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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 22, 1932
Died
October 14, 2023
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- Rosetta Jacobs
- Fumio Yamaguchi
- Пайпер Лори
Piper Laurie
1.1 Popularity
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
5.7
Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
7.0
Herself
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
6.3
Grandma Verna Wershe
White Boy Rick
2018
7.1
Rose
Snapshots
2018
7.3
Edith
MacGyver
2016
8.3
Milly Lathrop
Bad Blood... the Hunger
2012
7.0
Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
4.7
June
Another Harvest Moon
2010
6.8
Madeleine Forney
Hesher
2010
5.8
Marta Shrank
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
Credits
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2023
5.7
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Herself
2022
7.0
White Boy Rick
as Grandma Verna Wershe
2018
6.3
Snapshots
as Rose
2018
7.1
MacGyver
as Edith
2016
7.3
Bad Blood... the Hunger
as Milly Lathrop
2012
8.3
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
2012
7.0
Another Harvest Moon
as June
2010
4.7
Hesher
as Madeleine Forney
2010
6.8
Saving Grace B. Jones
as Marta Shrank
2009
5.8
Hounddog
as Grammie
2008
6.4
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
7.4
The Dead Girl
as Arden's Mother
2006
6.0
Eulogy
as Charlotte Collins
2004
6.4
Cold Case
as Rose (2005)
2003
7.8
Dead Like Me
as Nina Rommey
2003
7.6
The Hustler: The Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
🎬
Postcards From The Cast
as Self
2001
0.0
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Ruth Anne
2001
7.6
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2001
7.0
State of Grace
as Aunt Sophie
2001
5.0
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
2001
6.6
Midwives
as Cheryl Visco
2001
6.2
Possessed
as Aunt Hanna
2000
5.4
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dorothy Rudd
1999
7.9
🎬
The Mao Game
1999
0.0
Inherit the Wind
as Sarah Brady
1999
6.1
The Rage: Carrie 2
as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
5.7
Palmer's Pick-Up
as Evangelist
1999
2.7
The Faculty
as Mrs. Karen Olson
1998
6.6
Brother's Keeper
as Jane Waide
1998
0.0
Will & Grace
as Sharon
1998
6.8
St. Patrick's Day
as Mary Pat
1998
3.3
Alone
as Lillie Dawson
1997
6.5
A Christmas Memory
as Jennie
1997
6.1
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
1997
6.9
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
1997
8.0
The Grass Harp
as Dolly Talbo
1996
5.8
In the Blink of an Eye
as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
1996
5.4
The Road to Galveston
as Wanda Kirkman
1996
3.0
The Crossing Guard
as Helen Booth
1995
6.0
Fighting for My Daughter
as Judge Edna Burton
1995
2.0
Touched by an Angel
as Annie Doyle
1994
7.2
Shadows of Desire
as Ellis Snow
1994
1.5
ER
as Sarah Ross
1994
7.8
🎬
Traps
as Cora Trapchek
1994
0.0
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Georgia
1993
6.2
Diagnosis: Murder
as A.D.A. Susan Turner
1993
7.1
Frasier
as Marianne (voice)
1993
7.7
Frasier
as Mrs. Mulhern
1993
7.7
Sad Inheritance
as Margaret Kinsey
1993
6.0
Trauma
as Adriana Petrescu
1993
5.8
Rich in Love
as Vera Delmage
1992
6.3
Storyville
as Constance Fowler
1992
4.8
Other People's Money
as Bea Sullivan
1991
6.1
Rising Son
as Martha Robinson
1990
5.9
Twin Peaks
as Katherine Martell
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Mr. Tojamura
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell (archive footage)
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Tojamura / Catherine Martell
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell
1989
8.4
Dream a Little Dream
as Gena Ettinger
1989
5.8
Mother, Mother
as Martha Cousins
1989
2.0
Go Toward the Light
as Margo
1988
7.2
Tiger Warsaw
as Frances Warsaw
1988
5.4
Appointment with Death
as Emily Boynton
1988
6.1
Beauty and the Beast
1987
7.4
🎬
Distortions
as Margot Caldwell
1987
0.0
Promise
as Annie Gilbert
1986
6.8
Children of a Lesser God
as Mrs. Norman
1986
6.9
Matlock
as Claire Leigh
1986
7.1
Toughlove
as Darlene Marsh
1985
5.0
Love, Mary
as Christine Groda
1985
5.0
The Twilight Zone
as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
1985
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
1985
7.8
Tender Is the Night
as Elsie Speers
1985
6.3
Return to Oz
as Aunt Em
1985
6.7
Murder, She Wrote
as Peggy Shannon
1984
7.5
The Thorn Birds
as Anne Mueller
1983
7.2
St. Elsewhere
as Fran Singleton
1982
5.6
Hotel
1982
6.8
Mae West
as Matilda West
1982
5.8
The Bunker
as Magda Goebbels
1981
6.2
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
1981
6.0
Skag
as Jo Skagska
1980
0.0
🎬
Skag
1980
0.0
Tim
as Mary Horton
1979
6.2
Rainbow
as Ethel Gumm
1978
0.0
The Boss' Son
as Elaine
1978
0.0
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
as Julie Quinlan
1977
8.2
Ruby
as Ruby
1977
4.2
Carrie
as Margaret White
1976
7.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Lee Wiley
1963
5.7
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Hustler
as Sarah Packard
1961
7.7
🎬
Winterset
as Miriamne
1959
0.0
Days of Wine and Roses
as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
1958
7.0
Naked City
as Mary Highmark
1958
5.5
Until They Sail
as Delia Leslie Friskett
1957
6.4
Kelly and Me
as Mina Van Runkle
1957
10.0
The Ninth Day
1957
0.0
Playhouse 90
1956
7.6
Allen in Movieland
as Self
1955
4.5
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Sarah Hatfield
1955
5.0
Smoke Signal
as Laura Evans
1955
6.8
Dawn at Socorro
as Rannah Hayes
1954
7.2
Johnny Dark
as Liz Fielding
1954
5.0
Dangerous Mission
as Louise Graham
1954
5.8
The Golden Blade
as Khairuzan
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Phoebe Durkin
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Cleopatra
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Jessica Galloway
1953
6.4
The Mississippi Gambler
as Angelique Dureau
1953
7.2
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
as Self
1953
0.0
Son of Ali Baba
as Kiki / Princess Azura
1952
5.4
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Millicent Blaisdell
1952
6.7
No Room for the Groom
as Lee Kingshead
1952
5.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Miriamne
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Annie
1951
8.6
The Prince Who Was a Thief
as Tina
1951
5.1
Francis Goes to the Races
as Frances Travers
1951
6.5
The Milkman
as Chris Abbott
1950
8.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Louisa
as Cathy Norton
1950
6.1
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Stacey Spender
1950
5.6
Studio One
as Ruth Cornelius
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Science Fiction Film Awards
as Herself
N/A
0.0