Piper Laurie
Birthdate
January 22, 1932 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of Death
October 14, 2023
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
January 22, 1932 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of Death
October 14, 2023
Known For
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.
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Acting (125)
2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2018
White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe
2018
Snapshots as Rose
2016
MacGyver as Edith (1 episode)
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
The Dead Girl as Arden's Mother
2004
Eulogy as Charlotte Collins
2003
Cold Case as Rose (2005) (1 episode)
2003
Dead Like Me as Nina Rommey (1 episode)
2002
The Hustler: The Inside Story 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
Possessed as Aunt Hanna
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dorothy Rudd (1 episode)
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 as Jane Waide (1 episode)
1998
Will & Grace as Sharon (1 episode)
1998
St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat
1997
A Christmas Memory as Jennie
1997
Alone as Lillie Dawson
1997
Intensity as Miriam Braynard
1997
Intensity as Miriam Braynard (2 episodes)
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 as Sarah Ross (4 episodes)
1994
Traps as Cora Trapchek (5 episodes)
1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as A.D.A. Susan Turner (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Marianne (voice) (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Mrs. Mulhern (1 episode)
1993
Sad Inheritance as Margaret Kinsey
1993
Trauma as Adriana Petrescu
1992
Rich in Love as Vera Delmage
1992
Storyville as Constance Fowler
1991
Other People's Money as Bea Sullivan
1990
Rising Son as Martha Robinson
1990
Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell (30 episodes)
1990
Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell (archive footage) (1 episode)
1990
Twin Peaks as Mr. Tojamura (4 episodes)
1990
Twin Peaks as Mr. Tojamura / Catherine Martell (1 episode)
1990
Twin Peaks as Mr. Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice) (1 episode)
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 as Claire Leigh (1 episode)
1985
Toughlove as Darlene Marsh
1985
Love, Mary as Christine Groda
1985
The Twilight Zone as Aunt Neva (1 episode)
1985
The Twilight Zone as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (1 episode)
1985
Tender Is the Night as Elsie Speers (6 episodes)
1985
Return to Oz as Aunt Em
1984
Terror in the Aisles as Margaret White (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Peggy Shannon (1 episode)
1983
The Thorn Birds as Anne Mueller (4 episodes)
1982
St. Elsewhere as Fran Singleton (3 episodes)
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
Tim 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
Carrie as Margaret White
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Lee Wiley (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self (1 episode)
1961
Ben Casey (1 episode)
1961
The Hustler as Sarah Packard
1959
Winterset as Miriamne
1958
Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
1958
Naked City as Mary Highmark (1 episode)
1957
Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
1957
Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle
1956
Playhouse 90 (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 as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater as Cleopatra (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater as Jessica Galloway (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater as Phoebe Durkin (1 episode)
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 as Annie (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miriamne (1 episode)
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? as Self - Mystery Guest (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Stacey Spender (1 episode)
1948
Studio One as Ruth Cornelius (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (1 episode)