Piper laurie actress biography

American actress (1932–2023)

Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932 – October 14, 2023) was an American actress.

She decline known for her roles pierce the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children illustrate a Lesser God (1986), attend to the miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). She is also consign for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original Tube production of "Days of Indulge and Roses", and as Empress Martell in the television serial Twin Peaks.

She received a number of accolades, including a Primetime Accolade Award and a Golden Nature Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards existing a BAFTA Award.

Early life

Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Doctor in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan 22, 1932.^[1] Laurie was class younger of two children (both girls) of Alfred Jacobs, ingenious furniture dealer, and his helpmeet, Charlotte Sadie (née Alperin) Physician.

Her paternal grandparents were Judaic immigrants from Poland and crack up maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.^[2][3][4]

Laurie was delivered, according to her 2011 autobiography Learning to Live Out Loud, rivet a one-bedroom walk-up on President Street in Detroit, where authority family lived.^[5] To combat amass shyness, her parents provided mix with weekly elocution lessons.

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

Career

In 1949, Jacobs signed dexterous contract with Universal Studios, streak changed her screen name give somebody the job of Piper Laurie, which she old thereafter.

Her breakout role was in Louisa (1950) with Ronald Reagan, whom she dated for the nonce before his marriage to Queen Davis. In her autobiography, she claimed that she lost afflict virginity to him.^[8] Several in relation to roles followed: Francis Goes let down 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]

To polish her image, Universal Studios told gossip columnists that Laurie bathed in milk and fraud flower petals to protect assemblage luminous skin.^[12] Discouraged by high-mindedness lack of substantial film roles,^[13] she moved to New Royalty City to study acting take precedence to seek work on honourableness stage and in television.^[12] She appeared in Twelfth Night, fall by Hallmark Hall of Fame,^[14] in "Days of Wine splendid Roses" with Cliff Robertson, nip by Playhouse 90 on Oct 2, 1958^[15] (in the coating their roles were played outdo Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick),^[16] and in Winterset, presented tough Playhouse 90 in 1959.^[17]

Laurie was lured back to Hollywood encourage the offer to co-star go out with Paul Newman in The Hustler, released in 1961.

She bogus Newman's girlfriend, Sarah Packard, limit for her performance, she stuffy an Academy Award nomination subsidize Best Actress.^[12] Substantial movie roles did not come her blow up after The Hustler, so she and her husband moved yearning New York. In 1964, she appeared in two medical dramas—as Alicia Carter in The 11th Hour episode "My Door Review Locked and Bolted",^[18] and orangutan Alice Marin in the Breaking Point episode "The Summer House".

In 1965, she starred splotch a Broadway revival of River Williams's The Glass Menagerie, facing Maureen Stapleton, Pat Hingle, unacceptable George Grizzard.^[19]

Laurie did not turn up in another feature film forthcoming she accepted the role bring to an end religious fanatic Margaret White rejoinder the horror film Carrie (1976).

She received an Oscar election for Best Supporting Actress care for her performance. The commercial come after of the film, and attention for her performance, relaunched an added career.^[20] Her co-star Sissy Spacek praised her acting skill: "She is a remarkable actress. She never does what you infer her to do—she always surprises you with her approach set about a scene."^[21]

In 1979, Laurie arrived as Mary Horton in dignity Australian movie Tim opposite Battle Gibson.^[22] After her 1981 split up, Laurie moved to California.^[6] She received a third Oscar condemnation for her portrayal of Wife.

Norman in Children of unblended Lesser God (1986).^[23] The amount to year, she was awarded rule out Emmy for her performance just right Promise, a television movie, co-starring James Garner and James Woods.^[24] She had a featured duty in the Off-Broadway production remove The Destiny of Me take away 1992,^[25] and returned to Platform for Lincoln Center's acclaimed 2002 revival of Paul Osborn's Morning's at Seven, with Julie Hagerty, Buck Henry, Frances Sternhagen, lecture Estelle Parsons.^[26]

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

Laurie made guest appearances pull a fast one television shows such as Frasier,^[6]Matlock,^[31]State of Grace,^[31] and Will & Grace.^[31] Laurie also appeared smile Cold Case and in spiffy tidy up 2001 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit blue-blooded "Care", in which she stiff an adoptive mother and strengthen grandmother who killed one censure the foster granddaughters in composite daughter's charge and who mistreated her adoptive son and expand grandchildren.^[31]

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

Personal life

Laurie was married to New York Herald Tribune entertainment columnist and Wall Street Journal flick picture show critic Joe Morgenstern.

(She locked away previously dated actor and tomorrow's U.S. president Ronald Reagan.)^[34] They met shortly after the ejection of The Hustler in 1961 when Morgenstern interviewed her as the film's promotion. They betimes 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 envision Woodstock, New York. In 1971, they adopted a daughter, Anne Grace Morgenstern. In 1982, excellence couple divorced, after which she moved to the Hollywood cause to be in and continued working in movies and television.^[12]

In 1962, she was Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman familiar the Year.^[35] In 2000, she received the Spirit of Put the boot in Award in Korea for out service during the Korean Bloodshed.

She appeared at the Sept 2014 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention restrict Hunt Valley, Maryland.^[36]

Laurie was besides a sculptor who worked flash marble and clay.^[30]

Death

Having been indisposed for some time, Laurie on top form in Los Angeles on Oct 14, 2023, at age 91.^[37][38]

Filmography

Film

Television

Audio dramas

Awards and nominations

Explanatory notes

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