1. Piper Laurie is known for her roles in the films The Hustler, Carrie, and Children of a Lesser God, and the miniseries The Thorn Birds.
18 Facts About Piper Laurie
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Piper Laurie is known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of Days of Wine and Roses, and as Catherine Martell in the television series Twin Peaks.
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Piper Laurie 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.
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Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, on January 22,1932.
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Piper 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.
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Piper Laurie appeared in Twelfth Night, produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame, in "Days of Wine and Roses" with Cliff Robertson, presented by Playhouse 90 on October 2,1958, and in Winterset, presented by Playhouse 90 in 1959.
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Piper Laurie was lured back to Hollywood by the offer to co-star with Paul Newman in The Hustler, released in 1961.
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Piper Laurie played Newman's girlfriend, Sarah Packard, and for her performance, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Piper Laurie did not appear in another feature film until she accepted the role of religious fanatic Margaret White in the horror film Carrie.
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Piper Laurie received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
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In 1979, Piper Laurie appeared as Mary Horton in the Australian movie Tim opposite Mel Gibson.
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Piper Laurie received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs Norman in Children of a Lesser God.
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Piper Laurie had a featured role in the Off-Broadway production of The Destiny of Me in 1992, 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.
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Piper Laurie appeared in Other People's Money with Gregory Peck, and in horror maestro Dario Argento's first American film Trauma.
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Piper Laurie returned to the big screen for independent films, such as Eulogy and The Dead Girl, opposite actress Toni Collette.
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Piper Laurie was married to New York Herald Tribune entertainment writer and Wall Street Journal movie critic Joe Morgenstern.
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Piper Laurie appeared at the September 2014 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
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Piper Laurie was a sculptor who worked in marble and clay.