
Piper Laurie
0 FOLLOWERS • 38 CREDITS • JAN 22, 1932 - OCT 14, 2023 • 91
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.
Known For

The Oscars

Murder, She Wrote

ER

General Electric Theater

Diagnosis: Murder

Touched by an Angel

Frasier

What's My Line?

MacGyver

Studio One

The Twilight Zone

The Ed Sullivan Show

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

St. Elsewhere

Golden Globe Awards

Will & Grace

Cold Case

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Twin Peaks

Beauty and the Beast

Robert Montgomery Presents

Dead Like Me

Playhouse 90

Inherit the Wind

Twin Peaks

Alone

The Faculty

White Boy Rick

Skag

Shadows of Desire

Hounddog

Traps

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dream a Little Dream

Matlock

Children of a Lesser God

Days of Wine and Roses

This Is Your Life
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