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| birth_place        = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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'''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 film)|Carrie]]'' (1976), and ''[[Children of a Lesser God (film)|Children of a Lesser God]]'' (1986), and the miniseries ''[[The Thorn Birds (miniseries)|The Thorn Birds]]'' (1983). She played Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (Playhouse 90)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'', and was [[Catherine Martell]] in the television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.  
'''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 film)|Carrie]]'' (1976), and ''[[Children of a Lesser God (film)|Children of a Lesser God]]'' (1986), and the miniseries ''[[The Thorn Birds (miniseries)|The Thorn Birds]]'' (1983). She played Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (Playhouse 90)|Days of Wine and Roses]]'', and [[Catherine Martell]] in the television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.  


She 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 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]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, on January 22, 1932.<ref name="Brittanica">{{cite web|website=Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Piper-Laurie|title=Piper Laurie: Facts & Related Content|accessdate=March 12, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312164157/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Piper-Laurie|url-status=live}}</ref> Laurie was the younger of two children (both girls) of Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer, and his wife, Charlotte Sadie ({{nee}} Alperin) Jacobs. Her paternal grandparents were [[Jews|Jewish]] immigrants from [[Poland]] and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.<ref name="Hubler">{{cite news| first=Richard G.| last=Hubler| title=When lovely Piper Laurie makes a movie, she hits the road to sell it| url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/5828/article17.html| magazine=Collier's| date=June 20, 1953| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803110316/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/5828/article17.html| archive-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060405141356/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800028468/bio Piper Laurie profile at Yahoo!]</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Actress Piper Laurie writes absorbing memoir| url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700194591/Actress-Piper-Laurie-writes-absorbing-memoir.html| agency=Associated Press| date=November 4, 2011| newspaper=Deseret News| access-date=November 7, 2011| archive-date=October 5, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005054847/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700194591/Actress-Piper-Laurie-writes-absorbing-memoir.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>
Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, on January 22, 1932.<ref name="Brittanica">{{cite web|website=Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Piper-Laurie|title=Piper Laurie: Facts & Related Content|accessdate=March 12, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312164157/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Piper-Laurie|url-status=live}}</ref> Laurie was the younger of two daughters born to furniture dealer Alfred Jacobs and his wife, Charlotte Sadie ({{nee}} Alperin) Jacobs. Her paternal grandparents were [[Jewish]] immigrants from [[Poland]] and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.<ref name="Hubler">{{cite news| first=Richard G.| last=Hubler| title=When lovely Piper Laurie makes a movie, she hits the road to sell it| url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/5828/article17.html| magazine=Collier's| date=June 20, 1953| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803110316/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/5828/article17.html| archive-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060405141356/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800028468/bio Piper Laurie profile at Yahoo!]</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Actress Piper Laurie writes absorbing memoir| url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700194591/Actress-Piper-Laurie-writes-absorbing-memoir.html| agency=Associated Press| date=November 4, 2011| newspaper=Deseret News| access-date=November 7, 2011| archive-date=October 5, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005054847/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700194591/Actress-Piper-Laurie-writes-absorbing-memoir.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>


Laurie was delivered, according to her 2011 autobiography ''Learning to Live Out Loud'', in a one-bedroom walk-up on Tyler Street in Detroit, where the family lived.<ref name="Memoir">{{cite book| title=Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir| publisher=Crown Archetype| last=Laurie| first=Piper| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h62TV-ZnywcC&q=tyler+street| year=2011| location=New York| page=1| isbn=978-0823026685| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=October 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004518/https://books.google.com/books?id=h62TV-ZnywcC&q=tyler+street#v=snippet&q=tyler%20street&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> To combat her shyness, her parents provided her with weekly [[elocution]] lessons.
In her 2011 autobiography ''Learning to Live Out Loud'', Laurie said she was born in her family's one-bedroom walk-up on Tyler Street in Detroit.<ref name="Memoir">{{cite book| title=Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir| publisher=Crown Archetype| last=Laurie| first=Piper| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h62TV-ZnywcC&q=tyler+street| year=2011| location=New York| page=1| isbn=978-0823026685| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=October 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004518/https://books.google.com/books?id=h62TV-ZnywcC&q=tyler+street#v=snippet&q=tyler%20street&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> To combat her shyness, her parents provided her with weekly [[elocution]] lessons.


