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Acting

Piper Laurie

Career: Active from 1950 to 2018, with a break from 1962 to 1975, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Hustler
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Piper Laurie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.3, average 4.1
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8
Absurdist Humor
1.4, average 2.0
Satire & Parody
1.6, average 2.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Coming-of-Age 4
Character Study 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Historical Setting 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Mystery 3
Dysfunctional Family 2
Small Town 2
Class Conflict 2
Social Commentary 2
Classic Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

6 titles · average score 60

Snapshots

73

as Rose

White Boy Rick

59

as Grandma Verna Wershe

MacGyver

49

TV show · as Edith

Bad Blood... the Hunger

as Milly Lathrop

Hesher

58

as Madeleine Forney

Another Harvest Moon

59

as June

2000s

10 titles · average score 60

Saving Grace B. Jones

34

as Marta Shrank

Hounddog

43

as Grammie

The Dead Girl

65

as Arden's Mother

Eulogy

49

as Charlotte Collins

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Rose (2005)

Dead Like Me

82

TV show · as Nina Rommey

The Last Brickmaker in America

73

as Ruth Anne

State of Grace

74

TV show · as Aunt Sophie

Midwives

60

as Cheryl Visco

Possessed

49

as Aunt Hanna

1990s

31 titles · average score 60

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Dorothy Rudd

St. Patrick's Day

as Mary Pat

A Christmas Memory

65

as Jennie

The Road to Galveston

as Wanda Kirkman

The Crossing Guard

60

as Helen Booth

Fighting for My Daughter

51

as Judge Edna Burton

Trauma

48

as Adriana Petrescu

Frasier

85

TV show · as Mrs. Mulhern / Marianne (voice)

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

63

as Georgia

Other People's Money

44

as Bea Sullivan

Rising Son

51

as Martha Robinson

Twin Peaks

84

TV show · as Katherine Martell / Catherine Martell (archive footage)

1980s

25 titles · average score 65

Dream a Little Dream

33

as Gena Ettinger

Mother, Mother

as Martha Cousins

Tiger Warsaw

42

as Frances Warsaw

Appointment with Death

54

as Emily Boynton

Distortions

as Margot Caldwell

Children of a Lesser God

76

as Mrs. Norman

Promise

67

as Annie Gilbert

Return to Oz

55

as Aunt Em

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Peggy Shannon

Mae West

64

as Matilda West

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

Skag

as Jo Skagska

1970s

6 titles · average score 66

Tim

58

as Mary Horton

Rainbow

82

as Ethel Gumm

The Boss' Son

as Elaine

Ruby

45

as Ruby

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

as Julie Quinlan

Carrie

80

as Margaret White

1960s

3 titles · average score 71

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Lee Wiley

The Hustler

84

as Sarah Packard

Ben Casey

65

TV show

1950s

24 titles · average score 63

Kelly and Me

as Mina Van Runkle

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Sarah Hatfield

Smoke Signal

65

as Laura Evans

Dangerous Mission

44

as Louise Graham

Dawn at Socorro

66

as Rannah Hayes

The Mississippi Gambler

64

as Angelique Dureau

The Golden Blade

47

as Khairuzan

Son of Ali Baba

47

as Kiki / Princess Azura

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

76

as Millicent Blaisdell

No Room for the Groom

58

as Lee Kingshead

The Prince Who Was a Thief

60

as Tina

Francis Goes to the Races

66

as Frances Travers

1940s

1 title · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Ruth Cornelius