Piper Laurie

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.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Dorothy Rudd

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

Frasier

Frasier

1993 • as Marianne (voice)

Frasier

Frasier

1993 • as Mrs. Mulhern

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

1998 • as Sharon

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 • as Self

Filmography

2023

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/20/2023

2022

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Herself
Movie - Released: 11/28/2022

2018

White Boy Rick
White Boy Rick
as Grandma Verna Wershe
Movie - Released: 9/14/2018
Snapshots
Snapshots
as Rose
Movie - Released: 7/27/2018

2016

MacGyver
MacGyver
as Edith
TV - Released: 9/23/2016

2012

Bad Blood... the Hunger
Bad Blood... the Hunger
as Milly Lathrop
Movie - Released: 10/26/2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/20/2012

2010

Hesher
Hesher
as Madeleine Forney
Movie - Released: 1/22/2010
Another Harvest Moon
Another Harvest Moon
as June
Movie - Released: 10/6/2010

2009

Saving Grace B. Jones
Saving Grace B. Jones
as Marta Shrank
Movie - Released: 3/28/2009

2007

Hounddog
Hounddog
as Grammie
Movie - Released: 1/22/2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Movie - Released: 10/30/2007

2006

The Dead Girl
The Dead Girl
as Arden's Mother
Movie - Released: 11/7/2006

2004

Eulogy
Eulogy
as Charlotte Collins
Movie - Released: 10/15/2004

2003

Cold Case
Cold Case
as Rose (2005)
TV - Released: 9/28/2003
Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me
as Nina Rommey
TV - Released: 6/27/2003

2002

The Hustler: The Inside Story
The Hustler: The Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

2001

Acting 'Carrie'
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/28/2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Ruth Anne
Movie - Released: 9/23/2001
Movie
Postcards From The Cast
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/18/2001
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/15/2001
Midwives
Midwives
as Cheryl Visco
Movie - Released: 4/2/2001

2000

Possessed
Possessed
as Aunt Hanna
Movie - Released: 10/22/2000

1999

Palmer's Pick-Up
Palmer's Pick-Up
as Evangelist
Movie - Released: 2/9/1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Rage: Carrie 2
as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/12/1999
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
as Sarah Brady
Movie - Released: 5/29/1999
Movie
The Mao Game
Movie - Released: 6/4/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dorothy Rudd
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

The Faculty
The Faculty
as Mrs. Karen Olson
Movie - Released: 12/25/1998
St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day
as Mary Pat
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Will & Grace
Will & Grace
as Sharon
TV - Released: 9/21/1998
Brother's Keeper
Brother's Keeper
as Jane Waide
TV - Released: 9/24/1998

1997

A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory
as Jennie
Movie - Released: 12/21/1997
Alone
Alone
as Lillie Dawson
Movie - Released: 12/21/1997
Intensity
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
Movie - Released: 8/5/1997
Intensity
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
TV - Released: 8/5/1997

1996

In the Blink of an Eye
In the Blink of an Eye
as Kay Trafero (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/24/1996
The Road to Galveston
The Road to Galveston
as Wanda Kirkman
Movie - Released: 1/24/1996

1995

The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard
as Helen Booth
Movie - Released: 1/26/1995
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp
as Dolly Talbo
Movie - Released: 9/10/1995
Fighting for My Daughter
Fighting for My Daughter
as Judge Edna Burton
Movie - Released: 1/9/1995

1994

Shadows of Desire
Shadows of Desire
as Ellis Snow
Movie - Released: 9/20/1994
ER
ER
as Sarah Ross
TV - Released: 9/19/1994
TV
Traps
as Cora Trapchek
TV - Released: 3/31/1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
as Annie Doyle
TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1993

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Georgia
Movie - Released: 12/17/1993
Trauma
Trauma
as Adriana Petrescu
Movie - Released: 3/12/1993
Sad Inheritance
Sad Inheritance
as Margaret Kinsey
Movie - Released: 3/14/1993
Frasier
Frasier
as Marianne (voice)
TV - Released: 9/16/1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
as A.D.A. Susan Turner
TV - Released: 10/29/1993
Frasier
Frasier
as Mrs. Mulhern
TV - Released: 9/16/1993

1992

Rich in Love
Rich in Love
as Vera Delmage
Movie - Released: 9/4/1992
Storyville
Storyville
as Constance Fowler
Movie - Released: 8/26/1992

1991

Other People's Money
Other People's Money
as Bea Sullivan
Movie - Released: 10/18/1991

1990

Rising Son
Rising Son
as Martha Robinson
Movie - Released: 7/23/1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Katherine Martell
TV - Released: 4/8/1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)
TV - Released: 4/8/1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Mr. Tojamura
TV - Released: 4/8/1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell (archive footage)
TV - Released: 4/8/1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Tojamura / Catherine Martell
TV - Released: 4/8/1990
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell
TV - Released: 4/8/1990

