Piper Laurie

She had a recurring role in the television series Twin Peaks. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha from the BJP. She received another Supporting Actress nomination in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God. She has two daughters, film actress Esha Deol and Ahna Deol through actor Dharmendra. She appeared in the Australian film Tim opposite a very young Mel Gibson, but perhaps her most famous role in her later career was as the fanatically religious mother in Carrie, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hema Malini (1948-) is an Indian actress who acted in several successful Hindi films in the 1970s. Once again disenchanted with the work available, Laurie returned to semi-retirement to raise a family.

In 1961 she returned to Hollywood to star opposite Paul Newman in The Hustler, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Dissatisfied with the work she was being offered in Hollywood, Laurie went to New York City in 1955 to work on the live television programs of the 1950s, in such productions as Twelfth Night and Days of Wine and Roses. She signed a contract with Universal Studios when she was 17, co-starring with Ronald Reagan in Louisa. Born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young.

Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American actress.