Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobson; January 22, 1932 - October 14, 2023) was an American stage, film and television actress. Laurie was a three-time Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress, best known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961) and Carrie (1976). She also had a lifelong career in television, appearing on numerous popular shows like The Twilight Zone, The U.S. Steel Hour, The Fugitive, and The Name of the Game. Laurie's breakout role came in 1950, when she played the ingenue Jeanine Carson on the ABC sitcom The Parent Game. She went on to receive a Tony Award nomination for her work in the Broadway play, The Great Sebastians, as well as two Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the television series Thriller and The Fugitive. Her later career included roles in television movies such as The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang and the cult classic Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. In 2012, she earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles-based Outfest Festival of LGBT films. Laurie was married three times. To science-fiction novelist Clifford D. Simak from 1952-1966, to actor Joe Torg in 1968, and finally to pediatrician Dr. Robertilippe Guggenheim in 1970. Laurie died on October 14, 2023, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, sons Mark and Patrick Lawrence and daughter Anne Guggenheim.