Laurie's mother and grandmother placed Laurie's older sister in a sanitarium for her asthma. Laurie was sent along to keep her company.<ref name="JC">{{cite news| url=http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/66227/why-i-had-reject-hollywood| title=Why I had to reject Hollywood| newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle| location=London| first=Nicki| last=Gostin| date=April 6, 2012| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=October 27, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027094056/https://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/66227/why-i-had-reject-hollywood| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/piper-lauries-life-began-with-abandonment-but-turned-out-rich-and-beautiful-11614701455 "Piper Laurie's life began with abandonment but turned out 'Rich' and 'Beautiful'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725161946/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/piper-lauries-life-began-with-abandonment-but-turned-out-rich-and-beautiful-11614701455 |date=July 25, 2022 }}, wsj.com. Accessed July 25, 2022.</ref>
Laurie's mother and grandmother placed Laurie's older sister in a sanitarium for her asthma. Laurie was sent along to keep her company.<ref name="JC">{{cite news| url=http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/66227/why-i-had-reject-hollywood| title=Why I had to reject Hollywood| newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle| location=London| first=Nicki| last=Gostin| date=April 6, 2012| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=October 27, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027094056/https://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/66227/why-i-had-reject-hollywood| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/piper-lauries-life-began-with-abandonment-but-turned-out-rich-and-beautiful-11614701455 "Piper Laurie's life began with abandonment but turned out 'Rich' and 'Beautiful'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725161946/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/piper-lauries-life-began-with-abandonment-but-turned-out-rich-and-beautiful-11614701455 |date=July 25, 2022 }}, wsj.com. Accessed July 25, 2022.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
In 1949, Jacobs signed a contract with [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], and changed her screen name to Piper Laurie, which she used thereafter. <!--Among the actors she met at Universal were [[James Best]], [[Julie Adams]], [[Tony Curtis]], and [[Rock Hudson]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2012/04/julie-adams-at-85.html| title=Julie Adams at 85| website=Great Entertainers Archives.com| date=April 9, 2012| access-date=October 17, 2015| archive-date=July 26, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726045356/http://greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2012/04/julie-adams-at-85.html| url-status=live}}</ref>--> Her breakout role was in ''[[Louisa (film)|Louisa]]'' (1950) with [[Ronald Reagan]], whom she dated briefly before his marriage to [[Nancy Reagan|Nancy Davis]]. In her autobiography, she claimed that she lost her [[virginity]] to him.<ref>{{cite book|title=Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir|page=77|first=Piper|last=Laurie|publisher=Crown Archetype|year=2011|isbn=978-0823026685}}</ref> Several other roles followed: ''[[Francis Goes to the Races]]'' (1951, co-starring [[Donald O'Connor]]);<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75580/francis-goes-to-the-races| title=Francis Goes to the Races| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| work=Leonard Maltin Classic Movie Guide| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=December 28, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228181510/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75580/Francis-Goes-to-the-Races/| url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Son of Ali Baba]]'' (1951, co-starring [[Tony Curtis]]);<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90795/son-of-ali-baba| title=Son of Ali Baba| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| work=Leonard Maltin Classic Movie Guide| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=March 11, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311061342/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90795/Son-of-Ali-Baba/| url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (film)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' (1955, co-starring [[Rory Calhoun]]).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66926/aint-misbehavin| title=Ain't Misbehavin| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| work=Leonard Maltin Classic Movie Guide| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=August 16, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816184158/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66926/Ain-t-Misbehavin/| url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1949, Jacobs signed a contract with [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], and changed her screen name to Piper Laurie, which she used thereafter. <!--Among the actors she met at Universal were [[James Best]], [[Julie Adams]], [[Tony Curtis]], and [[Rock Hudson]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2012/04/julie-adams-at-85.html| title=Julie Adams at 85| website=Great Entertainers Archives.com| date=April 9, 2012| access-date=October 17, 2015| archive-date=July 26, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726045356/http://greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2012/04/julie-adams-at-85.html| url-status=live}}</ref>--> Her breakout role was in ''[[Louisa (film)|Louisa]]'' (1950) with [[Ronald Reagan]], whom she dated briefly before his marriage to [[Nancy Davis]]. In her autobiography, she claimed that she lost her [[virginity]] to him.<ref>{{cite book|title=Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir|page=77|first=Piper|last=Laurie|publisher=Crown Archetype|year=2011|isbn=978-0823026685}}</ref> Several other roles followed: ''[[Francis Goes to the Races]]'' (1951, co-starring [[Donald O'Connor]]);<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75580/francis-goes-to-the-races| title=Francis Goes to the Races| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| work=Leonard Maltin Classic Movie Guide| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=December 28, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228181510/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75580/Francis-Goes-to-the-Races/| url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Son of Ali Baba]]'' (1951, co-starring [[Tony Curtis]]);<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90795/son-of-ali-baba| title=Son of Ali Baba| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| work=Leonard Maltin Classic Movie Guide| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=March 11, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311061342/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90795/Son-of-Ali-Baba/| url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (film)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' (1955, co-starring [[Rory Calhoun]]).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66926/aint-misbehavin| title=Ain't Misbehavin| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| work=Leonard Maltin Classic Movie Guide| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=August 16, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816184158/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66926/Ain-t-Misbehavin/| url-status=live}}</ref>
