The same year, she was awarded an Emmy for her performance in Promise, a television movie, co-starring James Garner and James Woods. Norman in Children of a Lesser God (1986). She received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. After her 1981 divorce, Laurie moved to California. In 1979, she appeared as Mary Horton in the Australian movie Tim opposite Mel Gibson. She never does what you expect her to do-she always surprises you with her approach to a scene." Her co-star Sissy Spacek praised her acting skill: "She is a remarkable actress. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and it, along with the commercial success of the film, relaunched her career. Laurie did not appear in another feature film until she accepted the role of Margaret White in the horror film Carrie (1976). In 1965, she starred in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, opposite Maureen Stapleton, Pat Hingle, and George Grizzard. ![]() In 1964, she appeared in two medical dramas - as Alicia Carter in The Eleventh Hour episode "My Door Is Locked and Bolted", and as Alice Marin in the Breaking Point episode "The Summer House". Substantial movie roles did not come her way after The Hustler, so she and her husband moved to New York. She played Newman's girlfriend, Sarah Packard, and for her performance, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She was lured back to Hollywood by the offer to co-star with Paul Newman in The Hustler, released in 1961. She appeared in Twelfth Night, produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame in Days of Wine and Roses with Cliff Robertson, presented by Playhouse 90 on Octo (in the film version, their roles were taken over by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick) and in Winterset, presented by Playhouse 90 in 1959. Discouraged by the lack of substantial film roles, she moved to New York City to study acting and to seek work on the stage and in television. To enhance her image, Universal Studios told gossip columnists that Laurie bathed in milk and ate flower petals to protect her luminous skin. Several other roles followed: Francis Goes to the Races (1951, co-starring Donald O'Connor) Son of Ali Baba (1951, co-starring Tony Curtis) and Ain't Misbehavin' (1955, co-starring Rory Calhoun). In her autobiography, she claimed that she lost her virginity to him. Her breakout role was in Louisa, with Ronald Reagan, whom she dated a few times before his marriage to Nancy Davis. Among the actors she met at Universal were James Best, Julie Adams, Tony Curtis, and Rock Hudson. In 1949, Rosetta Jacobs signed a contract with Universal Studios, and changed her screen name to Piper Laurie, which she has used since then. Laurie was sent along to keep her company. Laurie's mother and grandmother placed Laurie's older sister in a sanitarium for her asthma. To combat her shyness, her parents provided her with weekly elocution lessons this eventually led to minor roles at nearby Universal Studios. Alfred Jacobs moved the family to Los Angeles, California, in 1938, where she attended Hebrew school. 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. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. ![]() Piper Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, the younger of two children (both girls) of Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer, and his wife, Charlotte Sadie ( née Alperin) Jacobs. She is also 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. She is known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), she received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nomination for three Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. ![]() ![]() Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs January 22, 1932) is an American actress.
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