Piper Laurie

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Piper Laurie

Acting January 22, 1932

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 Chi…

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Carrie

Carrie

7.3 1976 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

8.3 1990 TV Show
The Faculty

The Faculty

6.6 1998 Movie
Frasier

Frasier

7.7 1993 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.7 2003 TV Show
MacGyver

MacGyver

7.3 2016 TV Show
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

7.2 1994 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

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

  2. 2022
    Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

    Movie Self

  3. 2018
    White Boy Rick

    Movie Grandma Verna Wershe

  4. 2018
    Snapshots

    Movie Rose

  5. 2016
    More Acting 'Carrie'

    Movie Self

  6. 2016
    MacGyver

    TV show Edith

  7. 2012
    Bad Blood... the Hunger

    Movie Milly Lathrop

  8. 2012
    Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

    Movie Self

  9. 2010
    Another Harvest Moon

    Movie June

  10. 2010
    Hesher

    Movie Madeleine Forney

  11. 2009
    Saving Grace B. Jones

    Movie Marta Shrank

  12. 2008
    Hounddog

    Movie Grammie

  13. 2007
    Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

    Movie Self

  14. 2006
    The Dead Girl

    Movie Arden's Mother

  15. 2004
    Eulogy

    Movie Charlotte Collins

  16. 2003
    Cold Case

    TV show Rose (2005)

More credits
  1. 2003
    Dead Like Me

    TV show Nina Rommey

  2. 2002
    The Hustler: The Inside Story

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2001
    Postcards From The Cast

    Movie Self

  4. 2001
    The Last Brickmaker in America

    Movie Ruth Anne

  5. 2001
    Acting 'Carrie'

    Movie Self

  6. 2001
    State of Grace

    TV show Aunt Sophie

  7. 2001
    Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

    Movie Self

  8. 2001
    Midwives

    Movie Cheryl Visco

  9. 2000
    Possessed

    Movie Aunt Hanna

  10. 1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    TV show Dorothy Rudd

  11. 1999
    The Mao Game

    Movie

  12. 1999
    Inherit the Wind

    Movie Sarah Brady

  13. 1999
    The Rage: Carrie 2

    Movie Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

  14. 1999
    Palmer's Pick-Up

    Movie Evangelist

  15. 1998
    The Faculty

    Movie Mrs. Olson

  16. 1998
    Brother's Keeper

    TV show Jane Waide

  17. 1998
    Will & Grace

    TV show Sharon

  18. 1998
    St. Patrick's Day

    Movie Mary Pat

  19. 1997
    A Christmas Memory

    Movie Jennie

  20. 1997
    Alone

    Movie Lillie Dawson

  21. 1997
    Intensity

    Movie Miriam Braynard

  22. 1997
    Intensity

    TV show Miriam Braynard

  23. 1996
    The Grass Harp

    Movie Dolly Talbo

  24. 1996
    In the Blink of an Eye

    Movie Kay Trafero (uncredited)