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
7.108
Cold Case
7.8
Beauty and the Beast
7.442
MacGyver
7.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.933
Naked City
5.5
Hotel
6.8
Frasier
7.681
Studio One
5
General Electric Theater
6.25
Will & Grace
6.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
ER
7.824
Skag
0
Diagnosis: Murder
7.1
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
8.346
Frasier
7.681
Dead Like Me
7.651
Playhouse 90
7.6
General Electric Theater
6.25
General Electric Theater
6.25
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Twilight Zone
7.748
St. Elsewhere
5.567
Intensity
8
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Twilight Zone
7.748
Tender Is the Night
6.286
What's My Line?
6.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Twin Peaks
8.346
Twin Peaks
8.346
Twin Peaks
8.346
Brother's Keeper
0
Twin Peaks
8.346
Twin Peaks
8.346
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Science Fiction Film Awards
0
Movies
The Hustler
7.7
Children of a Lesser God
6.936
Appointment with Death
6.143
Acting 'Carrie'
7
Other People's Money
6.1
Carrie
7.319
Tim
6.26
The Hustler: The Inside Story
0
Allen in Movieland
5
The Faculty
6.555
The Crossing Guard
6
Winterset
0
Return to Oz
6.697
The Dead Girl
6.017
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
6.122
The Bunker
6.235
Hounddog
6.455
Hesher
6.804
The Grass Harp
5.8
Possessed
5.4
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?
6.955
Ruby
4.214
A Christmas Memory
6.1
The Golden Blade
6.3
In the Blink of an Eye
5.375
Until They Sail
6.5
Johnny Dark
5
Bad Blood... the Hunger
8.3
Dangerous Mission
5.833
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
6.033
Tiger Warsaw
5.352
The Milkman
8
Another Harvest Moon
4.6
No Room for the Groom
5.5
Rich in Love
6.7
Storyville
5
Smoke Signal
6.636
The Last Brickmaker in America
7.6
Dawn at Socorro
7.2
Skag
0
Kelly and Me
10
The Mississippi Gambler
7
Distortions
0
Macbeth
6
The Road to Galveston
3
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
5.8
Fighting for My Daughter
2
Rising Son
5.875
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
5.585
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
6.358
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
7
The Mao Game
0
Toughlove
5
Mother, Mother
2
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
0
Saving Grace B. Jones
5.8