Piper Laurie

Acting

Born: 1932-01-22

Died: 2023-10-14

From: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Gender: Female

Popularity: 1.4

Also Known As

Rosetta JacobsFumio Yamaguchi

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.

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Awards & Nominations3 won · 3 nominated

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Twin Peaks

1991

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Promise

1987

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Children of a Lesser God

1987

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Carrie

1977

🏆 Won

Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

1962

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

The Hustler

1962

Piper Laurie

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations3 won · 3 nominated

Acting118 titles

Rainbow

The Boss' Son

Kelly and Me

Distortions

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Bad Blood... the Hunger

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

The Milkman

The Last Brickmaker in America

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Intensity

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

Cold Case

ER

The Hustler

Go Toward the Light

Frasier

Dead Like Me

The Twilight Zone

Playhouse 90

Acting 'Carrie'

Ain't Misbehavin'

Murder, She Wrote

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

Beauty and the Beast

Carrie

Promise

Days of Wine and Roses

MacGyver

Dawn at Socorro

The Mississippi Gambler

Touched by an Angel

Golden Globe Awards

The Thorn Birds

Snapshots

Matlock

Diagnosis: Murder

The Hustler: The Inside Story

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Intensity

What's My Line?

Brother's Keeper

Children of a Lesser God

Smoke Signal

Will & Grace

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Hesher

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

Hotel

General Electric Theater

The Ed Sullivan Show

Return to Oz

The Golden Blade

Alone

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

The Faculty

Francis Goes to the Races

Louisa

Sad Inheritance

Hounddog

Rich in Love

Macbeth

Eulogy

Tim

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

The Bunker

Until They Sail

Inherit the Wind

White Boy Rick

State of Grace

Tender Is the Night

A Christmas Memory