
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
TV★ 6.3
Tender Is the Night
1985
as Elsie Speers
MOVIE★ 6.7
Return to Oz
1985
as Aunt Em
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Peggy Shannon
TV★ 7.2
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Anne Mueller
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Fran Singleton
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mae West
1982
as Matilda West
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Bunker
1981
as Magda Goebbels
MOVIE★ 6.4
Macbeth
1981
as Lady Macbeth
MOVIE
Skag
1980
as Jo Skagska
TV★ 7.0
Skag
1980
MOVIE★ 6.3
Tim
1979
as Mary Horton
MOVIE★ 10.0
Rainbow
1978
as Ethel Gumm
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Boss' Son
1978
as Elaine
MOVIE★ 7.8
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
as Julie Quinlan
MOVIE★ 4.5
Ruby
1977
as Ruby
MOVIE★ 7.3
Carrie
1976
as Margaret White
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Lee Wiley
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Hustler
1961
as Sarah Packard
MOVIE★ 9.0
Winterset
1959
as Miriamne
MOVIE★ 7.3
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Mary Highmark
MOVIE★ 6.3
Until They Sail
1957
as Delia Leslie Friskett
MOVIE★ 9.0
Kelly and Me
1957
as Mina Van Runkle
MOVIE
The Ninth Day
1957
TV★ 7.6
Playhouse 90
1956
MOVIE★ 4.5
Allen in Movieland
1955
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Ain't Misbehavin'
1955
as Sarah Hatfield
MOVIE★ 6.9
Smoke Signal
1955
as Laura Evans
MOVIE★ 7.2
Dawn at Socorro
1954
as Rannah Hayes
MOVIE★ 5.8
Johnny Dark
1954
as Liz Fielding
MOVIE★ 6.1
Dangerous Mission
1954
as Louise Graham
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Golden Blade
1953
as Khairuzan
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Phoebe Durkin
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
as Angelique Dureau
MOVIE
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Son of Ali Baba
1952
as Kiki / Princess Azura
MOVIE★ 7.0
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Millicent Blaisdell
MOVIE★ 5.8
No Room for the Groom
1952
as Lee Kingshead
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Miriamne
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951
as Tina
MOVIE★ 6.5
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
as Frances Travers
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Milkman
1950
as Chris Abbott
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Louisa
1950
as Cathy Norton
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Stacey Spender
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Ruth Cornelius
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
TV
Science Fiction Film Awards
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as Herself