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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie

Birthday: 1932-01-22 | Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American actress of stage and screen best known for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the films The Hustler, Carrie, and Children of a Lesser God, all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. In 1991 she won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Catherine Martell in Twin Peaks. Description above from the Wikipedia article Piper Laurie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Snapshots

as    Rose

2018
White Boy Rick

as    Grandma Verna Wershe

2010
Another Harvest Moon

as    June

2010
Hesher

as    Madeleine Forney

2007
Hounddog

as    Grammie

2006
The Dead Girl

as    Arden's Mother

2004
Eulogy

as    Charlotte Collins

2000
Possessed

as    Aunt Hanna

1997
Intensity

as    Miriam Braynard

1995
The Crossing Guard

as    Helen Booth

1994
Trauma

as    Adriana Petrescu

1994
Traps

as    Cora Trapchek

1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

as    Georgia

1992
Rich in Love

as    Vera Delmage

1991
Other People's Money

as    Bea Sullivan

1990
Rising Son

as    Martha Robinson

1989
Dream a Little Dream

as    Gena Ettinger

1988
Appointment with Death

as    Emily Boynton

1988
Go Toward the Light

as    Margo

1987
Distortions

as    Margot Caldwell

1986
Children of a Lesser God

as    Mrs. Norman

1985
Return to Oz

as    Aunt Em

1983
The Thorn Birds

as    Anne Mueller

1983
The Thorn Birds

as    Anne Mueller

1982
Mae West

as    Matilda West

1981
Macbeth

as    Lady Macbeth

1977
Ruby

as    Ruby

1976
Carrie

as    Margaret White