Piper Laurie
Known for: Acting
Born: January 22, 1932
Died: October 14, 2023
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
87 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
5.7
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
6.7
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
6.3
White Boy Rick
2018
7.1
Snapshots
2018
NR
More Acting 'Carrie'
2016
7.3
MacGyver
2016
8.5
Bad Blood... the Hunger
2012
7.4
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
4.7
Another Harvest Moon
2010
6.8
Hesher
2010
5.4
Saving Grace B. Jones
2009
6.5
Hounddog
2008
7.4
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
6.0
The Dead Girl
2006
6.4
Eulogy
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
7.6
Dead Like Me
2003
7.0
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002NR
Postcards From The Cast
2001
8.0
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
7.5
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
6.3
State of Grace
2001
6.8
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
5.9
Midwives
2001
5.4
Possessed
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
19997.0
The Mao Game
1999
6.3
Inherit the Wind
1999
5.7
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
4.0
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999
6.6
The Faculty
1998
7.0
Brother's Keeper
1998
6.9
Will & Grace
1998
4.4
St. Patrick's Day
1998
5.9
A Christmas Memory
1997
6.7
Alone
1997
7.1
Intensity
1997
8.0
Intensity
1997
5.9
The Grass Harp
1996
5.9
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
4.5
The Road to Galveston
1996
6.0
The Crossing Guard
1995
4.7
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
2.6
Shadows of Desire
1994
7.8
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Traps
1994
6.3
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
7.7
Frasier
1993
6.5
Sad Inheritance
1993
5.8
Trauma
1993
6.4
Rich in Love
1992
5.3
Storyville
1992
6.1
Other People's Money
1991
6.2
Rising Son
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
8.5
Twin Peaks
1989
5.8
Dream a Little Dream
1989
6.0
Mother, Mother
1989
7.7
Go Toward the Light
1988
5.5
Tiger Warsaw
1988
6.1
Appointment with Death
1988
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
9.0
Distortions
1987
7.3
Promise
1986
6.9
Children of a Lesser God
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
6.0
Tough Love
1985
5.7
Love, Mary
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.3
Tender Is the Night
1985
6.7
Return to Oz
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.2
The Thorn Birds
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
5.8
Mae West
1982
6.3
The Bunker
1981
6.4
Macbeth
1981
NR
Skag
19807.0
Skag
1980
6.3
Tim
1979
10.0
Rainbow
1978
10.0
The Boss' Son
1978
7.8
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977
4.5
Ruby
1977
7.3
Carrie
19765.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
7.7
The Hustler
19619.0
Winterset
1959
7.3
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
5.7
Naked City
1958
6.3
Until They Sail
1957
9.0
Kelly and Me
1957
NR
The Ninth Day
1957
7.5
Playhouse 90
1956
4.5
Allen in Movieland
1955
7.5
Ain't Misbehavin'
1955
6.9
Smoke Signal
1955
7.2
Dawn at Socorro
1954
5.8
Johnny Dark
1954
6.0
Dangerous Mission
1954
6.7
The Golden Blade
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.2
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
NR
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
5.6
Son of Ali Baba
1952
7.0
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
5.8
No Room for the Groom
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.7
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951
6.5
Francis Goes to the Races
1951
7.0
The Milkman
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
6.5
Louisa
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
NR
Science Fiction Film Awards
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