Piper Laurie
Acting
Born: 1932-01-22 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Margaret White
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dorothy Rudd
Twin Peaks
Katherine Martell
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell (archive footage)
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell
The Faculty
Mrs. Olson
White Boy Rick
Grandma Verna Wershe
The Hustler
Sarah Packard
Return to Oz
Aunt Em
MacGyver
Edith
ER
Sarah Ross
Frasier
Marianne (voice)
Frasier
Mrs. Mulhern
Hesher
Madeleine Forney
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell
Will & Grace
Sharon
Dead Like Me
Nina Rommey
The Rage: Carrie 2
Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
Peggy Shannon
Cold Case
Rose (2005)
Children of a Lesser God
Mrs. Norman
The Crossing Guard
Helen Booth
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Davis
The Twilight Zone
Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
The Twilight Zone
Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
The Dead Girl
Arden's Mother
Trauma
Adriana Petrescu
Appointment with Death
Emily Boynton
Touched by an Angel
Annie Doyle
Other People's Money
Bea Sullivan
Dream a Little Dream
Gena Ettinger
Eulogy
Charlotte Collins
Hounddog
Grammie
Matlock
Claire Leigh
The Thorn Birds
Anne Mueller
Diagnosis: Murder
A.D.A. Susan Turner
St. Elsewhere
Fran Singleton
Tim
Mary Horton
Snapshots
Rose
The Bunker
Magda Goebbels