Piper Laurie
Born: 1932-01-22 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: 2023-10-14
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.
Filmography
2023
- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2022
2018
- White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe
- Snapshots as Rose
2016
- MacGyver as Edith
- More Acting 'Carrie' as Self
2012
- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
- Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop
2010
- Hesher as Madeleine Forney
- Another Harvest Moon as June
2009
- Saving Grace B. Jones as Marta Shrank
2008
- Hounddog as Grammie
2007
2006
- The Dead Girl as Arden's Mother
2004
- Eulogy as Charlotte Collins
2003
- Cold Case as Rose (2005)
- Dead Like Me as Nina Rommey
2002
- The Hustler: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)
2001
- State of Grace as Aunt Sophie
- Acting 'Carrie' as Self
- The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne
- Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
- Midwives as Cheryl Visco
- Postcards From The Cast as Self
2000
- Possessed as Aunt Hanna
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dorothy Rudd
- The Rage: Carrie 2 as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady
- Palmer's Pick-Up as Evangelist
- The Mao Game
1998
- Will & Grace as Sharon
- The Faculty as Mrs. Karen Olson
- Brother's Keeper as Jane Waide
- St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat
1997
- Intensity as Miriam Braynard
- Alone as Lillie Dawson
- A Christmas Memory as Jennie
- Intensity as Miriam Braynard
1996
- The Grass Harp as Dolly Talbo
- In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
- The Road to Galveston as Wanda Kirkman
1995
- The Crossing Guard as Helen Booth
- Fighting for My Daughter as Judge Edna Burton
1994
- ER as Sarah Ross
- Touched by an Angel as Annie Doyle
- Traps as Cora Trapchek
- Shadows of Desire as Ellis Snow
1993
- Frasier as Marianne (voice)
- Diagnosis: Murder as A.D.A. Susan Turner
- Trauma as Adriana Petrescu
- Sad Inheritance as Margaret Kinsey
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
1992
- Rich in Love as Vera Delmage
- Storyville as Constance Fowler
1991
- Other People's Money as Bea Sullivan
1990
- Twin Peaks as Katherine Martell
- Rising Son as Martha Robinson
1989
- Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell
- Dream a Little Dream as Gena Ettinger
- Mother, Mother as Martha Cousins
1988
- Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton
- Go Toward the Light as Margo
- Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw
1987
- Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Davis
- Distortions as Margot Caldwell
1986
- Matlock as Claire Leigh
- Children of a Lesser God as Mrs. Norman
- Promise as Annie Gilbert
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
- Return to Oz as Aunt Em
- Tender Is the Night as Elsie Speers
- Tough Love as Darlene Marsh
- Love, Mary as Christine Groda
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Peggy Shannon
1983
- The Thorn Birds as Anne Mueller
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Fran Singleton
- Hotel
- Mae West as Matilda West
1981
- The Bunker as Magda Goebbels
- Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
1979
- Tim as Mary Horton
1978
- Rainbow as Ethel Gumm
- The Boss' Son as Elaine
1977
- In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Julie Quinlan
- Ruby as Ruby
1976
- Carrie as Margaret White
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Lee Wiley
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Ben Casey
- The Hustler as Sarah Packard
1959
- Winterset as Miriamne
1958
- Naked City as Mary Highmark
- Days of Wine and Roses as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
1957
- Until They Sail as Delia Leslie Friskett
- Kelly and Me as Mina Van Runkle
- The Ninth Day
1956
1955
- Smoke Signal as Laura Evans
- Ain't Misbehavin' as Sarah Hatfield
- Allen in Movieland as Self
1954
- Dawn at Socorro as Rannah Hayes
- Dangerous Mission as Louise Graham
- Johnny Dark as Liz Fielding
1953
- General Electric Theater as Phoebe Durkin
- The Golden Blade as Khairuzan
- The Mississippi Gambler as Angelique Dureau
- The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self
1952
- Son of Ali Baba as Kiki / Princess Azura
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Millicent Blaisdell
- No Room for the Groom as Lee Kingshead
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miriamne
- The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
- Francis Goes to the Races as Frances Travers
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Stacey Spender
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Milkman as Chris Abbott
- Louisa as Cathy Norton
1948
- Studio One as Ruth Cornelius
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee