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Piper Laurie
Actress
Female
Born
Jan 22, 1932
Age
81
Hometown
Detroit
Other Names
Jacobs, Rosetta
Piper Laurie 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… Read More
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John FrankenheimerDated 1958
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Nicholas HiltonFling 1953
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Leonard GoldsteinDated 1952
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Charles SimonelliDated 1952
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Frank RosenbergDated 1951 - 1952
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Fred Waitzkin: 'I Hired An Actress To Play A Character In My Novel'Huffington Post - Apr 08, 2013
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'Carrie' Trailer: Good Girl Gone Bad... Really Bad (Video)The Huffington Post - Apr 05, 2013 -
Taylor Cole Miller: The Deliciously Queer World Of American Horror StoryHuffington Post - Oct 23, 2012
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Confirmed: Julianne Moore To Play The Mother Of CarrieDread Central - May 12, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1932
Birth
Born on January 22, 1932.
1938
6 Years Old
Alfred Jacobs moved the family to Los Angeles, California in 1938, where 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.
TEENAGE
1949
17 Years Old
In 1949, Rosetta Jacobs signed a contract with Universal Studios, changing her screen name to Piper Laurie, by which she has been known professionally since.
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TWENTIES
1958
26 Years Old
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 October 2, 1958 (in the film version, their roles were taken over by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick); and in Winterset, presented by Playhouse 90 in 1959.
1961
29 Years Old
She was again lured to Hollywood by the offer to co-star with Paul Newman in The Hustler, which was released in 1961.
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FORTIES
After her 1981 divorce, Laurie relocated to California.
FIFTIES
1986
54 Years Old
In 1986, she received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. Norman in Children of a Lesser God.
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1990
58 Years Old
In 1990-91, she starred as the devious Catherine Martell in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1998
66 Years Old
In 1998, she appeared in the sci-fi thriller The Faculty.
2010
78 Years Old
As of 2010, she still resides in Southern California; her daughter is in New York.
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2011
79 Years Old
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She was delivered, according to her 2011 autobiography, Learning to Live Out Loud: a Memoir (ISBN 978-0-8230-2668-5), by a "male midwife... in a one-bedroom walk-up on Tyler Street in Detroit".
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