Portrait of Piper Laurie

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.

Born: January 22, 1932

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Filmography

2023
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)

2018
White Boy Rick

as Grandma Verna Wershe

2018
Snapshots

as Rose

2016
MacGyver

as Edith

2012
Bad Blood... the Hunger

as Milly Lathrop

2010
Hesher

as Madeleine Forney

2009
Saving Grace B. Jones

as Marta Shrank

2007
Hounddog

as Grammie

2006
The Dead Girl

as Arden's Mother

2004
Eulogy

as Charlotte Collins

2003
Cold Case

as Rose (2005)

2003
Dead Like Me

as Nina Rommey

2002
The Hustler: The Inside Story

as Self (archive footage)

2001
2001
State of Grace

as Aunt Sophie

2001
Midwives

as Cheryl Visco

2000
Possessed

as Aunt Hanna

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

1998
The Faculty

as Mrs. Karen Olson

1998
Brother's Keeper

as Jane Waide

1998
Will & Grace

as Sharon

1998
1997
Alone

as Lillie Dawson

1997
1997
Intensity

as Miriam Braynard

1997
Intensity

as Miriam Braynard

1996
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

1995
The Crossing Guard

as Helen Booth

1995
Fighting for My Daughter

as Judge Edna Burton

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Annie Doyle

1994
Shadows of Desire

as Ellis Snow

1994
ER

as Sarah Ross

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as A.D.A. Susan Turner

1993
Frasier

as Marianne (voice)

1993
Frasier

as Mrs. Mulhern

1993
Sad Inheritance

as Margaret Kinsey

1993
Trauma

as Adriana Petrescu

1992
Rich in Love

as Vera Delmage

1992
Storyville

as Constance Fowler

1991
Other People's Money

as Bea Sullivan

1990
Rising Son

as Martha Robinson

1990
Twin Peaks

as Katherine Martell

1990
Twin Peaks

as Mr. Tojamura

1990
Twin Peaks

as Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)

1990
Twin Peaks

as Catherine Martell (archive footage)

1990
Twin Peaks

as Tojamura / Catherine Martell

1990
Twin Peaks

as Catherine Martell

1989
Twin Peaks

as Catherine Martell

1989
Dream a Little Dream

as Gena Ettinger

1989
Mother, Mother

as Martha Cousins

1988
Tiger Warsaw

as Frances Warsaw

1988
Appointment with Death

as Emily Boynton

1986
Promise

as Annie Gilbert

1986
1986
Matlock

as Claire Leigh

1985
Toughlove

as Darlene Marsh

1985
Love, Mary

as Christine Groda

1985
The Twilight Zone

as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")

1985
The Twilight Zone

as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")

1985
Tender Is the Night

as Elsie Speers

1985
Return to Oz

as Aunt Em

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Peggy Shannon

1983
The Thorn Birds

as Anne Mueller

1982
St. Elsewhere

as Fran Singleton

1982
1982
Mae West

as Matilda West

1981
The Bunker

as Magda Goebbels

1981
Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

1980
Skag

as Jo Skagska

1979
Tim

as Mary Horton

1978
Rainbow

as Ethel Gumm

1978
The Boss' Son

as Elaine

1977
Ruby

as Ruby

1976
Carrie

as Margaret White

1961
The Hustler

as Sarah Packard

1958
Days of Wine and Roses

as Kirsten Arnesen Clay

1958
Naked City

as Mary Highmark

1957
Until They Sail

as Delia Leslie Friskett

1957
Kelly and Me

as Mina Van Runkle

1955
Ain't Misbehavin'

as Sarah Hatfield

1955
Smoke Signal

as Laura Evans

1954
Dawn at Socorro

as Rannah Hayes

1954
Johnny Dark

as Liz Fielding

1954
Dangerous Mission

as Louise Graham

1953
The Golden Blade

as Khairuzan

1953
General Electric Theater

as Phoebe Durkin

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Jessica Galloway

1953
The Mississippi Gambler

as Angelique Dureau

1952
Son of Ali Baba

as Kiki / Princess Azura

1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

as Millicent Blaisdell

1952
No Room for the Groom

as Lee Kingshead

1951
1951
Francis Goes to the Races

as Frances Travers

1950
The Milkman

as Chris Abbott

1950
Louisa

as Cathy Norton

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
1948
Studio One

as Ruth Cornelius

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter