
Piper Laurie
Born January 22, 1932 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Carrie

The Faculty

Return to Oz

White Boy Rick

Twin Peaks

The Rage: Carrie 2

The Hustler

Hesher

The Crossing Guard

Appointment with Death

The Dead Girl

Children of a Lesser God

Other People's Money

Son of Ali Baba

The Prince Who Was a Thief

Dream a Little Dream

The Grass Harp

Tough Love

Eulogy

Acting 'Carrie'

Hounddog

Inherit the Wind

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Trauma

The Bunker

No Room for the Groom

In the Blink of an Eye

Possessed

Saving Grace B. Jones

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
TV Shows

Diagnosis: Murder

Golden Globe Awards

ER

Murder, She Wrote

Touched by an Angel

Cold Case

Will & Grace

What's My Line?

St. Elsewhere

MacGyver

Matlock

Robert Montgomery Presents

Hotel

Naked City

Studio One

Ben Casey

The Twilight Zone

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Dead Like Me

Playhouse 90

The Thorn Birds

State of Grace

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Brother's Keeper

Tender Is the Night

General Electric Theater

Unreleased
Science Fiction Film Awards

Intensity

Beauty and the Beast
More Movies

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Dangerous Mission

The Mississippi Gambler

The Golden Blade

Until They Sail

Palmer's Pick-Up

Smoke Signal

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Tim

Snapshots

Go Toward the Light

Skag

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

Francis Goes to the Races

Sad Inheritance

The Road to Galveston

Rising Son

Fighting for My Daughter

Days of Wine and Roses

The Last Brickmaker in America

St. Patrick's Day

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

Tiger Warsaw

Bad Blood... the Hunger

The Hustler: The Inside Story

Mae West

The Milkman

Dawn at Socorro

Another Harvest Moon

Kelly and Me

Midwives

Rich in Love

Ruby

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

Intensity

The Boss' Son

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

Storyville

A Christmas Memory

Ain't Misbehavin'

Johnny Dark

Alone

Promise

Allen in Movieland

Rainbow

Louisa

Love, Mary

Mother, Mother

Distortions

Shadows of Desire

Macbeth

The Ninth Day




