
Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1991
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1987
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1987 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1977 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1962 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Rainbow

Twin Peaks

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cold Case

ER

Dead Like Me

Frasier

The Hustler

Murder, She Wrote

Beauty and the Beast

MacGyver

Carrie

Days of Wine and Roses

Touched by an Angel

The Thorn Birds

Dawn at Socorro

The Mississippi Gambler

Snapshots

Diagnosis: Murder

Matlock

What's My Line?

Will & Grace

Children of a Lesser God

Smoke Signal

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Hesher

The Ed Sullivan Show

Alone

Return to Oz

The Faculty

Sad Inheritance

White Boy Rick

Hounddog

Eulogy

Inherit the Wind

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

The Bunker

Tim

Until They Sail

Tender Is the Night

A Christmas Memory

Other People's Money

Appointment with Death

Dangerous Mission

The Dead Girl

The Crossing Guard

Midwives

In the Blink of an Eye

The Grass Harp

Trauma