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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie

Highest Rated: 94% The Hustler (1961)

Lowest Rated: 9% Dream a Little Dream (1989)

Birthday: Jan 22, 1932

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

One of the most celebrated and formidable actresses of the last half-century, Piper Laurie was an Emmy winner and Oscar nominee who gave full-blooded performances as flawed, often ferocious women in "The Hustler" (1961), "Carrie" (1976) and "The Bunker" (NBC, 1981). A contract with Universal in 1950 forced her to play ingénue roles, but she balked at the typecasting and headed to New York to learn her craft; upon her return, she netted an Oscar nomination as Paul Newman's bitter lover in "The Hustler." Over the course of an on-again, off-again career, she garnered a reputation as an uncompromising performer willing to tackle unglamorous roles, like her religious fanatic in "Carrie," or eccentric ones, like the vengeful Catherine Martell in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-91). Nominated numerous times for both Oscars and Emmys, Laurie continued to impress and amaze audiences into her seventh decade with performances in "Hounddog" (2007) and "Hesher" (2010), which served as potent reminders of her legacy as one of Hollywood's most accomplished and unique talents.

Highest rated movies

94% 92% The Hustler
93% 77% Carrie 81% 78% Children of a Lesser God
76% 65% The Dead Girl
76% 53% The Crossing Guard
75% 93% Snapshots
69% 38% Rich in Love
67% 22% Storyville

Filmography

Movies

Credit
57% 50% White Boy Rick Grandma Verna Wershe (Character) $24.0M 2018
75% 93% Snapshots Rose Muller (Character) - 2018
55% 61% Hesher Madeleine Forney (Character) $382.9K 2010
14% 52% Saving Grace B. Jones Marta (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 73% Another Harvest Moon June (Character) - 2009
15% 47% Hounddog Granny (Character) $128.1K 2007
76% 65% The Dead Girl Arden's mother (Character) $17.3K 2006
35% 71% Eulogy Grandma Collins (Character) $70.5K 2004
No Score Yet 66% The Last Brickmaker in America Ruth Anne (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midwives Cheryl Visco (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 40% Possessed Aunt Hanna (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 40% Palmer's Pick-Up: An American Roadshow Odyssey Evangelist (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 67% Inherit the Wind Sarah Brady (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mao Game Ida Highland (Character) - 1999
58% 57% The Faculty Mrs. Karen Olson (Character) $40.1M 1998
No Score Yet 0% Alone Lillie Dawson (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 64% A Christmas Memory Jennie (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet St. Patrick's Day MaryPat Donnelly-McDonough (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Blink of an Eye Kay Trafero (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Road to Galveston Wanda Kirkman (Character) - 1996
50% 93% The Grass Harp Dolly Talbo (Character) $511.6K 1995
76% 53% The Crossing Guard Helen Booth (Character) $771.7K 1995
No Score Yet 70% Fighting for My Daughter Judge Edna Burton (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 33% Shadows of Desire Ellis Snow (Character) - 1994
50% 41% Trauma Adriana Petrescu (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lies and Lullabies Margaret Kinsey (Character) - 1993
59% 69% Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Georgia (Character) $62.6K 1993
67% 22% Storyville Constance Fowler (Character) $352.5K 1992
69% 38% Rich in Love Vera Delmage (Character) $2.0M 1992
31% 46% Other People's Money Bea Sullivan (Character) $24.2M 1991
No Score Yet 33% Rising Son Martha Robinson (Character) - 1990
9% 67% Dream a Little Dream Gena Ettinger (Character) $5.0M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mother, Mother Martha (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 29% Tiger Warsaw Frances Warsaw (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 43% Appointment With Death Emily Boynton (Character) $603.6K 1988
No Score Yet 76% Go Toward the Light Margo (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Distortions Margot Caldwell (Character) - 1987
81% 78% Children of a Lesser God Mrs. Norman (Character) $26.8M 1986
No Score Yet 45% Promise Annie Gilbert (Character) - 1986
58% 71% Return to Oz Aunt Em (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love, Mary Christine Groda (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Toughlove Darlene Marsh (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 67% Mae West Matilda West (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 56% The Bunker Magda Goebbels (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Skag Jo Skagska (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 46% Tim Mary Horton (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rainbow Ethel Gumm (Character) - 1978
57% 10% Ruby Ruby Claire (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan Julie Quinlan (Character) - 1977
93% 77% Carrie Margaret White (Character) - 1976
94% 92% The Hustler Sarah Packard (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Days of Wine and Roses Kirsten Arnesen Clay (Character) - 1958
67% 62% Until They Sail Delia Leslie Friskett (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kelly and Me Mina Van Runkel (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ain't Misbehavin' Sarah Bernhardt Hatfield (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smoke Signal Laura Evans (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 50% Dawn at Socorro Rannah Hayes (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 17% Dangerous Mission Louise Graham (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 0% Johnny Dark Liz Fielding (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 19% The Golden Blade Khairuzan (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 71% The Mississippi Gambler Angelique "Leia" Dureau (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 27% Son of Ali Baba Princess Azura of Fez/Kiki (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Room for the Groom Lee Kingshead (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 86% Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Millicent Blaisdell (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 78% Francis Goes to the Races Frances Travers (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Milkman Chris Abbott (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Prince Who Was a Thief Tina (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Louisa Cathy Norton (Character) - 1950

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 71% MacGyver Edith (Guest Star) 2018
94% 83% Twin Peaks: The Return Catherine Martell (archive footage) (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dorothy Rudd (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Sharon (Guest Star) 2000
95% 94% Frasier Mrs. Mulhern (Guest Voice),
Marianne (Guest Star)
1994 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brother's Keeper Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dean Koontz's Intensity Unknown (Character) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 85% ER Sarah Ross (Guest Star) 1995-1996
78% 92% Twin Peaks Mr. Tojamura (Character) 1990-1991
No Score Yet 86% Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Davis (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Peggy Shannon (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet St. Elsewhere Fran Singleton (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thorn Birds Anne Mueller (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Kathleen Dooley (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1961