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