[[file:Piper Laurie 1951.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Laurie in 1951]]
[[file:Piper Laurie 1951.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Laurie in 1951]]
To polish her image, Universal Studios told gossip columnists that Laurie [[Milk bath|bathed in milk]] and ate flower petals to protect her luminous skin.<ref name="People">{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20117519,00.html| title=Playing One of the Kinkiest Villains Ever Seen on TV, Piper Laurie Reaches Another Acting Crest in Twin Peaks| magazine=People| first1=Jeannie| last1=Park| author2=Nancy Matsumoto| date=April 30, 1990| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094359/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20117519,00.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> Discouraged by the lack of substantial film roles,<ref>IMDb reports that in 1955, when she received another script for a Western and "another silly part in a silly movie", she burned the script and called her agent, saying she did not care if they fired her, jailed her, or sued her.</ref> she moved to [[New York City]] to study acting and to seek work on the stage and in television.<ref name="People"/> She appeared in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', produced by [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/475822/twelfth-night| title=Twelfth Night| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=March 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307085919/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/475822/Twelfth-Night/| url-status=live}}</ref> in "[[Days of Wine and Roses (Playhouse 90)|Days of Wine and Roses]]" with [[Cliff Robertson]], presented by ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' on October 2, 1958<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/home-video-new-cassettes-of-old-favorites-060595.html| title=Home Video: New Cassettes of Old Favorites| newspaper=The New York Times| date=November 27, 1983| access-date=December 30, 2015| last=O'Connor| first=John J.| archive-date=March 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024653/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/home-video-new-cassettes-of-old-favorites-060595.html| url-status=live}}</ref> (in the film their roles were played by [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Lee Remick]]),<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15971/days-of-wine-and-roses| title=Days of Wine and Roses| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=March 9, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309060236/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15971/Days-of-Wine-and-Roses/| url-status=live}}</ref> and in ''[[Winterset (play)|Winterset]]'', presented by ''Playhouse 90'' in 1959.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/484747/winterset| title=Winterset| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=November 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005452/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/484747/Winterset/| url-status=live}}</ref>
To polish her image, Universal Studios told gossip columnists that Laurie [[Milk bath|bathed in milk]] and ate flower petals to protect her luminous skin.<ref name="People">{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20117519,00.html| title=Playing One of the Kinkiest Villains Ever Seen on TV, Piper Laurie Reaches Another Acting Crest in Twin Peaks| magazine=People| first1=Jeannie| last1=Park| author2=Nancy Matsumoto| date=April 30, 1990| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094359/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20117519,00.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> Discouraged by the lack of substantial film roles,<ref>IMDb reports that in 1955, when she received another script for a Western and "another silly part in a silly movie", she burned the script and called her agent, saying she did not care if they fired her, jailed her, or sued her.</ref> she moved to [[New York City]] to study acting and to seek work on the stage and in television.<ref name="People"/> She appeared in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', produced by [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/475822/twelfth-night| title=Twelfth Night| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=March 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307085919/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/475822/Twelfth-Night/| url-status=live}}</ref> in "[[Days of Wine and Roses (Playhouse 90)|Days of Wine and Roses]]" with [[Cliff Robertson]], presented by ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' on October 2, 1958<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/home-video-new-cassettes-of-old-favorites-060595.html| title=Home Video: New Cassettes of Old Favorites| newspaper=The New York Times| date=November 27, 1983| access-date=December 30, 2015| last=O'Connor| first=John J.| archive-date=March 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024653/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/27/arts/home-video-new-cassettes-of-old-favorites-060595.html| url-status=live}}</ref> (in the film their roles were played by [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Lee Remick]]),<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15971/days-of-wine-and-roses| title=Days of Wine and Roses| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=March 9, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309060236/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15971/Days-of-Wine-and-Roses/| url-status=live}}</ref> and in ''[[Winterset (play)|Winterset]]'', presented by ''Playhouse 90'' in 1959.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/484747/winterset| title=Winterset| publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks| access-date=December 30, 2015| archive-date=November 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005452/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/484747/Winterset/| url-status=live}}</ref>
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Laurie did not appear in another feature film until she accepted the role of religious fanatic [[Margaret White (Stephen King)|Margaret White]] in the horror film ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'' (1976). She received an Oscar nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance. The commercial success of the film, and recognition for her performance, relaunched her career.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140707/tinseltown-talks-piper-laurie-goes-from-gipper-to-carrie| title=Tinseltown Talks: Piper Laurie goes from Gipper to Carrie| newspaper=The Oakland Press| last=Thomas| first=Nick| date=November 7, 2014| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=August 17, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817093600/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140707/tinseltown-talks-piper-laurie-goes-from-gipper-to-carrie| url-status=live}}</ref> Her co-star [[Sissy Spacek]] praised her acting skill: "She is a remarkable actress. She never does what you expect her to do{{mdash}}she always surprises you with her approach to a scene."<ref>[[Dick Kleiner]], ''Brownwood Bulletin'', May 16, 1976, p. 33</ref>
