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.

Filmography

• 2018Snapshots — Rose
• 2018White Boy Rick — Grandma Verna Wershe
• MacGyver — Edith
• 2012Bad Blood... the Hunger — Milly Lathrop
• 2010Another Harvest Moon — June
• 2010Hesher — Madeleine Forney
• 2009Saving Grace B. Jones — Marta Shrank
• 2008Hounddog — Grammie
• 2006The Dead Girl — Arden's Mother
• 2004Eulogy — Charlotte Collins
• Cold Case — Rose (2005)
• Dead Like Me — Nina Rommey
• 2001Midwives — Cheryl Visco
• State of Grace — Aunt Sophie
• 2001The Last Brickmaker in America — Ruth Anne
• 2000Possessed — Aunt Hanna
• 1999Inherit the Wind — Sarah Brady
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dorothy Rudd
• 1999Palmer's Pick-Up — Evangelist
• 1999The Mao Game
• 1999The Rage: Carrie 2 — Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Brother's Keeper — Jane Waide
• 1998St. Patrick's Day — Mary Pat
• 1998The Faculty — Mrs. Olson
• Will & Grace — Sharon
• 1997A Christmas Memory — Jennie
• 1997Alone — Lillie Dawson
• 1997Intensity — Miriam Braynard
• Intensity — Miriam Braynard
• 1996In the Blink of an Eye — Kay Trafero (uncredited)
• 1996The Grass Harp — Dolly Talbo
• 1996The Road to Galveston — Wanda Kirkman
• 1995Fighting for My Daughter — Judge Edna Burton
• 1995The Crossing Guard — Helen Booth
• ER — Sarah Ross
• 1994Shadows of Desire — Ellis Snow
• Touched by an Angel — Annie Doyle
• Traps — Cora Trapchek
• Diagnosis: Murder — A.D.A. Susan Turner
• Frasier — Marianne (voice), Mrs. Mulhern
• 1993Sad Inheritance — Margaret Kinsey
• 1993Trauma — Adriana Petrescu
• 1993Wrestling Ernest Hemingway — Georgia
• 1992Rich in Love — Vera Delmage
• 1992Storyville — Constance Fowler
• 1991Other People's Money — Bea Sullivan
• 1990Rising Son — Martha Robinson
• Twin Peaks — Katherine Martell, Catherine Martell (archive footage)
• 1989Dream a Little Dream — Gena Ettinger
• 1989Mother, Mother — Martha Cousins
• 1989Twin Peaks — Catherine Martell
• 1988Appointment with Death — Emily Boynton
• 1988Go Toward the Light — Margo
• 1988Tiger Warsaw — Frances Warsaw
• Beauty and the Beast — Mrs. Davis
• 1987Distortions — Margot Caldwell
• 1986Children of a Lesser God — Mrs. Norman
• Matlock — Claire Leigh
• 1986Promise — Annie Gilbert
• 1985Love, Mary — Christine Groda
• 1985Return to Oz — Aunt Em
• Tender Is the Night — Elsie Speers
• The Twilight Zone — Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma"), Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
• 1985Tough Love — Darlene Marsh
• Murder, She Wrote — Peggy Shannon
• The Thorn Birds — Anne Mueller
• Hotel — Jessica
• 1982Mae West — Matilda West
• St. Elsewhere — Fran Singleton
• 1981Macbeth — Lady Macbeth
• 1981The Bunker — Magda Goebbels
• 1980Skag — Jo Skagska
• Skag
• 1979Tim — Mary Horton
• 1978Rainbow — Ethel Gumm
• 1978The Boss' Son — Elaine
• 1977In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan — Julie Quinlan
• 1977Ruby — Ruby
• 1976Carrie — Margaret White
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Lee Wiley
• Ben Casey
• 1961The Hustler — Sarah Packard
• 1959Winterset — Miriamne
• 1958Days of Wine and Roses — Kirsten Arnesen Clay
• Naked City — Mary Highmark
• 1957Kelly and Me — Mina Van Runkle
• 1957The Ninth Day
• 1957Until They Sail — Delia Leslie Friskett
• Playhouse 90
• 1955Ain't Misbehavin' — Sarah Hatfield
• 1955Smoke Signal — Laura Evans
• 1954Dangerous Mission — Louise Graham
• 1954Dawn at Socorro — Rannah Hayes
• 1954Johnny Dark — Liz Fielding
• General Electric Theater — Phoebe Durkin, Cleopatra, Jessica Galloway
• 1953The Golden Blade — Khairuzan
• 1953The Mississippi Gambler — Angelique Dureau
• 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal? — Millicent Blaisdell
• 1952No Room for the Groom — Lee Kingshead
• 1952Son of Ali Baba — Kiki / Princess Azura
• 1951Francis Goes to the Races — Frances Travers
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Miriamne, Annie
• 1951The Prince Who Was a Thief — Tina
• 1950Louisa — Cathy Norton
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Stacey Spender
• 1950The Milkman — Chris Abbott
• Studio One — Ruth Cornelius

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
• 2022Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur — Self
• 2016More Acting 'Carrie' — Self
• 2012Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom — Self
• 2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks — Self
• 2002The Hustler: The Inside Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Acting 'Carrie' — Self
• 2001Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror — Self
• 2001Postcards From The Cast — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• 1955Allen in Movieland — Self
• 1953The World's Most Beautiful Girls — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
• Science Fiction Film Awards — Self