Piper Laurie Movies and Career Information

Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American actress of stage and screen best 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 Piper won a Golden Globe Award for her role as 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 father was a Polish Jewish immigrant, and her mother's family were Russian Jews. She moved to Los Angeles before she was 18. She signed a contract with Universal Studios when she was 17, co-starring with Ronald Reagan (whom she dated a couple of times before his marriage to Nancy Davis) in Louisa. She married Joseph Morgenstern (a journalist, critic and writer) in 1962. They had one child—Anne Grace—and were divorced in 1981. Dissatisfied with the work she was being offered in Hollywood, Laurie went to New York City in 1955 to work on the live television programs of the 1950s. She starred in such productions as Twelfth Night and Days of Wine and Roses. In 1961 she returned to Hollywood to star opposite