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