2023-10-15 08:17:11
Piper Laurie died at the age of 91. The picture shows the actress in one of her star roles as the scheming Catherine Martell in the TV series “Twin Peaks”.
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Piper Laurie has died at the age of 91. The actress became known for her appearances in “Carrie: Satan’s Youngest Daughter” and “Twin Peaks”. Laurie was nominated for an Oscar three times.
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Hollywood actress Piper Laurie has died at the age of 91. Her star roles include her appearances in “Sharks of the Big City”, “Carrie – Satan’s Youngest Daughter” and “Twin Peaks”. The actress was nominated for an Oscar three times throughout her career.
Hollywood is in mourning. According to US media reports, Piper Laurie died on Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. The actress was 91 years old.
Laurie hasn’t been feeling well for a long time, says her spokeswoman Marion Rosenberg «The Hollywood Reporter».
Piper Laurie came to Hollywood in the late 1940s. She got a number of leading roles, including alongside Ronald Reagan (1911 to 2004), Rock Hudson (1925 to 1985) and Tony Curtis (1925 to 2010).
Piper Laurie has been nominated for an Oscar three times
Over the course of her career, Laurie received three Oscar nominations for the 1961 films “Sharks of the Big City,” the 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic “Carrie,” and the 1986 romantic drama “God’s Forgotten Children.”
Piper Laurie has also been celebrated for her roles on television and on stage, including her appearance in David Lynch’s ’90s series “Twin Peaks,” in which she played the scheming Catherine Martell.
The actress was last seen in “White Boy Rick” (2018) with Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rory Cochrane as the grandmother of an FBI informant turned drug dealer.
Piper Laurie was married to film critic Joe Morgenstern. Before that, she was also said to have had a romance with Ronald Reagan. She married Morgenstern in 1962. The couple has a daughter together, Anne Grace Morgenstern.
They divorced in 1982, following which the actress moved to the Hollywood area and continued to work in film and television.
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