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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie

Rosetta Jacobs

Born January 22, 1932· Detroit, Michigan, USA

† Died October 14, 2023

48Roles★ 6.7Average rating

Born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit to a family of Polish and Russian Jewish immigrants, she overcame childhood shyness through weekly elocution lessons and later refined her craft at a New York acting school after an early contract with Universal Studios. Her screen debut came as the lead in Louisa (1950), followed by roles alongside Ronald Reagan, Donald O'Connor and Tony Curtis, but it was the 1961…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Twin PeaksSeries★ 8.3
Twin Peaks1990
Katherine Martell
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries★ 8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Dorothy Rudd
ERSeries★ 7.8
ER1994
Sarah Ross
Cold CaseSeries★ 7.7
Cold Case2003
Rose (2005)
FrasierSeries★ 7.7
Frasier1993
Marianne (voice)
The Twilight ZoneSeries★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone1985
Gramma (voice) (uncredited) (segment "Gramma")
The Hustler★ 7.7
The Hustler1961
Sarah Packard
Murder, She WroteSeries★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote1984
Peggy Shannon
Beauty and the BeastSeries★ 7.4
Beauty and the Beast1987
Mrs. Davis
MacGyverSeries★ 7.3
MacGyver2016
Edith
Carrie★ 7.3
Carrie1976
Margaret White
Will & GraceSeries★ 6.9
Will & Grace1998
Sharon
HotelSeries★ 6.8
Hotel1982
The Faculty★ 6.6
The Faculty1998
Mrs. Olson
The Rage: Carrie 2★ 5.7
The Rage: Carrie 21999
Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)