Cast & creator
Piper Laurie
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mike Douglas Show, Frasier
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.
Also known as: Rosetta Jacobs, Fumio Yamaguchi
87
film credits
46
television credits
133
1944–2023 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (133)
Showing 133 of 133 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dorothy Rudd
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Frasier
Marianne (voice)
1993Frasier
Mrs. Mulhern
1993
Twin Peaks
Katherine Martell
1990Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell (archive footage)
1990Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell
1990
Diagnosis: Murder
A.D.A. Susan Turner
1993
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
ER
Sarah Ross
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Peggy Shannon
1984
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Will & Grace
Sharon
1998
Cold Case
Rose (2005)
2003
Touched by an Angel
Annie Doyle
1994
St. Elsewhere
Fran Singleton
1982
Matlock
Claire Leigh
1986
MacGyver
Edith
2016Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lee Wiley
1963
Robert Montgomery Presents
Stacey Spender
1950
Naked City
Mary Highmark
1958
Studio One
Ruth Cornelius
1948
Hotel
1982Hotel
Jessica
1982
The Twilight Zone
Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
1985The Twilight Zone
Aunt Neva (segment "The Burning Man")
1985
Ben Casey
1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Dead Like Me
Nina Rommey
2003
Playhouse 90
1956
Carrie
Margaret White
1976
The Thorn Birds
Anne Mueller
1983
The Faculty
Mrs. Olson
1998
State of Grace
Aunt Sophie
2001
Brother's Keeper
Jane Waide
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Miriamne
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Annie
1951
Return to Oz
Aunt Em
1985
White Boy Rick
Grandma Verna Wershe
2018
The Rage: Carrie 2
Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
General Electric Theater
Phoebe Durkin
1953General Electric Theater
Cleopatra
1953General Electric Theater
Jessica Galloway
1953
Hesher
Madeleine Forney
2010
Tender Is the Night
Elsie Speers
1985
Twin Peaks
Catherine Martell
1989
The Hustler
Sarah Packard
1961
The Crossing Guard
Helen Booth
1995
Appointment with Death
Emily Boynton
1988
Other People's Money
Bea Sullivan
1991
The Dead Girl
Arden's Mother
2006
Tough Love
Darlene Marsh
1985
Children of a Lesser God
Mrs. Norman
1986
Science Fiction Film Awards
Self
Hounddog
Grammie
2008
Inherit the Wind
Sarah Brady
1999Skag
1980
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Tina
1951
Dream a Little Dream
Gena Ettinger
1989
Intensity
Miriam Braynard
1997
The Grass Harp
Dolly Talbo
1996
Until They Sail
Delia Leslie Friskett
1957
The Golden Blade
Khairuzan
1953
Eulogy
Charlotte Collins
2004
The Bunker
Magda Goebbels
1981
Son of Ali Baba
Kiki / Princess Azura
1952
Palmer's Pick-Up
Evangelist
1999
No Room for the Groom
Lee Kingshead
1952
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Millicent Blaisdell
1952
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)
2023
Smoke Signal
Laura Evans
1955
Tim
Mary Horton
1979
Acting 'Carrie'
Self
2001
Saving Grace B. Jones
Marta Shrank
2009
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Georgia
1993
Possessed
Aunt Hanna
2000Traps
Cora Trapchek
1994
Trauma
Adriana Petrescu
1993
In the Blink of an Eye
Kay Trafero (uncredited)
1996
The Last Brickmaker in America
Ruth Anne
2001
Skag
Jo Skagska
1980
The Mississippi Gambler
Angelique Dureau
1953
Go Toward the Light
Margo
1988
Tiger Warsaw
Frances Warsaw
1988
Snapshots
Rose
2018
The Road to Galveston
Wanda Kirkman
1996
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Self
2001
Storyville
Constance Fowler
1992
Days of Wine and Roses
Kirsten Arnesen Clay
1958
Francis Goes to the Races
Frances Travers
1951
Rising Son
Martha Robinson
1990
Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Davis
1987
Dangerous Mission
Louise Graham
1954
Ruby
Ruby
1977
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Julie Quinlan
1977
Dawn at Socorro
Rannah Hayes
1954
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Self
2007
Kelly and Me
Mina Van Runkle
1957
Fighting for My Daughter
Judge Edna Burton
1995
Sad Inheritance
Margaret Kinsey
1993
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
2012
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Self
1953
Louisa
Cathy Norton
1950Postcards From The Cast
Self
2001
The Hustler: The Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
2002
St. Patrick's Day
Mary Pat
1998
Intensity
Miriam Braynard
1997
Mae West
Matilda West
1982
Mother, Mother
Martha Cousins
1989
Rich in Love
Vera Delmage
1992
Rainbow
Ethel Gumm
1978
Johnny Dark
Liz Fielding
1954
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self
2022
Promise
Annie Gilbert
1986
Distortions
Margot Caldwell
1987
The Milkman
Chris Abbott
1950
Bad Blood... the Hunger
Milly Lathrop
2012
Ain't Misbehavin'
Sarah Hatfield
1955
Alone
Lillie Dawson
1997
Another Harvest Moon
June
2010
The Boss' Son
Elaine
1978
Midwives
Cheryl Visco
2001
Allen in Movieland
Self
1955
A Christmas Memory
Jennie
1997
Love, Mary
Christine Groda
1985Winterset
Miriamne
1959
The Ninth Day
1957
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
1981
Shadows of Desire
Ellis Snow
1994The Mao Game
1999
More Acting 'Carrie'
Self
2016