Piper Laurie
Acting
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.
As actor 124
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Twin Peaks
1990
Frasier
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Cold Case
2003
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Murder, She Wrote
1984
ER
1994
What's My Line?
1950
Will & Grace
1998
MacGyver
2016
Touched by an Angel
1994
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
St. Elsewhere
1982
Matlock
1986
Studio One
1948
Hotel
1982
Naked City
1958
The Twilight Zone
1985
Ben Casey
1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Dead Like Me
2003
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Playhouse 90
1956
Carrie
1976
The Faculty
1998
The Thorn Birds
1983
Brother's Keeper
1998
White Boy Rick
2018
Return to Oz
1985
State of Grace
2001
The Hustler
1961
Hesher
2010
Appointment with Death
1988
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
Twin Peaks
1989
Tough Love
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Tender Is the Night
1985
Children of a Lesser God
1986
The Dead Girl
2006
The Crossing Guard
1995
Hounddog
2008
General Electric Theater
1953
Eulogy
2004
Skag
1980
Possessed
2000
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951
Other People's Money
1991
Son of Ali Baba
1952
The Bunker
1981
Sad Inheritance
1993
The Grass Harp
1996
Tiger Warsaw
1988
Science Fiction Film Awards
Trauma
1993
Tim
1979
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
Dream a Little Dream
1989
Snapshots
2018
Ruby
1977
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
Intensity
1997
Skag
1980
Traps
1994
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
Rising Son
1990
Until They Sail
1957
Inherit the Wind
1999
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Smoke Signal
1955
The Golden Blade
1953
Mae West
1982
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
Dangerous Mission
1954
Love, Mary
1985
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
The Milkman
1950
Intensity
1997
Dawn at Socorro
1954
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
Postcards From The Cast
2001
Shadows of Desire
1994
Alone
1997
A Christmas Memory
1997
Bad Blood... the Hunger
2012
St. Patrick's Day
1998
Ain't Misbehavin'
1955
Go Toward the Light
1988
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
Mother, Mother
1989
The Boss' Son
1978
Rich in Love
1992
The Road to Galveston
1996
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
Allen in Movieland
1955
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
Storyville
1992
No Room for the Groom
1952
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999
Louisa
1950
Distortions
1987
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
Kelly and Me
1957
Promise
1986
Midwives
2001
Rainbow
1978
Johnny Dark
1954
The Ninth Day
1957
Winterset
1959
Another Harvest Moon
2010
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
Macbeth
1981
More Acting 'Carrie'
2016
The Mao Game
1999