Acting

Piper Laurie

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

Died 2023-10-14

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.

Credits

Newest first

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2023
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Self
2022
White Boy Rick
as Grandma Verna Wershe
2018
Snapshots
as Rose
2018
More Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2016
MacGyver
as Edith
2016
Bad Blood... the Hunger
as Milly Lathrop
2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
2012
Another Harvest Moon
as June
2010
Hesher
as Madeleine Forney
2010
Saving Grace B. Jones
as Marta Shrank
2009
Hounddog
as Grammie
2008
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
as Self
2007
The Dead Girl
as Arden's Mother
2006
Eulogy
as Charlotte Collins
2004
Cold Case
as Rose (2005)
2003
Dead Like Me
as Nina Rommey
2003
The Hustler: The Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Postcards From The Cast
as Self
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Ruth Anne
2001
Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
2001
State of Grace
as Aunt Sophie
2001
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
2001
Midwives
as Cheryl Visco
2001
Possessed
as Aunt Hanna
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dorothy Rudd
1999
The Mao Game
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
1999
The Faculty
as Mrs. Olson
1998
Brother's Keeper
as Jane Waide
1998
Will & Grace
as Sharon
1998
St. Patrick's Day
as Mary Pat
1998
A Christmas Memory
as Jennie
1997
Alone
as Lillie Dawson
1997
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
1997
Intensity
as Miriam Braynard
1997
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
1996
The Crossing Guard
as Helen Booth
1995
Fighting for My Daughter
as Judge Edna Burton
1995
Touched by an Angel
as Annie Doyle
1994
Shadows of Desire
as Ellis Snow
1994
ER
as Sarah Ross
1994
Traps
as Cora Trapchek
1994
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Georgia
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
1993
Rich in Love
as Vera Delmage
1992
Storyville
as Constance Fowler
1992
Other People's Money
as Bea Sullivan
1991
Rising Son
as Martha Robinson
1990
Twin Peaks
as Katherine Martell
1990
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell (archive footage)
1990
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell
1990
Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell
1989
Dream a Little Dream
as Gena Ettinger
1989
Mother, Mother
as Martha Cousins
1989
Go Toward the Light
as Margo
1988
Tiger Warsaw
as Frances Warsaw
1988
Appointment with Death
as Emily Boynton
1988
Beauty and the Beast
as Mrs. Davis
1987
Distortions
as Margot Caldwell
1987
Promise
as Annie Gilbert
1986
Children of a Lesser God
as Mrs. Norman
1986
Matlock
as Claire Leigh
1986
Tough Love
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
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Peggy Shannon
1984
The Thorn Birds
as Anne Mueller
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Fran Singleton
1982