Piper Laurie

Jan 22, 1932 - Oct 14, 2023 (91 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dorothy Rudd

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Frasier

Marianne (voice)

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Stacey Spender

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Will & Grace

Sharon

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Studio One

Ruth Cornelius

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Murder, She Wrote

Peggy Shannon

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Touched by an Angel

Annie Doyle

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Twin Peaks

Katherine Martell

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Diagnosis: Murder

A.D.A. Susan Turner

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Credits

Science Fiction Film Awards Future

Herself

★ NR
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 2023

Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur 2022

Herself

★ 7
White Boy Rick 2018

Grandma Verna Wershe

★ 6.4
Snapshots 2018

Rose

★ 7.2
MacGyver 2016

Edith

★ 7.3
Bad Blood... the Hunger 2012

Milly Lathrop

★ 8.3
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom 2012

Self

★ 6.8
Another Harvest Moon 2010

June

★ 4.5
Hesher 2010

Madeleine Forney

★ 6.8
Saving Grace B. Jones 2009

Marta Shrank

★ 5.8
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks 2007

★ 7.2
Hounddog 2007

Grammie

★ 6.5
The Dead Girl 2006

Arden's Mother

★ 6.1
Eulogy 2004

Charlotte Collins

★ 6.5
Cold Case 2003

Rose (2005)

★ 7.8
Dead Like Me 2003

Nina Rommey

★ 7.6
The Hustler: The Inside Story 2002

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Postcards From The Cast 2001

Self

★ NR
The Last Brickmaker in America 2001

Ruth Anne

★ 7
Acting 'Carrie' 2001

Self

★ 7
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror 2001

Self

★ 6.6
Midwives 2001

Cheryl Visco

★ 7
Possessed 2000

Aunt Hanna

★ 5.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999

Dorothy Rudd

★ 7.9
The Mao Game 1999

★ NR
Inherit the Wind 1999

Sarah Brady

★ 6.3
The Rage: Carrie 2 1999

Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Palmer's Pick-Up 1999

Evangelist

★ 3
The Faculty 1998

Mrs. Karen Olson

★ 6.5
Brother's Keeper 1998

Jane Waide

★ NR
Will & Grace 1998

Sharon

★ 6.8
St. Patrick's Day 1998

Mary Pat

★ 3.7
A Christmas Memory 1997

Jennie

★ 6.1
Alone 1997

Lillie Dawson

★ 6.5
Intensity 1997

Miriam Braynard

★ 6.9
The Grass Harp 1996

Dolly Talbo

★ 5.9
In the Blink of an Eye 1996

Kay Trafero (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Road to Galveston 1996

Wanda Kirkman

★ 5
The Crossing Guard 1995

Helen Booth

★ 6
Fighting for My Daughter 1995

Judge Edna Burton

★ 2
Touched by an Angel 1994

Annie Doyle

★ 7.2
Shadows of Desire 1994

Ellis Snow

★ 1
ER 1994

Sarah Ross

★ 7.8
Traps 1994

Cora Trapchek

★ NR
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 1993

Georgia

★ 6.3
Diagnosis: Murder 1993

A.D.A. Susan Turner

★ 7.1
Frasier 1993

Marianne (voice)

★ 7.7
Sad Inheritance 1993

Margaret Kinsey

★ 6
Trauma 1993

Adriana Petrescu

★ 5.8
Rich in Love 1992

Vera Delmage

★ 6.9
Storyville 1992

Constance Fowler

★ 5.3
Other People's Money 1991

Bea Sullivan

★ 6.1
Rising Son 1990

Martha Robinson

★ 5.7
Twin Peaks 1989

Catherine Martell

★ 8.4
Dream a Little Dream 1989

Gena Ettinger

★ 5.8
Mother, Mother 1989

Martha Cousins

★ 2
Go Toward the Light 1988

Margo

★ 7.4
Tiger Warsaw 1988

Frances Warsaw

★ 5.5
Appointment with Death 1988

Emily Boynton

★ 6.1
Beauty and the Beast 1987

★ 7.5
Distortions 1987

Margot Caldwell

★ NR
Promise 1986

Annie Gilbert

★ 7.2
Children of a Lesser God 1986

Mrs. Norman

★ 6.9
Matlock 1986

Claire Leigh

★ 7.1
Toughlove 1985

Darlene Marsh

★ 5
Love, Mary 1985

Christine Groda

★ 6
The Twilight Zone 1985

Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")

★ 7.7
Tender Is the Night 1985

Elsie Speers

★ 6.3
Return to Oz 1985

Aunt Em

★ 6.7
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Peggy Shannon

★ 7.5
The Thorn Birds 1983

Anne Mueller

★ 7.2
St. Elsewhere 1982

Fran Singleton

★ 5.5
Hotel 1982

★ 6.8
Mae West 1982

Matilda West

★ 5.8
The Bunker 1981

Magda Goebbels

★ 6.3
Macbeth 1981

Lady Macbeth

★ 6
Skag 1980

Jo Skagska

★ NR
Tim 1979

Mary Horton

★ 6.3
Rainbow 1978

Ethel Gumm

★ NR
The Boss' Son 1978

Elaine

★ NR
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan 1977

Julie Quinlan

★ 8.2
Ruby 1977

Ruby

★ 4.2
Carrie 1976

Margaret White

★ 7.3
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
The Hustler 1961

Sarah Packard

★ 7.7
Winterset 1959

Miriamne

★ NR
Days of Wine and Roses 1958

Kirsten Arnesen Clay

★ 7
Naked City 1958

Mary Highmark

★ 5.5
Until They Sail 1957

Delia Leslie Friskett

★ 6.4
Kelly and Me 1957

Mina Van Runkle

★ 10
The Ninth Day 1957

★ NR
Playhouse 90 1956

★ 7.6
Allen in Movieland 1955

Self

★ 5
Ain't Misbehavin' 1955

Sarah Hatfield

★ 5
Smoke Signal 1955

Laura Evans

★ 6.5
Dawn at Socorro 1954

Rannah Hayes

★ 7.2
Johnny Dark 1954

Liz Fielding

★ 5
Dangerous Mission 1954

Louise Graham

★ 5.8
The Golden Blade 1953

Khairuzan

★ 6.3
General Electric Theater 1953

Phoebe Durkin

★ 6.3
The Mississippi Gambler 1953

Angelique Dureau

★ 7.2
The World's Most Beautiful Girls 1953

Self

★ NR
Son of Ali Baba 1952

Kiki / Princess Azura

★ 5.8
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952

Millicent Blaisdell

★ 6.9
No Room for the Groom 1952

Lee Kingshead

★ 5.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Miriamne

★ 8.6
The Prince Who Was a Thief 1951

Tina

★ 4.9
Francis Goes to the Races 1951

Frances Travers

★ 6.5
The Milkman 1950

Chris Abbott

★ 8
Louisa 1950

Cathy Norton

★ 6.1
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

Stacey Spender

★ 5.6
Studio One 1948

Ruth Cornelius

★ 5

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