Laurie did not appear in another feature film until she accepted the role of religious fanatic [[Margaret White (Stephen King)|Margaret White]] in the horror film ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'' (1976). She received an Oscar nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance. The commercial success of the film, and recognition for her performance, relaunched her career.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140707/tinseltown-talks-piper-laurie-goes-from-gipper-to-carrie| title=Tinseltown Talks: Piper Laurie goes from Gipper to Carrie| newspaper=The Oakland Press| last=Thomas| first=Nick| date=November 7, 2014| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=August 17, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817093600/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140707/tinseltown-talks-piper-laurie-goes-from-gipper-to-carrie| url-status=live}}</ref> Her co-star [[Sissy Spacek]] praised her acting skill: "She is a remarkable actress. She never does what you expect her to do{{mdash}}she always surprises you with her approach to a scene."<ref>[[Dick Kleiner]], ''Brownwood Bulletin'', May 16, 1976, p. 33</ref>
[[File:Piper Laurie 1990.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Laurie in 1990]]
[[File:Piper Laurie 1990.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Laurie in 1990]]
In 1979, Laurie appeared as Mary Horton in the Australian movie ''[[Tim (film)|Tim]]'' opposite [[Mel Gibson]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/17/movies/tim-a-romantic-drama-from-australia.html| title='Tim,' A Romantic Drama from Australia| newspaper=The New York Times| last=Canby| first=Vincent| date=September 17, 1981| author-link=Vincent Canby| access-date=November 4, 2020| page=C25| url-access=subscription| archive-date=January 13, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113181242/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/17/movies/tim-a-romantic-drama-from-australia.html| url-status=live}}</ref> After her 1981 divorce, Laurie moved to California.<ref name="JC"/> She received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. Norman in ''[[Children of a Lesser God (film)|Children of a Lesser God]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web| last=Sherrod| first=Kerryn| title=Children of a Lesser God| work=Turner Classic Movies Database| publisher=Turner Classic Movies| url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/87771| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-date=August 6, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806055229/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/87771%7C0/Children-Of-A-Lesser-God.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, she was awarded an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] for her performance in ''[[Promise (1986 film)|Promise]]'', a television movie, co-starring [[James Garner]] and [[James Woods]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=piper+laurie+emmy+nomination+promise&pg=PA290| title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors| publisher=Scarecrow Books| last=Roberts| first=Jerry| location=Lanham, Maryland| page=862| isbn=978-0810861381| date=June 5, 2009| access-date=November 13, 2020| archive-date=October 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004519/https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=piper+laurie+emmy+nomination+promise&pg=PA290#v=snippet&q=piper%20laurie%20emmy%20nomination%20promise&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> She had a featured role in the [[Off-Broadway]] production of ''[[The Destiny of Me]]'' in 1992,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/theater/review-theater-the-destiny-of-me-larry-kramer-tells-his-own-anguished-story.html?pagewanted=all| title=The Destiny of Me; Larry Kramer Tells His Own Anguished Story| newspaper=The New York Times| last=Rich| first=Frank| author-link=Frank Rich| page=C15| date=October 21, 1992| access-date=November 4, 2020| url-access=subscription| archive-date=September 2, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902193724/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/theater/review-theater-the-destiny-of-me-larry-kramer-tells-his-own-anguished-story.html?pagewanted=all| url-status=live}}</ref> and returned to [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] for [[Lincoln Center]]'s acclaimed 2002 revival of [[Paul Osborn]]'s ''[[Morning's at Seven]]'', with [[Julie Hagerty]], [[Buck Henry]], [[Frances Sternhagen]], and [[Estelle Parsons]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/theater/theater-review-wry-smiles-at-the-pitfalls-of-closeness.html?pagewanted=all| title=Wry Smiles At the Pitfalls Of Closeness| newspaper=The New York Times| last=Brantley| first=Ben| author-link=Ben Brantley| date=April 22, 2002| page=E1| access-date=November 4, 2020| url-access=subscription| archive-date=September 13, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913153528/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/theater/theater-review-wry-smiles-at-the-pitfalls-of-closeness.html?pagewanted=all| url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1979, Laurie appeared as Mary Horton in the Australian movie ''[[Tim (film)|Tim]]'' opposite [[Mel Gibson]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/17/movies/tim-a-romantic-drama-from-australia.html| title='Tim,' A Romantic Drama from Australia| newspaper=The New York Times| last=Canby| first=Vincent| date=September 17, 1981| author-link=Vincent Canby| access-date=November 4, 2020| page=C25| url-access=subscription| archive-date=January 13, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113181242/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/17/movies/tim-a-romantic-drama-from-australia.html| url-status=live}}</ref> After her 1981 divorce, Laurie moved to California.<ref name="JC"/> She received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. Norman in ''[[Children of a Lesser God (film)|Children of a Lesser God]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web| last=Sherrod| first=Kerryn| title=Children of a Lesser God| work=Turner Classic Movies Database| publisher=Turner Classic Movies| url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/87771| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-date=August 6, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806055229/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/87771%7C0/Children-Of-A-Lesser-God.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, she was awarded an [[Emmy]] for her performance in ''[[Promise (1986 film)|Promise]]'', a television movie, co-starring [[James Garner]] and [[James Woods]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=piper+laurie+emmy+nomination+promise&pg=PA290| title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors| publisher=Scarecrow Books| last=Roberts| first=Jerry| location=Lanham, Maryland| page=862| isbn=978-0810861381| date=June 5, 2009| access-date=November 13, 2020| archive-date=October 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004519/https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=piper+laurie+emmy+nomination+promise&pg=PA290#v=snippet&q=piper%20laurie%20emmy%20nomination%20promise&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> She had a featured role in the [[Off-Broadway]] production of ''[[The Destiny of Me]]'' in 1992,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/theater/review-theater-the-destiny-of-me-larry-kramer-tells-his-own-anguished-story.html?pagewanted=all| title=The Destiny of Me; Larry Kramer Tells His Own Anguished Story| newspaper=The New York Times| last=Rich| first=Frank| author-link=Frank Rich| page=C15| date=October 21, 1992| access-date=November 4, 2020| url-access=subscription| archive-date=September 2, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902193724/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/theater/review-theater-the-destiny-of-me-larry-kramer-tells-his-own-anguished-story.html?pagewanted=all| url-status=live}}</ref> and returned to [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] for [[Lincoln Center]]'s acclaimed 2002 revival of [[Paul Osborn]]'s ''[[Morning's at Seven]]'', with [[Julie Hagerty]], [[Buck Henry]], [[Frances Sternhagen]], and [[Estelle Parsons]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/theater/theater-review-wry-smiles-at-the-pitfalls-of-closeness.html?pagewanted=all| title=Wry Smiles At the Pitfalls Of Closeness| newspaper=The New York Times| last=Brantley| first=Ben| author-link=Ben Brantley| date=April 22, 2002| page=E1| access-date=November 4, 2020| url-access=subscription| archive-date=September 13, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913153528/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/theater/theater-review-wry-smiles-at-the-pitfalls-of-closeness.html?pagewanted=all| url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1990–1991, Laurie starred as the devious [[Catherine Martell]] in [[David Lynch]]'s television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.<ref name="People"/> She also appeared in ''[[Other People's Money]]'' with [[Gregory Peck]] (1991),<ref>{{cite news| first=Philip| last=Wuntch| date=October 22, 1991| url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/10/22/devito-is-low-and-delicious-in-other-peoples-money/| title=DeVito is low and delicious in 'Other People's Money'| newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105921/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-10-22/features/1991295218_1_kate-sullivan-people-money-devito| url-status=live}}</ref> and in horror maestro [[Dario Argento]]'s first American film ''[[Trauma (1993 film)|Trauma]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mq_cAgAAQBAJ&q=trauma+piper+laurie&pg=PT3194| title=TLA Video & DVD Guide 2005: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide| date=April 8, 2014| first=David| last=Bleiler| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin| isbn=978-1466867826| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=October 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004519/https://books.google.com/books?id=mq_cAgAAQBAJ&q=trauma+piper+laurie&pg=PT3194#v=snippet&q=trauma%20piper%20laurie&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> She played [[George Clooney]]'s character's mother on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''.<ref name="JC"/> In 1997, she appeared in the film ''[[A Christmas Memory]]'' with [[Patty Duke]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/409396/A-Christmas-Memory/overview| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718061919/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/409396/A-Christmas-Memory/overview| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 18, 2015| department=Movies & TV Dept.| work=The New York Times| author=Hal Erickson| title=A Christmas Memory (1997)| author-link=Hal Erickson (author)| date=2015| access-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> and in 1998, she appeared in the sci-fi thriller ''[[The Faculty]]''.<ref name="FMF">{{cite web| url=http://fullmoonfilmsny.com/2010/12/piper-laurie/| title=Piper Laurie| publisher=Full Moon Films| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-date=May 6, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506020455/https://fullmoonfilmsny.com/2010/12/piper-laurie/| url-status=dead}}</ref>  
In 1990–1991, Laurie starred as the devious [[Catherine Martell]] in [[David Lynch]]'s television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.<ref name="People"/> She also appeared in ''[[Other People's Money]]'' with [[Gregory Peck]] (1991),<ref>{{cite news| first=Philip| last=Wuntch| date=October 22, 1991| url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/10/22/devito-is-low-and-delicious-in-other-peoples-money/| title=DeVito is low and delicious in 'Other People's Money'| newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105921/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-10-22/features/1991295218_1_kate-sullivan-people-money-devito| url-status=live}}</ref> and in horror maestro [[Dario Argento]]'s first American film ''[[Trauma (1993 film)|Trauma]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mq_cAgAAQBAJ&q=trauma+piper+laurie&pg=PT3194| title=TLA Video & DVD Guide 2005: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide| date=April 8, 2014| first=David| last=Bleiler| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin| isbn=978-1466867826| access-date=November 4, 2020| archive-date=October 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016004519/https://books.google.com/books?id=mq_cAgAAQBAJ&q=trauma+piper+laurie&pg=PT3194#v=snippet&q=trauma%20piper%20laurie&f=false| url-status=live}}</ref> She played [[George Clooney]]'s character's mother on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''.<ref name="JC"/> In 1997, she appeared in the film ''[[A Christmas Memory]]'' with [[Patty Duke]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/409396/A-Christmas-Memory/overview| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718061919/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/409396/A-Christmas-Memory/overview| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 18, 2015| department=Movies & TV Dept.| work=The New York Times| author=Hal Erickson| title=A Christmas Memory (1997)| author-link=Hal Erickson (author)| date=2015| access-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> and in 1998, she appeared in the sci-fi thriller ''[[The Faculty]]''.<ref name="FMF">{{cite web| url=http://fullmoonfilmsny.com/2010/12/piper-laurie/| title=Piper Laurie| publisher=Full Moon Films| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-date=May 6, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506020455/https://fullmoonfilmsny.com/2010/12/piper-laurie/| url-status=dead}}</ref>  
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[[File:Piper Laurie with her dog Sashay, 1954.jpg|thumb|upright|Laurie with her dog Sashay in 1954.]]
[[File:Piper Laurie with her dog Sashay, 1954.jpg|thumb|upright|Laurie with her dog Sashay in 1954.]]
Laurie was married to ''New York Herald Tribune'' entertainment writer and ''Wall Street Journal'' movie critic [[Joe Morgenstern]].
Laurie was married to ''New York Herald Tribune'' entertainment writer and ''Wall Street Journal'' movie critic [[Joe Morgenstern]].
They met shortly after the release of ''The Hustler'' in 1961 when Morgenstern interviewed her during the film's promotion. They soon began dating, and nine months after the interview, they were married on January 21, 1962. When no substantial roles came her way after ''The Hustler,'' she and Morgenstern moved to [[Woodstock, New York]]. In 1971, they adopted a daughter, Anne Grace Morgenstern. In 1982, the couple divorced, after which she moved to the Hollywood area and continued working in films and television.<ref name="People"/>  
They met shortly after the release of ''The Hustler'' in 1961 when Morgenstern interviewed her during the film's promotion. They soon began dating, and nine months after the interview, they were married on January 21, 1962. When no substantial roles came her way after ''The Hustler,'' she and Morgenstern moved to [[Woodstock, New York]]. In 1971, they adopted a daughter. In 1982, the couple divorced, after which she moved to the Hollywood area and continued working in films and television.<ref name="People"/>  


