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.
Filmography 124
Movies (87)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed2023Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur2022Herself
White Boy Rick2018Grandma Verna Wershe
Snapshots2018Rose
More Acting 'Carrie'2016Self
Bad Blood... the Hunger2012Milly Lathrop
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom2012Self
Another Harvest Moon2010June
Hesher2010Madeleine Forney
Saving Grace B. Jones2009Marta Shrank
Hounddog2008Grammie
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks2007Self
The Dead Girl2006Arden's Mother
Eulogy2004Charlotte Collins
The Hustler: The Inside Story2002Self (archive footage)- Postcards From The Cast2001Self
The Last Brickmaker in America2001Ruth Anne
Acting 'Carrie'2001Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror2001Self
Midwives2001Cheryl Visco
Possessed2000Aunt Hanna- The Mao Game1999
Inherit the Wind1999Sarah Brady
The Rage: Carrie 21999Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Palmer's Pick-Up1999Evangelist
The Faculty1998Mrs. Karen Olson
St. Patrick's Day1998Mary Pat
Alone1997Lillie Dawson
A Christmas Memory1997Jennie
Intensity1997Miriam Braynard
Shows (37)
MacGyver2016Edith
Cold Case2003Rose (2005)
Dead Like Me2003Nina Rommey
State of Grace2001Aunt Sophie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999Dorothy Rudd
Brother's Keeper1998Jane Waide
Will & Grace1998Sharon
Intensity1997Miriam Braynard
Touched by an Angel1994Annie Doyle
ER1994Sarah Ross- Traps1994Cora Trapchek
Diagnosis: Murder1993A.D.A. Susan Turner
Frasier1993Marianne (voice)
Twin Peaks1990Katherine Martell
Beauty and the Beast1987Mrs. Davis
Matlock1986Claire Leigh
The Twilight Zone1985Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
Tender Is the Night1985Elsie Speers
Murder, She Wrote1984Peggy Shannon
The Thorn Birds1983Anne Mueller
St. Elsewhere1982Fran Singleton
Hotel1982- Skag1980
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963Lee Wiley
The Mike Douglas Show1961Self
Ben Casey1961
Naked City1958Mary Highmark
Playhouse 901956
General Electric Theater1953Phoebe Durkin
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Miriamne