Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Born January 22, 1932
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.
MovieRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
MovieGregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
as Herself
MovieWhite Boy Rick
2018
as Grandma Verna Wershe
MovieSnapshots
2018
as Rose
MovieMore Acting 'Carrie'
2016
as Self
TVMacGyver
2016
as Edith
MovieBad Blood... the Hunger
2012
as Milly Lathrop
MovieTony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
as Self
MovieAnother Harvest Moon
2010
as June
MovieHesher
2010
as Madeleine Forney
MovieSaving Grace B. Jones
2009
as Marta Shrank
MovieHounddog
2008
as Grammie
MovieSecrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
as Self
MovieThe Dead Girl
2006
as Arden's Mother
MovieEulogy
2004
as Charlotte Collins
TVCold Case
2003
as Rose (2005)
TVDead Like Me
2003
as Nina Rommey
MovieThe Hustler: The Inside Story
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
MovieThe Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Ruth Anne
MovieActing 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
TVState of Grace
2001
as Aunt Sophie
MovieDario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
as Self
MovieMidwives
2001
as Cheryl Visco
MoviePossessed
2000
as Aunt Hanna
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dorothy Rudd
The Mao Game
1999
MovieInherit the Wind
1999
as Sarah Brady
MovieThe Rage: Carrie 2
1999
as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
MoviePalmer's Pick-Up
1999
as Evangelist
MovieThe Faculty
1998
as Mrs. Karen Olson
TVBrother's Keeper
1998
as Jane Waide
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Sharon
MovieSt. Patrick's Day
1998
as Mary Pat
MovieA Christmas Memory
1997
as Jennie
MovieAlone
1997
as Lillie Dawson
MovieIntensity
1997
as Miriam Braynard
TVIntensity
1997
as Miriam Braynard
MovieThe Grass Harp
1996
as Dolly Talbo
MovieIn the Blink of an Eye
1996
as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
MovieThe Road to Galveston
1996
as Wanda Kirkman
MovieThe Crossing Guard
1995
as Helen Booth
MovieFighting for My Daughter
1995
as Judge Edna Burton
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Annie Doyle
MovieShadows of Desire
1994
as Ellis Snow
TVER
1994
as Sarah Ross
Traps
1994
as Cora Trapchek
MovieWrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Georgia
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as A.D.A. Susan Turner
TVFrasier
1993
as Marianne (voice)
MovieSad Inheritance
1993
as Margaret Kinsey
MovieTrauma
1993
as Adriana Petrescu
MovieRich in Love
1992
as Vera Delmage
MovieStoryville
1992
as Constance Fowler
MovieOther People's Money
1991
as Bea Sullivan
MovieRising Son
1990
as Martha Robinson
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Katherine Martell
MovieTwin Peaks
1989
as Catherine Martell
MovieDream a Little Dream
1989
as Gena Ettinger
MovieMother, Mother
1989
as Martha Cousins
MovieGo Toward the Light
1988
as Margo
MovieTiger Warsaw
1988
as Frances Warsaw
MovieAppointment with Death
1988
as Emily Boynton
TVBeauty and the Beast
1987
as Mrs. Davis
MovieDistortions
1987
as Margot Caldwell
MoviePromise
1986
as Annie Gilbert
MovieChildren of a Lesser God
1986
as Mrs. Norman
TVMatlock
1986
as Claire Leigh
MovieTough Love
1985
as Darlene Marsh
MovieLove, Mary
1985
as Christine Groda
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
TVTender Is the Night
1985
as Elsie Speers
MovieReturn to Oz
1985
as Aunt Em
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Peggy Shannon
TVThe Thorn Birds
1983
as Anne Mueller
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Fran Singleton
TVHotel
1982
MovieMae West
1982
as Matilda West
MovieThe Bunker
1981
as Magda Goebbels
MovieMacbeth
1981
as Lady Macbeth
MovieSkag
1980
as Jo Skagska
Skag
1980
MovieTim
1979
as Mary Horton
MovieRainbow
1978
as Ethel Gumm
MovieThe Boss' Son
1978
as Elaine
MovieIn the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
as Julie Quinlan
MovieRuby
1977
as Ruby
MovieCarrie
1976
as Margaret White
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Lee Wiley
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVBen Casey
1961
MovieThe Hustler
1961
as Sarah Packard
Winterset
1959
as Miriamne
MovieDays of Wine and Roses
1958
as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
TVNaked City
1958
as Mary Highmark
MovieUntil They Sail
1957
as Delia Leslie Friskett
MovieKelly and Me
1957
as Mina Van Runkle
MovieThe Ninth Day
1957
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
MovieAllen in Movieland
1955
as Self
MovieAin't Misbehavin'
1955
as Sarah Hatfield
MovieSmoke Signal
1955
as Laura Evans
MovieDawn at Socorro
1954
as Rannah Hayes
MovieJohnny Dark
1954
as Liz Fielding
MovieDangerous Mission
1954
as Louise Graham
MovieThe Golden Blade
1953
as Khairuzan
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Phoebe Durkin
MovieThe Mississippi Gambler
1953
as Angelique Dureau
MovieThe World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
as Self
MovieSon of Ali Baba
1952
as Kiki / Princess Azura
MovieHas Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Millicent Blaisdell
MovieNo Room for the Groom
1952
as Lee Kingshead
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Miriamne
MovieThe Prince Who Was a Thief
1951
as Tina
MovieFrancis Goes to the Races
1951
as Frances Travers
MovieThe Milkman
1950
as Chris Abbott
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieLouisa
1950
as Cathy Norton
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Stacey Spender
TVStudio One
1948
as Ruth Cornelius
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
TVScience Fiction Film Awards
as Herself
