Piper Laurie parents were a Polish immigrant and his Russian-American woman. At the age of 6 years, she moved with them to Los Angeles. She attended a drama school and already signed at the age of 17 years into a contract with Universal Studios, which also gave her the stage name Piper Laurie. Her first film was in 1950 Louisa, whose main role Ronald Reagan played.

Then played some key roles in intellectually undemanding Universal films until she in 1955, dissatisfaction was with their offer in Hollywood roles, according to New York. She then starred in television productions of classic stage plays, with (for example in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare), were in Sendereihen such as The Hallmark Hall of Fame or Playhouse broadcast live on 90th In 1961 she returned to Hollywood to play the female lead in the Paul Newman film The Hustler (The Hustler) to. For this role she was nominated for the Oscar as best actress.

She was still unhappy with the roles offered to her and she retired with her husband, Joe Morgenstern, whom she married in 1962, after Woodstock, New York, back. 1971 Her daughter, Grace Anne was born. In 1976 she played the fanatically religious mother, the title character in Carrie - Des Satans youngest daughter, Brian De Palma's adaptation of the novel Carrie by Stephen King. Her performance was rewarded with another Oscar nomination, this time as best supporting actress. In 1981 she and her husband were divorced. Piper Laurie moved to Southern California and worked again reinforced as an actress. A third Oscar nomination again for best supporting actress, was awarded in 1987 for her role in God's Forgotten Children (Children of a Lesser God).

In 1987 she received an Emmy for best supporting actress in a TV movie. In David Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks, she played in 1989/90, the scheming Catherine Packard, earning her two Emmy nominations, both as best actress and best supporting actress. In addition, she won for that role, 1991, a Golden Globe Award.

Piper Laurie lives in Southern California and continues to play roles in cinema and television.
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