Piper Laurie
Gender: Female
Born: 22nd January 1932 (currently 80 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Twin Peaks, Skag, The Thorn Birds, Traps, Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special
Movies: Carrie, Children of a Lesser God, Dream a Little Dream, Eulogy, Possessed, Return to Oz, The Faculty, The Hustler, Trauma, Dangerous Mission, The Hustler, Appointment With Death, Tim, The Mao Game, Rainbow, Saving Grace B. Jones, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, Francis Goes to the Races, The Last Sunset, Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, A Christmas Memory, The Golden Blade, Intensity, The Grass Harp, Until They Sail, Other People's Money, Go Toward The Light, Promise, Terror in the Aisles, Hounddog, Hesher, Another Harvest Moon, Ain't Misbehavin', The Dead Girl, The Last Brickmaker In America, Palmer's Pick-Up, The Crossing Guard, Tiger Warsaw, Sad Inheritance, Storyville, Macbeth, Shadows of Desire, Alone, Inherit the Wind, The Bunker, Rich in Love, Son of Ali Baba, Ruby, Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs on January 22, 1932) is an American actress of stage and screen known for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the films The Hustler, Carrie, and Children of a Lesser God, all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. In 1991, she won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Catherine Martell in Twin Peaks.
Laurie was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Charlotte Sadie (née Alperin) and Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer. Her grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Poland on her father's side and Russia on her mother's. Her father moved the family to Los Angeles, California in 1938. The young Rosetta was red-haired and naturally attractive, but socially hesitant. She attended Hebrew school, and to combat her shyness her parents provided her with weekly elocution lessons; this activity eventually led her to minor roles at nearby Universal Studios.
In 1949, Rosetta Jacobs signed a contract with Universal Studios, in which her screen name was changed to Piper Laurie, by which she has been known professionally since then. Her breakout role was in Louisa, with Ronald Reagan (whom she dated a few times before his marriage to
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