1989

Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream
as Gena Ettinger
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell
Movie - Released: 12/8/1989
Mother, Mother
Mother, Mother
as Martha Cousins
Movie - Released: 1/6/1989

1988

Appointment with Death
Appointment with Death
as Emily Boynton
Movie - Released: 4/15/1988
Tiger Warsaw
Tiger Warsaw
as Frances Warsaw
Movie - Released: 5/11/1988
Go Toward the Light
Go Toward the Light
as Margo
Movie - Released: 11/1/1988

1987

Movie
Distortions
as Margot Caldwell
Movie - Released: 5/10/1987
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
TV - Released: 9/25/1987

1986

Children of a Lesser God
Children of a Lesser God
as Mrs. Norman
Movie - Released: 9/13/1986
Promise
Promise
as Annie Gilbert
Movie - Released: 12/21/1986
Matlock
Matlock
as Claire Leigh
TV - Released: 3/3/1986

1985

Return to Oz
Return to Oz
as Aunt Em
Movie - Released: 6/21/1985
Love, Mary
Love, Mary
as Christine Groda
Movie - Released: 10/8/1985
Toughlove
Toughlove
as Darlene Marsh
Movie - Released: 10/13/1985
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
TV - Released: 9/27/1985
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
TV - Released: 9/27/1985
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night
as Elsie Speers
TV - Released: 9/23/1985

1984

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Peggy Shannon
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
as Anne Mueller
TV - Released: 3/27/1983

1982

Mae West
Mae West
as Matilda West
Movie - Released: 5/2/1982
Hotel
Hotel
TV - Released: 8/21/1982
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
as Fran Singleton
TV - Released: 10/26/1982

1981

The Bunker
The Bunker
as Magda Goebbels
Movie - Released: 4/15/1981
Macbeth
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981

1980

Skag
Skag
as Jo Skagska
Movie - Released: 1/6/1980
TV
Skag
TV - Released: 1/6/1980

1979

Tim
Tim
as Mary Horton
Movie - Released: 7/13/1979

1978

Rainbow
Rainbow
as Ethel Gumm
Movie - Released: 11/6/1978
The Boss' Son
The Boss' Son
as Elaine
Movie - Released: 10/2/1978

1977

Ruby
Ruby
as Ruby
Movie - Released: 6/23/1977
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
as Julie Quinlan
Movie - Released: 9/26/1977

1976

Carrie
Carrie
as Margaret White
Movie - Released: 11/3/1976

1963

TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Lee Wiley
TV - Released: 10/4/1963

1961

The Hustler
The Hustler
as Sarah Packard
Movie - Released: 9/25/1961
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
TV - Released: 10/2/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1959

Movie
Winterset
as Miriamne
Movie - Released: 10/26/1959

1958

Days of Wine and Roses
Days of Wine and Roses
as Kirsten Arnesen Clay
Movie - Released: 10/2/1958
Naked City
Naked City
as Mary Highmark
TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1957

Until They Sail
Until They Sail
as Delia Leslie Friskett
Movie - Released: 10/8/1957
Kelly and Me
Kelly and Me
as Mina Van Runkle
Movie - Released: 4/10/1957
The Ninth Day
The Ninth Day
Movie - Released: 1/10/1957

1956

Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
TV - Released: 10/4/1956

1955

Allen in Movieland
Allen in Movieland
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/2/1955
Smoke Signal
Smoke Signal
as Laura Evans
Movie - Released: 3/1/1955
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Sarah Hatfield
Movie - Released: 6/30/1955

1954

Johnny Dark
Johnny Dark
as Liz Fielding
Movie - Released: 6/25/1954
Dangerous Mission
Dangerous Mission
as Louise Graham
Movie - Released: 3/6/1954
Dawn at Socorro
Dawn at Socorro
as Rannah Hayes
Movie - Released: 9/1/1954

1953

The Golden Blade
The Golden Blade
as Khairuzan
Movie - Released: 8/12/1953
The Mississippi Gambler
The Mississippi Gambler
as Angelique Dureau
Movie - Released: 1/29/1953
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/29/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Phoebe Durkin
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Cleopatra
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Jessica Galloway
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Son of Ali Baba
Son of Ali Baba
as Kiki / Princess Azura
Movie - Released: 8/15/1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Millicent Blaisdell
Movie - Released: 6/25/1952
No Room for the Groom
No Room for the Groom
as Lee Kingshead
Movie - Released: 6/13/1952

1951

Francis Goes to the Races
Francis Goes to the Races
as Frances Travers
Movie - Released: 5/1/1951
The Prince Who Was a Thief
The Prince Who Was a Thief
as Tina
Movie - Released: 5/17/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Miriamne
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Annie
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

The Milkman
The Milkman
as Chris Abbott
Movie - Released: 10/17/1950
Louisa
Louisa
as Cathy Norton
Movie - Released: 5/31/1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Stacey Spender
TV - Released: 1/30/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1948

Studio One
Studio One
as Ruth Cornelius
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

Science Fiction Film Awards
Science Fiction Film Awards
as Herself
TV