
Piper Laurie
ActingAlso Known As
Rosetta Jacobs, Fumio Yamaguchi, Пайпер Лори
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.
Movies
(87 total)
Carrie
as Margaret White

The Faculty
as Mrs. Karen Olson

White Boy Rick
as Grandma Verna Wershe

Return to Oz
as Aunt Em

The Hustler
as Sarah Packard

Hesher
as Madeleine Forney

Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell

The Rage: Carrie 2
as Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Children of a Lesser God
as Mrs. Norman

The Crossing Guard
as Helen Booth

The Dead Girl
as Arden's Mother

Trauma
as Adriana Petrescu

Appointment with Death
as Emily Boynton

Other People's Money
as Bea Sullivan

Dream a Little Dream
as Gena Ettinger

Eulogy
as Charlotte Collins

Hounddog
as Grammie

Tim
as Mary Horton

Snapshots
as Rose

The Bunker
as Magda Goebbels
TV Shows
(48 total)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dorothy Rudd

Twin Peaks
as Katherine Martell

Twin Peaks
as Mr. Tojamura

Twin Peaks
as Tojamura / Catherine Martell (voice)

Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell (archive footage)

Twin Peaks
as Tojamura / Catherine Martell

Twin Peaks
as Catherine Martell

MacGyver
as Edith

ER
as Sarah Ross

Frasier
as Marianne (voice)

Frasier
as Mrs. Mulhern

Will & Grace
as Sharon

Dead Like Me
as Nina Rommey

Cold Case
as Rose (2005)

Murder, She Wrote
as Peggy Shannon

The Twilight Zone
as Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")

The Twilight Zone
as Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")

Touched by an Angel
as Annie Doyle

Matlock
as Claire Leigh
