Piper Laurie

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: Acting

Born: Detroit, Michigan, USA, 1932-01-22

Died: 2023-10-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Louisa	Cathy Norton	61
2	1950	The Milkman	Chris Abbott	80
3	1951	Francis Goes to the Races	Frances Travers	65
4	1951	The Prince Who Was a Thief	Tina	49
5	1952	No Room for the Groom	Lee Kingshead	56
6	1952	Has Anybody Seen My Gal?	Millicent Blaisdell	69
7	1952	Son of Ali Baba	Kiki / Princess Azura	58
8	1953	The Mississippi Gambler	Angelique Dureau	72
9	1953	The World's Most Beautiful Girls	Self	0
10	1953	The Golden Blade	Khairuzan	63
11	1954	Dangerous Mission	Louise Graham	58
12	1954	Johnny Dark	Liz Fielding	50
13	1954	Dawn at Socorro	Rannah Hayes	72
14	1955	Smoke Signal	Laura Evans	65
15	1955	Ain't Misbehavin'	Sarah Hatfield	50
16	1955	Allen in Movieland	Self	50
17	1957	The Ninth Day		0
18	1957	Kelly and Me	Mina Van Runkle	100
19	1957	Until They Sail	Delia Leslie Friskett	64
20	1958	Days of Wine and Roses	Kirsten Arnesen Clay	70
21	1959	Winterset	Miriamne	0
22	1961	The Hustler	Sarah Packard	77
23	1976	Carrie	Margaret White	73
24	1977	Ruby	Ruby	42
25	1977	In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan	Julie Quinlan	82
26	1978	The Boss' Son	Elaine	0
27	1978	Rainbow	Ethel Gumm	0
28	1979	Tim	Mary Horton	63
29	1980	Skag	Jo Skagska	0
30	1981	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	60
31	1981	The Bunker	Magda Goebbels	63
32	1982	Mae West	Matilda West	58
33	1985	Return to Oz	Aunt Em	67
34	1985	Love, Mary	Christine Groda	60
35	1985	Toughlove	Darlene Marsh	50
36	1986	Children of a Lesser God	Mrs. Norman	69
37	1986	Promise	Annie Gilbert	72
38	1987	Distortions	Margot Caldwell	0
39	1988	Appointment with Death	Emily Boynton	61
40	1988	Tiger Warsaw	Frances Warsaw	55
41	1988	Go Toward the Light	Margo	74
42	1989	Mother, Mother	Martha Cousins	20
43	1989	Dream a Little Dream	Gena Ettinger	58
44	1989	Twin Peaks	Catherine Martell	84
45	1990	Rising Son	Martha Robinson	57
46	1991	Other People's Money	Bea Sullivan	61
47	1992	Storyville	Constance Fowler	53
48	1992	Rich in Love	Vera Delmage	69
49	1993	Trauma	Adriana Petrescu	58
50	1993	Sad Inheritance	Margaret Kinsey	60
51	1993	Wrestling Ernest Hemingway	Georgia	63
52	1994	Shadows of Desire	Ellis Snow	10
53	1995	Fighting for My Daughter	Judge Edna Burton	20
54	1995	The Grass Harp	Dolly Talbo	59
55	1995	The Crossing Guard	Helen Booth	60
56	1996	The Road to Galveston	Wanda Kirkman	50
57	1996	In the Blink of an Eye	Kay Trafero (uncredited)	53
58	1997	Intensity	Miriam Braynard	69
59	1997	A Christmas Memory	Jennie	61
60	1997	Alone	Lillie Dawson	65
61	1998	St. Patrick's Day	Mary Pat	37
62	1998	The Faculty	Mrs. Karen Olson	65
63	1999	Palmer's Pick Up	Evangelist	30
64	1999	The Rage: Carrie 2	Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)	56
65	1999	Inherit the Wind	Sarah Brady	63
66	1999	The Mao Game		0
67	2000	Possessed	Aunt Hanna	55
68	2001	Midwives	Cheryl Visco	70
69	2001	Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror	Self	66
70	2001	Acting 'Carrie'	Self	70
71	2001	The Last Brickmaker in America	Ruth Anne	70
72	2001	Postcards From The Cast	Self	0
73	2002	The Hustler: The Inside Story	Self (archive footage)	0
74	2004	Eulogy	Charlotte Collins	65
75	2006	The Dead Girl	Arden's Mother	60
76	2007	Hounddog	Grammie	65
77	2007	Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks		72
78	2009	Saving Grace B. Jones	Marta Shrank	58
79	2010	Hesher	Madeleine Forney	68
80	2010	Another Harvest Moon	June	45
81	2012	Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom	Self	68
82	2012	Bad Blood... the Hunger	Milly Lathrop	83
83	2018	Snapshots	Rose	72
84	2018	White Boy Rick	Grandma Verna Wershe	63
85	2022	Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur	Herself	68
86	2023	Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed	Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)	67

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	68
4	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
5	1948	Studio One	Ruth Cornelius	47
6	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Stacey Spender	52
7	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	68
8	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Miriamne	87
9	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Annie	87
10	1953	General Electric Theater	Phoebe Durkin	60
11	1953	General Electric Theater	Cleopatra	60
12	1953	General Electric Theater	Jessica Galloway	60
13	1956	Playhouse 90		75
14	1958	Naked City	Mary Highmark	55
15	1961	Ben Casey		56
16	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
17	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Lee Wiley	55
18	1980	Skag		0
19	1982	Hotel		68
20	1982	St. Elsewhere	Fran Singleton	55
21	1983	The Thorn Birds	Anne Mueller	72
22	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Peggy Shannon	75
23	1985	Tender Is the Night	Elsie Speers	63
24	1985	The Twilight Zone	Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")	77
25	1985	The Twilight Zone	Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")	77
26	1986	Matlock	Claire Leigh	71
27	1987	Beauty and the Beast		75
28	1990	Twin Peaks	Katherine Martell	83
29	1990	Twin Peaks	Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)	83
30	1990	Twin Peaks	Mr. Tojamura	83
31	1990	Twin Peaks	Catherine Martell (archive footage)	83
32	1990	Twin Peaks	Tojamura / Catherine Martell	83
33	1990	Twin Peaks	Catherine Martell	83
34	1993	Frasier	Marianne (voice)	77
35	1993	Frasier	Mrs. Mulhern	77
36	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	A.D.A. Susan Turner	71
37	1994	Traps	Cora Trapchek	0
38	1994	ER	Sarah Ross	78
39	1994	Touched by an Angel	Annie Doyle	72
40	1997	Intensity	Miriam Braynard	80
41	1998	Will & Grace	Sharon	68
42	1998	Brother's Keeper	Jane Waide	0
43	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dorothy Rudd	79
44	2003	Dead Like Me	Nina Rommey	76
45	2003	Cold Case	Rose (2005)	78
46	2016	MacGyver	Edith	73
47		Science Fiction Film Awards	Herself	0