Piper Laurie
Department: Acting
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 Hustler
1961
Children of a Lesser God
1986
Appointment with Death
1988
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
Other People's Money
1991
Carrie
1976
Tim
1979
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002
Allen in Movieland
1955
The Faculty
1998
The Crossing Guard
1995
Winterset
1959
Return to Oz
1985
The Dead Girl
2006
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
The Bunker
1981
Hounddog
2008
Hesher
2010
The Grass Harp
1996
Possessed
2000
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
Son of Ali Baba
1952
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
Ruby
1977
A Christmas Memory
1997
The Golden Blade
1953
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
Until They Sail
1957
Johnny Dark
1954
Bad Blood... the Hunger
2012
Dangerous Mission
1954
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Tiger Warsaw
1988
The Milkman
1950
Another Harvest Moon
2010
No Room for the Groom
1952
Rich in Love
1992
Storyville
1992
Smoke Signal
1955
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
Dawn at Socorro
1954
Skag
1980
Kelly and Me
1957
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
Distortions
1987
Macbeth
1981
The Road to Galveston
1996
Postcards From The Cast
2001
Rainbow
1978
Dream a Little Dream
1989
Mae West
1982
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
Eulogy
2004
The Boss' Son
1978
Trauma
1993
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
Rising Son
1990
Alone
1997
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
Ain't Misbehavin'
1955
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999
Go Toward the Light
1988
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
Love, Mary
1985
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
Promise
1986
The Ninth Day
1957
Louisa
1950
Inherit the Wind
1999
Sad Inheritance
1993
Midwives
2001
White Boy Rick
2018
Twin Peaks
1989
Shadows of Desire
1994
St. Patrick's Day
1998
Intensity
1997
Snapshots
2018
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
The Mao Game
1999
Toughlove
1985
Mother, Mother
1989
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
More Acting 'Carrie'
2016
Matlock
1986
Cold Case
2003
Beauty and the Beast
1987
MacGyver
2016
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Naked City
1958
Hotel
1982
Frasier
1993
Studio One
1948
General Electric Theater
1953
Will & Grace
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
ER
1994
Skag
1980
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Thorn Birds
1983
Ben Casey
1961
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Traps
1994
Twin Peaks
1990
Frasier
1993
Dead Like Me
2003
Playhouse 90
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Twilight Zone
1985
St. Elsewhere
1982
Intensity
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Twilight Zone
1985
What's My Line?
1950
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Twin Peaks
1990
Twin Peaks
1990
Twin Peaks
1990
Brother's Keeper
1998
Twin Peaks
1990
Twin Peaks
1990
Touched by an Angel
1994
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Science Fiction Film Awards
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State of Grace
2001
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Tender Is the Night
1985