Piper Laurie
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
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Matlock
7.1
Cold Case
7.774
Beauty and the Beast
7.5
MacGyver
7.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Naked City
5.5
Hotel
6.8
Frasier
7.674
Studio One
5
General Electric Theater
6.25
Will & Grace
6.855
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
ER
7.828
Skag
0
Diagnosis: Murder
7.071
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
The Thorn Birds
7.2
Ben Casey
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Traps
0
Twin Peaks
8.34
Frasier
7.674
Dead Like Me
7.649
Playhouse 90
7.6
General Electric Theater
6.25
General Electric Theater
6.25
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Twilight Zone
7.762
Intensity
8
St. Elsewhere
5.5
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Twilight Zone
7.762
Tender Is the Night
6.286
What's My Line?
6.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Twin Peaks
8.34
Twin Peaks
8.34
Twin Peaks
8.34
Brother's Keeper
0
Twin Peaks
8.34
Twin Peaks
8.34
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
7
Golden Globe Awards
7
Science Fiction Film Awards
0
Movies
The Hustler
7.67
Children of a Lesser God
6.9
Appointment with Death
6.139
Acting 'Carrie'
7
Other People's Money
6.1
Carrie
7.318
Tim
6.3
The Hustler: The Inside Story
0
Allen in Movieland
5
The Faculty
6.553
The Crossing Guard
6
Winterset
0
Return to Oz
6.699
The Dead Girl
6.035
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
6.2
The Bunker
6.235
Hounddog
6.435
Hesher
6.81
The Grass Harp
5.8
Possessed
5.381
Francis Goes to the Races
6.5
Son of Ali Baba
5.8
The Prince Who Was a Thief
4.9
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
6.9
Ruby
4.222
A Christmas Memory
6.1
The Golden Blade
6.3
In the Blink of an Eye
5.375
Until They Sail
6.4
Johnny Dark
5
Bad Blood... the Hunger
8.3
Dangerous Mission
5.833
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
6.393
Tiger Warsaw
5.352
The Milkman
8
Another Harvest Moon
4.6
No Room for the Groom
5.6
Rich in Love
6.7
Storyville
5
Smoke Signal
6.5
The Last Brickmaker in America
7
Dawn at Socorro
7.2
Skag
0
Kelly and Me
10
The Mississippi Gambler
6.889
Distortions
0
Macbeth
6
The Road to Galveston
5
Postcards From The Cast
0
Rainbow
0
Dream a Little Dream
5.8
Mae West
5.8
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
7.2
Eulogy
6.449
The Boss' Son
0
Trauma
5.789
Fighting for My Daughter
2
Rising Son
5.571
Alone
6.5
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
6.6
Ain't Misbehavin'
5
Palmer's Pick-Up
3
Go Toward the Light
7.4
The Rage: Carrie 2
5.6
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
8.2
Love, Mary
5
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
7
Promise
6.8
The Ninth Day
0
Louisa
6.1
Inherit the Wind
6.3
Sad Inheritance
6
Midwives
6.25
White Boy Rick
6.353
Twin Peaks
8.4
Shadows of Desire
1.667
St. Patrick's Day
3.7
Intensity
6.897
Snapshots
7.2
Days of Wine and Roses
7
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
6.8
The Mao Game
0
Toughlove
5
Mother, Mother
2
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
0
Saving Grace B. Jones
5.8