She had previously dated actor and future U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite web |date=November 20, 2011 |title=Piper Laurie: I lost my virginity to Ronald Reagan... And he was no gentleman |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/284805/Piper-Laurie-I-lost-my-virginity-to-Ronald-Reagan-and-he-was-no-gentleman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703091227/https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/284805/Piper-Laurie-I-lost-my-virginity-to-Ronald-Reagan-and-he-was-no-gentleman |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>  
She had previously dated actor and future U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite web |date=November 20, 2011 |title=Piper Laurie: I lost my virginity to Ronald Reagan... And he was no gentleman |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/284805/Piper-Laurie-I-lost-my-virginity-to-Ronald-Reagan-and-he-was-no-gentleman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703091227/https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/284805/Piper-Laurie-I-lost-my-virginity-to-Ronald-Reagan-and-he-was-no-gentleman |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>  
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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 the miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). She played Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of Days of Wine and Roses, and Catherine Martell in the television series Twin Peaks.

She 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.

Early life

Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, on January 22, 1932.[1] Laurie was the younger of two daughters born to furniture dealer Alfred Jacobs and his wife, Charlotte Sadie (Template:Nee Alperin) Jacobs. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.[2][3][4]

In her 2011 autobiography Learning to Live Out Loud, Laurie said she was born in her family's one-bedroom walk-up on Tyler Street in Detroit.[5] To combat her shyness, her parents provided her with weekly elocution lessons.

Laurie's mother and grandmother placed Laurie's older sister in a sanitarium for her asthma. Laurie was sent along to keep her company.[6][7]

Career

In 1949, Jacobs signed a contract with Universal Studios, and changed her screen name to Piper Laurie, which she used thereafter. Her breakout role was in Louisa (1950) with Ronald Reagan, whom she dated briefly before his marriage to Nancy Davis. In her autobiography, she claimed that she lost her virginity to him.[8] Several other roles followed: Francis Goes to the Races (1951, co-starring Donald O'Connor);[9] Son of Ali Baba (1951, co-starring Tony Curtis);[10] and Ain't Misbehavin' (1955, co-starring Rory Calhoun).[11]

File:Piper Laurie 1951.jpg
Laurie in 1951

To polish her image, Universal Studios told gossip columnists that Laurie bathed in milk and ate flower petals to protect her luminous skin.[12] Discouraged by the lack of substantial film roles,[13] she moved to New York City to study acting and to seek work on the stage and in television.[12] She appeared in Twelfth Night, produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame,[14] in "Days of Wine and Roses" with Cliff Robertson, presented by Playhouse 90 on October 2, 1958[15] (in the film their roles were played by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick),[16] and in Winterset, presented by Playhouse 90 in 1959.[17]

Laurie was lured back to Hollywood by the offer to co-star with Paul Newman in The Hustler, released in 1961. She played Newman's girlfriend, Sarah Packard, and for her performance, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.[12] Substantial movie roles did not come her way after The Hustler, so she and her husband moved to New York. In 1964, she appeared in two medical dramas—as Alicia Carter in The Eleventh Hour episode "My Door Is Locked and Bolted",[18] and as Alice Marin in the Breaking Point episode "The Summer House". In 1965, she starred in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, opposite Maureen Stapleton, Pat Hingle, and George Grizzard.[19]

Laurie did not appear in another feature film until she accepted the role of religious fanatic Margaret White in the horror film Carrie (1976). She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The commercial success of the film, and recognition for her performance, relaunched her career.[20] Her co-star Sissy Spacek praised her acting skill: "She is a remarkable actress. She never does what you expect her to doTemplate:Mdashshe always surprises you with her approach to a scene."[21]

File:Piper Laurie 1990.jpg
Laurie in 1990

In 1979, Laurie appeared as Mary Horton in the Australian movie Tim opposite Mel Gibson.[22] After her 1981 divorce, Laurie moved to California.[6] She received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. Norman in Children of a Lesser God (1986).[23] The same year, she was awarded an Emmy for her performance in Promise, a television movie, co-starring James Garner and James Woods.[24] She had a featured role in the Off-Broadway production of The Destiny of Me in 1992,[25] and returned to Broadway for Lincoln Center's acclaimed 2002 revival of Paul Osborn's Morning's at Seven, with Julie Hagerty, Buck Henry, Frances Sternhagen, and Estelle Parsons.[26]

