Piper Laurie, Oscar-Nominated Star Of Carrie And Twin Peaks, Dead At 91

Piper Laurie eventually leaped to the small screen, popping up in «Playhouse 90» episodes and several television films. Over her nearly seven-decade career, Laurie nipped 9 Emmy nominations, eventually winning one Supporting Actress statue for the CBS television flick «Promise» in 1987. The star is also best remembered for her Oscar-nominated roles.

In 1962, Laurie received a Best Actress nod for the Paul Newman flick «The Hustler,» widely considered one of the most beloved films from that decade. The actor took a lengthy hiatus from cinema to raise her daughter in New York. She eventually returned to multiplexes throughout the country in 1976 with Brian De Palma’s iconic «Carrie,» which saw her become the shrewd and cruel mother to the titular telekinetic. Laurie got her second Oscar nod for that film — this time for Best Supporting Actress.

While speaking with Fox News in 2022, Laurie gushed about how much she adored working on «Carrie,» a film that instantly became a horror classic. «I think it was a terrific movie,» she discussed before explaining how the film frightened her daughter and friends. «When they would come to visit, they would not look at me in the face! They would just go straight to her room.»

Piper also received an Oscar nomination for 1986’s «Children of a Lesser God,» which stands out as one of Randa Haines’s most memorable pictures.