Piper Laurie
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.
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Movies (37)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2023
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Herself
2022
White Boy Rick
as Grandma Verna Wershe
2018
Snapshots
as Rose
2018
Bad Blood... the Hunger
as Milly Lathrop
2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
2012
Another Harvest Moon
as June
2010
Hesher
as Madeleine Forney
2010
Saving Grace B. Jones
as Marta Shrank
2009
Hounddog
as Grammie
2008
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
The Dead Girl
as Arden's Mother
2006
Eulogy
as Charlotte Collins
2004
The Hustler: The Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Postcards From The Cast
as Self
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Ruth Anne
2001
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2001
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
2001
Midwives
as Cheryl Visco
2001
Possessed
as Aunt Hanna
2000
The Mao Game
1999
Inherit the Wind
as Sarah Brady
1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Palmer's Pick-Up
as Evangelist
1999
The Faculty
as Mrs. Karen Olson
1998
St. Patrick's Day
as Mary Pat
1998
A Christmas Memory
as Jennie
1997
Alone
as Lillie Dawson
1997
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
1997
The Grass Harp
as Dolly Talbo
1996
In the Blink of an Eye
as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
1996
The Road to Galveston
as Wanda Kirkman
1996
The Crossing Guard
as Helen Booth
1995
Fighting for My Daughter
as Judge Edna Burton
1995
Shadows of Desire
as Ellis Snow
1994
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Georgia
1993
Sad Inheritance
as Margaret Kinsey
1993
TV Shows (13)
MacGyver
as Edith
2016
Cold Case
as Rose (2005)
2003
Dead Like Me
as Nina Rommey
2003
State of Grace
as Aunt Sophie
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dorothy Rudd
1999
Brother's Keeper
as Jane Waide
1998
Will & Grace
as Sharon
1998
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Annie Doyle
1994
ER
as Sarah Ross
1994
Traps
as Cora Trapchek
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as A.D.A. Susan Turner
1993
Frasier
as Marianne (voice)
1993