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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie

Actor · Born 1932-01-22 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Carrie (1976) — Margaret White
  2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Dorothy Rudd
  3. Twin Peaks (1990) — Katherine Martell
  4. The Faculty (1998) — Mrs. Karen Olson
  5. White Boy Rick (2018) — Grandma Verna Wershe
  6. The Hustler (1961) — Sarah Packard
  7. Return to Oz (1985) — Aunt Em
  8. MacGyver (2016) — Edith
  9. ER (1994) — Sarah Ross
  10. Frasier (1993) — Marianne (voice)
  11. Hesher (2010) — Madeleine Forney
  12. Twin Peaks (1989) — Catherine Martell
  13. Will & Grace (1998) — Sharon
  14. Dead Like Me (2003) — Nina Rommey
  15. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) — Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
  16. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Peggy Shannon
  17. Cold Case (2003) — Rose (2005)
  18. Children of a Lesser God (1986) — Mrs. Norman
  19. The Crossing Guard (1995) — Helen Booth
  20. Beauty and the Beast (1987) — Mrs. Davis
  21. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
  22. The Dead Girl (2006) — Arden's Mother
  23. Trauma (1993) — Adriana Petrescu
  24. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Annie Doyle
  25. Appointment with Death (1988) — Emily Boynton
  26. Other People's Money (1991) — Bea Sullivan
  27. Dream a Little Dream (1989) — Gena Ettinger
  28. Eulogy (2004) — Charlotte Collins
  29. Hounddog (2008) — Grammie
  30. Matlock (1986) — Claire Leigh
  31. The Thorn Birds (1983) — Anne Mueller
  32. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — A.D.A. Susan Turner
  33. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Fran Singleton
  34. Tim (1979) — Mary Horton
  35. Snapshots (2018) — Rose
  36. The Bunker (1981) — Magda Goebbels
  37. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) — Georgia
  38. Possessed (2000) — Aunt Hanna
  39. Inherit the Wind (1999) — Sarah Brady
  40. Intensity (1997) — Miriam Braynard