In 1990–1991, Laurie starred as the devious Catherine Martell in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks.[12] She also appeared in Other People's Money with Gregory Peck (1991),[27] and in horror maestro Dario Argento's first American film Trauma (1993).[28] She played George Clooney's character's mother on ER.[6] In 1997, she appeared in the film A Christmas Memory with Patty Duke,[29] and in 1998, she appeared in the sci-fi thriller The Faculty.[30]

Laurie made guest appearances on television shows such as Frasier,[6] Matlock,[31] State of Grace,[31] and Will & Grace.[31] Laurie also appeared in Cold Case and in a 2001 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit titled "Care", in which she played an adoptive mother and foster grandmother who killed one of the foster granddaughters in her daughter's charge and who abused her adoptive son and foster grandchildren.[31]

She returned to the big screen for independent films, such as Eulogy (2004) and The Dead Girl (2006), opposite actress Toni Collette.[31] In 2010, she played Rainn Wilson's mother in Hesher,[32] and in 2018, she had a supporting role in White Boy Rick as the grandmother of the title character.[33]

Personal life

File:Piper Laurie with her dog Sashay, 1954.jpg
Laurie with her dog Sashay in 1954.

Laurie was married to New York Herald Tribune entertainment writer and Wall Street Journal movie critic Joe Morgenstern. They met shortly after the release of The Hustler in 1961 when Morgenstern interviewed her during the film's promotion. They soon began dating, and nine months after the interview, they were married on January 21, 1962. When no substantial roles came her way after The Hustler, she and Morgenstern moved to Woodstock, New York. In 1971, they adopted a daughter. In 1982, the couple divorced, after which she moved to the Hollywood area and continued working in films and television.[12]

She had previously dated actor and future U.S. president Ronald Reagan.[34]

In 1962, she was Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year.[35] In 2000, she received the Spirit of Hope Award in Korea for her service during the Korean War. She appeared at the September 2014 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland.[36]

Laurie was also a sculptor who worked in marble and clay.[30]

