Piper Laurie
Acting
Born: January 22, 1932 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: October 14, 2023 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Carrie
1976
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Twin Peaks
1990
The Faculty
1998
White Boy Rick
2018
The Hustler
1961
Return to Oz
1985
MacGyver
2016
ER
1994
Frasier
1993
Hesher
2010
Twin Peaks
1989
Photos (10)
Movies (74)
The Faculty
Mrs. Karen Olson
Carrie
Margaret White
Appointment with Death
Emily Boynton
White Boy Rick
Grandma Verna Wershe
The Rage: Carrie 2
Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hesher
Madeleine Forney
The Crossing Guard
Helen Booth
The Hustler
Sarah Packard
Return to Oz
Aunt Em
The Dead Girl
Arden's Mother
Children of a Lesser God
Mrs. Norman
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell
The Grass Harp
Dolly Talbo
Tough Love
Darlene Marsh
Tim
Mary Horton
Hounddog
Grammie
Possessed
Aunt Hanna
Other People's Money
Bea Sullivan
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Tina
Dream a Little Dream
Gena Ettinger
The Bunker
Magda Goebbels
Eulogy
Charlotte Collins
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Georgia
Son of Ali Baba
Kiki / Princess Azura
Tiger Warsaw
Frances Warsaw
Until They Sail
Delia Leslie Friskett
Trauma
Adriana Petrescu
Inherit the Wind
Sarah Brady
The Mississippi Gambler
Angelique Dureau
Sad Inheritance
Margaret Kinsey
Snapshots
Rose
Rising Son
Martha Robinson
Skag
Jo Skagska
The Golden Blade
Khairuzan
In the Blink of an Eye
Kay Trafero (uncredited)
Ruby
Ruby
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Millicent Blaisdell
Mae West
Matilda West
Smoke Signal
Laura Evans
Kelly and Me
Mina Van Runkle
Storyville
Constance Fowler
Dawn at Socorro
Rannah Hayes
A Christmas Memory
Jennie
The Boss' Son
Elaine
Rich in Love
Vera Delmage
Louisa
Cathy Norton
Saving Grace B. Jones
Marta Shrank
Ain't Misbehavin'
Sarah Hatfield
Francis Goes to the Races
Frances Travers
Dangerous Mission
Louise Graham
Intensity
Miriam Braynard
Palmer's Pick-Up
Evangelist
The Milkman
Chris Abbott
The Last Brickmaker in America
Ruth Anne
Bad Blood... the Hunger
Milly Lathrop
Days of Wine and Roses
Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Johnny Dark
Liz Fielding
Mother, Mother
Martha Cousins
No Room for the Groom
Lee Kingshead
Alone
Lillie Dawson
Go Toward the Light
Margo
Shadows of Desire
Ellis Snow
Promise
Annie Gilbert
The Road to Galveston
Wanda Kirkman
Fighting for My Daughter
Judge Edna Burton
Love, Mary
Christine Groda
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Julie Quinlan
The Ninth Day
1957
Another Harvest Moon
June
Rainbow
Ethel Gumm
St. Patrick's Day
Mary Pat
Midwives
Cheryl Visco
Distortions
Margot Caldwell
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
TV Shows (36)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dorothy Rudd · 1 eps
Frasier
Marianne (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Mrs. Mulhern · 1 eps
Cold Case
Rose (2005) · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Peggy Shannon · 1 eps
Twin Peaks
Katherine Martell · 30 eps
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell (archive footage) · 1 eps
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell · 11 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
A.D.A. Susan Turner · 1 eps
ER
Sarah Ross · 4 eps
Will & Grace
Sharon · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Stacey Spender · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Annie Doyle · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Fran Singleton · 3 eps
Matlock
Claire Leigh · 1 eps
MacGyver
Edith · 1 eps
Hotel
1982
Hotel
Jessica · 1 eps
Studio One
Ruth Cornelius · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma") · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man") · 1 eps
Naked City
Mary Highmark · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Dead Like Me
Nina Rommey · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
1 eps
The Thorn Birds
Anne Mueller · 3 eps
State of Grace
Aunt Sophie · 1 eps
Brother's Keeper
Jane Waide · 1 eps
Tender Is the Night
Elsie Speers · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Phoebe Durkin · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Cleopatra · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Jessica Galloway · 1 eps
Intensity
Miriam Braynard · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Miriamne · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Annie · 1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Davis · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Allen in Movieland
Self
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Self
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Self
More Acting 'Carrie'
Self
The Hustler: The Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Self
