Piper Laurie

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
January 22, 1932 (91 years old)
Died
October 14, 2023
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Thriller TV Movie
Career Span
1950 – 2023

Piper Laurie

3 wins
77 nominations
2 Oscars
86 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Jan 22, 1932
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1950 – 2023

Award Recognition

3
Wins
77
Nominations
2
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2023

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)

2022

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur as Herself

2018

White Boy Rick as Grandma Verna Wershe Award
Snapshots as Rose

2012

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self
Bad Blood... the Hunger as Milly Lathrop

2010

Hesher as Madeleine Forney Award
Another Harvest Moon as June

2009

Saving Grace B. Jones as Marta Shrank

2007

Hounddog as Grammie
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2006

The Dead Girl as Arden's Mother Award

2004

Eulogy as Charlotte Collins Award

2002

The Hustler: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)

2001

Postcards From The Cast as Self
Midwives as Cheryl Visco
Acting 'Carrie' as Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
The Last Brickmaker in America as Ruth Anne

2000

Possessed as Aunt Hanna Award

1999

The Rage: Carrie 2 as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) Award
Inherit the Wind as Sarah Brady Award
Palmer's Pick-Up as Evangelist
The Mao Game

1998

The Faculty as Mrs. Karen Olson Award
St. Patrick's Day as Mary Pat

1997

Alone as Lillie Dawson
Intensity as Miriam Braynard
A Christmas Memory as Jennie

1996

The Grass Harp as Dolly Talbo Award
In the Blink of an Eye as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
The Road to Galveston as Wanda Kirkman

1995

The Crossing Guard as Helen Booth Award
Fighting for My Daughter as Judge Edna Burton

1994

Shadows of Desire as Ellis Snow

1993

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Georgia
Trauma as Adriana Petrescu
Sad Inheritance as Margaret Kinsey

1992

Storyville as Constance Fowler
Rich in Love as Vera Delmage

1991

Other People's Money as Bea Sullivan Award

1990

Rising Son as Martha Robinson

1989

Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell
Mother, Mother as Martha Cousins
Dream a Little Dream as Gena Ettinger

1988

Appointment with Death as Emily Boynton Award
Go Toward the Light as Margo
Tiger Warsaw as Frances Warsaw

1987

Distortions as Margot Caldwell

1986

Children of a Lesser God as Mrs. Norman
Promise as Annie Gilbert

1985

Return to Oz as Aunt Em Award
Toughlove as Darlene Marsh Award
Love, Mary as Christine Groda

1982

Mae West as Matilda West Award

1981

The Bunker as Magda Goebbels Award
Macbeth as Lady Macbeth

1980

Skag as Jo Skagska

1979

Tim as Mary Horton

1978

Rainbow as Ethel Gumm
The Boss' Son as Elaine

1977

Ruby as Ruby
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan as Julie Quinlan

1976

Carrie as Margaret White Award

1961

The Hustler as Sarah Packard Award

1959

Winterset as Miriamne

1958

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

1955

Smoke Signal as Laura Evans
Ain't Misbehavin' as Sarah Hatfield
Allen in Movieland as Self

1954

Dangerous Mission as Louise Graham
Dawn at Socorro as Rannah Hayes
Johnny Dark as Liz Fielding

1953

The Mississippi Gambler as Angelique Dureau Award
The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self
The Golden Blade as Khairuzan

1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Millicent Blaisdell
No Room for the Groom as Lee Kingshead
Son of Ali Baba as Kiki / Princess Azura

1951

The Prince Who Was a Thief as Tina
Francis Goes to the Races as Frances Travers

1950

Louisa as Cathy Norton
The Milkman as Chris Abbott

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Carrie
The Faculty
White Boy Rick
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Bunker
Twin Peaks
The Hustler
Return to Oz
Eulogy
Hesher

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