Death

Having been unwell for some time, Laurie died in Los Angeles on October 14, 2023, at age 91.[37][38]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1950 Louisa Cathy Norton Film debut [39]
Template:Sortname Chris Abbott [39]
1951 Francis Goes to the Races Frances Travers [39]
Template:Sortname Tina [39]
1952 No Room for the Groom Lee Kingshead [39]
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Millicent Blaisdell [39]
Son of Ali Baba Princess Azura of Fez / Kiki [39]
1953 Template:Sortname Angelique "Leia" Dureau [39]
Template:Sortname Khairuzan [39]
1954 Dangerous Mission Louise Graham [39]
Johnny Dark Liz Fielding [39]
Dawn at Socorro Rannah Hayes [39]
1955 Smoke Signal Laura Evans [39]
Ain't Misbehavin' Sarah Bernhardt Hatfield [39]
1957 Kelly and Me Mina Van Runkel [39]
Until They Sail Delia Leslie Friskett [39]
1961 Template:Sortname Sarah Packard Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
Nominated—Golden Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance (2nd Place)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (3rd Place)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		[39]
1976 Carrie Margaret White Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 		[39]
The Woman Rebel Margaret Sanger [40]
1977 Ruby Ruby Claire [39]
1979 Tim Mary Horton [39]
1981 The Bunker Magda Goebbels [39]
1985 Return to Oz Aunt Em [39]
1986 Children of a Lesser God Mrs. Willa Norman Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress [39]
1988 Appointment with Death Emily Boynton [39]
Tiger Warsaw Frances Warsaw [39]
1989 Dream a Little Dream Gena Ettinger [39]
1991 Other People's Money Bea Sullivan [39]
1992 Storyville Constance Fowler [39]
Rich in Love Vera Delmage [39]
1993 Trauma Adriana Petrescu Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress [39]
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Georgia [39]
1995 Template:Sortname Dolly Talbo Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress [39]
The Crossing Guard Helen Booth [39]
1998 Template:Sortname Mrs. Olson [39]
2004 Eulogy Charlotte Collins [39]
2006 The Dead Girl Arden's mother [39]
2007 Hounddog Grammie [39]
2009 Saving Grace B. Jones Marta Shank [39]
2010 Hesher Madeleine Forney, T.J.'s grandmother [32][39]
Another Harvest Moon June [39]
2012 Bad Blood Milly Lathtrop [39]
2018 Snapshots Rose Muller [39]
White Boy Rick Vera Wershe [39]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1955 The Best of Broadway Billie Moore Episode: "Broadway" [1]
Robert Montgomery Presents Stacey Spender Episode: "Quality Town" [1]
1956 Front Row Center Judy Jones Episode: "Winter Dreams" [1]
1956–1961 General Electric Theater Various 3 episodes [1]
1957 Studio One Ruth Cornelius Episode: "The Deaf Heart"
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support 		[1]
Playhouse 90 Ruth McAdam Episode: "The Ninth Day" [41]
1958 Kirsten Arnesen Clay Episode: "Days of Wine and Roses"
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actress 		[39]
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Eileen Gorman Episode: "The Innocent Assassin" [1]
1960–1963 The United States Steel Hour Edna Cartey 2 episodes [1]
1963 Naked City Mary Highmark Episode: "Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle" [1]
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Lee Wiley Episode: "Something About Lee Wiley" [1]
Ben Casey Kathleen Dooley Episode: "Light Up the Dark Corners" [1]
1964 The Eleventh Hour Alicia Carter Episode: "My Door Is Locked and Bolted" [1]
Breaking Point Alice Marin Episode: "The Summer House" [1]
1977 In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan Julie Quinlan Television movie [39]
1978 Rainbow Ethel Gumm Television movie [39]
1980 Skag Jo Skagska 6 episodes [39]
1981 The Bunker Magda Goebbels Television movie
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special 		[42]
1982 Mae West Matilda West Television movie [39]
1983 Template:Sortname Anne Mueller 3 episodes
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special 		[39]
St. Elsewhere Fran Singleton 3 episodes
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 		[39]
1985 Hotel Jessica Episode: "Illusions" [1]
Murder, She Wrote Peggy Shannon Episode: "Murder at the Oasis" [39]
Tender Is the Night Elsie Speers Episode: "1925" [39]
Love, Mary Christine Groda Television movie [39]
Toughlove Darlene Marsh [39]
1985–1986 Template:Sortname Aunt Neva Segment: "The Burning Man" [39]
Gramma (voice) Segment: "Gramma" (uncredited)[43] [39]
1986 Matlock Claire Leigh Episode: "The Judge" [39]
Promise Annie Gilbert Television movie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 		[39]
1988 Go Toward the Light Margo Television movie [39]
1989 Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Davis Episode: "A Gentle Rain" [39]
1990 Rising Son Martha Robinson Television Movie [44]
1990–1991 Twin Peaks Catherine Martell /
Mr. Tojamura (credited as Fumio Yamaguchi)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		27 episodes
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nominated—Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress – Prime Time (1991–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		[39]
1993 Lies and Lullabies Margaret Kinsey Television movie [39]
1994 Traps Cora Trapchek 5 episodes [1]
Frasier Marianne (voice) Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast" [1]
Shadows of Desire Ellis Snow Television movie [39]
1995 Fighting For My Daughter Judge Edna Burton [39]
1995–1996 ER Sarah Ross 2 episodes [39]
1996 Diagnosis: Murder A.D.A. Susan Turner Episode: "The ABC's of Murder" [39]
1997 Intensity Miriam Braynard Television movie [39]
Touched by an Angel Annie Doyle Episode: "Venice" [39]
A Christmas Memory Jennie Television movie [39]
1999 Brother's Keeper Jane Waide Episode: "Everybody Says I Love You" [1]
Frasier Mrs. Mulhern Episode: "Dr. Nora"
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series 		[1]
Inherit the Wind Sarah Brady Television movie [39]
2000 Will & Grace Sharon Episode: "There But for the Grace of Grace" [39]
Possessed Aunt Hanna Television movie [39]
2001 Midwives Cheryl Visco [39]
The Last Brickmaker in America Ruth Anne [39]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dorothy Rudd Episode: "Care" [39]
2002 State of Grace Aunt Sophie Episode: "Where the Boys Are" [39]
2004 Dead Like Me Nina Rommey Episode: "Forget Me Not" [1]
2005 Cold Case Rose 2005 Episode: "Best Friends" [39]
2018 MacGyver Edith Episode: "Skyscraper – Power" [39]

Audio dramas

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022–2023 Around the Sun Grandma / Alien Maude 2 episodes [45]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Results Ref.
1961 Academy Awards Best Actress The Hustler Template:Nom [46]
1976 Best Supporting Actress Carrie Template:Nom [47]
1986 Children of a Lesser God Template:Nom [48]
1961 British Academy Film Awards Best Foreign Actress The Hustler Template:Nom [49]
1994 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress Trauma Template:Nom
1976 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Carrie Template:Nom [50]
1983 Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television The Thorn Birds Template:Nom
1986 Promise Template:Nom
1990 Twin Peaks Template:Won
1962 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year — Template:Won [51]
2018 Los Angeles IFS Film Festival Best Actress Snapshots Template:Won [52]
1961 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress The Hustler Template:Nom [53]
1958 Primetime Emmy Awards Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support Studio One (Episode: "The Deaf Heart")Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Nom [54]
1959 Best Single Performance by an Actress Playhouse 90 (Episode: "Days of Wine and Roses")Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Nom
1981 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special The Bunker Template:Nom
1983 The Thorn Birds Template:Nom
1984 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series St. Elsewhere Template:Nom
1987 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Promise Template:Won
1990 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Twin Peaks Template:Nom
1991 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Template:Nom
1999 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Frasier (Episode: "Dr. Nora")Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Nom
2018 RiverRun International Film Festival Master of Cinema Award — Template:Won [55]
1999 Seattle International Film Festival Best Actress The Mao Game Template:Won [56]
1996 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress The Grass Harp Template:WonTemplate:Efn [57]

Explanatory notes

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References

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External links

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