Piper Laurie Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Family, Biography

Publish date: 2024-07-23
Piper Laurie Quick Info
Height5 ft 5 in
Weight63 kg
Date of BirthJanuary 22, 1932
Zodiac SignAquarius
Date of DeathOctober 14, 2023

Piper Laurie was an American actress who is best known for her work in films such as The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986). She was also well recognized for portraying the character of Catherine Martell in the cult mystery-horror serial drama TV series Twin Peaks (1990-1991).

Born Name

Rosetta Jacobs

Nick Name

Piper Laurie, Rosie

Age

Piper Laurie was born on January 22, 1932.

Died

Piper Laurie died on October 14, 2023, at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Sun Sign

Aquarius

Born Place

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States

Residence

United States

Nationality

American

Education

Piper had graduated, in 1950, from the Los Angeles High School, the oldest public high school in the southern California region and the Los Angeles unified school district.

Occupation

Actress

Family

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 5 in or 165 cm

Weight

63 kg or 139 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Piper had dated –

  • Ronald Reagan (1950-1951)
  • Dick Contino (1951-1952)
  • Scott Brady (1952)
  • Howard Duff (1952-1953)
  • Leonard Goldstein (1953-1954)
  • Frank Rosenborg (1954)
  • Jackie Cooper (1954)
  • Charles Simonelli (1954-1955)
  • G. David Schine (1955-1956)
  • Conrad Hilton Jr. (1956)
  • Gene Nelson (1956-1957)
  • John Frankenheimer (1957-1958)
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1958)
  • Christopher Plummer (1959)
  • Joe Morgenstern (1960-1982) – Piper had started dating film critic, journalist, and screenwriter Joe Morgenstern in 1960. They had first met when he had interviewed her during a film’s promotion. They got married on January 21, 1962, and had adopted a girl who they had named Anna Grace Morgenstern (b. January 9, 1971). After more than 2 decades of wedlock, the couple had parted ways in November 1982.

    • Race / Ethnicity

    Caucasian

    She was of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish and Russian) descent.

    Hair Color

    Auburn

    Eye Color

    Green

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    Piper Laurie Facts

  • When Piper was 6 years old, her family had moved to Los Angeles. She was very shy as a child and to overcome this, her parents used to send her for weekly elocution lessons.
  • This practice had eventually led to her getting selected for minor roles at nearby Universal Studios. For a significant part of her early childhood, her parents had placed her and her older sister in a children’s home. The sisters used to hate the environment there due to which they had both developed a severe anxiety disorder.
  • In 1949, she had signed a contract with Universal Studios and had changed her screen name to Piper Laurie. Over the next 6 years or so, she had acted in a few movies, and to enhance her image, Universal Studios had told gossip columnists that she used to bathe in milk and used to eat flower petals to protect her luminous skin.
  • In the mid-1950s, discouraged by the lack of substantial film roles, she had briefly moved to New York City to study acting and to seek work on the stage and in TV shows.
  • In 1962, she was named Harvard University’s ‘Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year’, awarded annually by the theatrical society members of the university to performers deemed to have made a lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment.
  • In 2000, she had received the ‘Spirit of Hope Award’ in Korea for her service during the Korean War.
  • She was also a sculptor and her work based on marble and clay had often been exhibited.

    • Featured Image by Piper Laurie / Instagram

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