R.I.P. Piper Laurie: ‘Carrie’ & ‘Twin Peaks’ Star Dead At 91

Piper Laurie, three-time Oscar nominated star of Carrie and Twin Peaks, has died. She was 91.

“A beautiful human being and one of the great talents of our time,” said Laurie’s manager Marion Rosenberg in a statement to Variety.

The exact cause and location of her death has not yet been divulged.

Born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan in 1932, Laurie was recruited out of her Los Angeles High School at age 17 and signed to a Universal contract for $250 a week, which would increase to $1,750 a week after seven years.

She made her acting debut as Ronald Reagan’s daughter in the 1950 film Louisa, later starring opposite Paul Newman in the 1961 poolhall drama The Hustler.

 The actress later starred in Brian De Palma’s 1976 supernatural horror Carrie as well as Children of a Lesser God, in which she played Marlee Matlin’s frigid mother. She was nominated for an Oscar for both performances.

Laurie later starred as Catherine Martell in David Lynch’s landmark TV series Twin Peaks, which gave her two of her nine Emmy nominations.

Her last film appearances included 2004’s Eulogy, as well as The Dead Girl, Hounddog and Hesher.

Prior to making it big, Laurie appeared in a number of low-profile comedies and musicals, later telling a journalist “I hated what I was doing,” but admitted that her early work made way for her more memorable roles.

She married writer Joseph Morgenstern in the 1960s, who she later divorced. Laurie is survived by her daughter Anne Grace.