US actress Piper Laurie, star of The Hustler and Carrie, dies at 91
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US actress Piper Laurie - best known for her roles in The Hustler and Carrie films - has died aged 91, her manager has said.
Marion Rosenberg told the Associated Press that the three-time Oscar nominee passed away in her Los Angeles home.
She described the actress as "a superb talent and a wonderful human being."
Her talents were not limited to acting - Laurie took a 15-year-break from acting to campaign for the civil rights movement.
She was nominated for an Oscar for the first movie she starred in upon her return - Carrie.
Born as Rosetta Jacobs, she was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Russian and Polish heritage.
She was signed by Universal Studios at the age of 17 - earning a contract and a new name: Piper Laurie.
However, Laurie became frustrated with the acting industry and being cast in the same roles, and broke her Hollywood contract - moving to New York to pursue other roles.
She later stepped away from the profession on what became a 15-year-break and focussed her attentions on the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
During that time she also married film critic Joe Morgenstern, and had a daughter.
Laurie also starred in numerous TV shows including Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and played George Clooney's character's mother on ER.
News Article :-
US actress Piper Laurie - best known for her roles in The Hustler and Carrie films - has died aged 91, her manager has said.
Marion Rosenberg told the Associated Press that the three-time Oscar nominee passed away in her Los Angeles home.
She described the actress as "a superb talent and a wonderful human being."
Her talents were not limited to acting - Laurie took a 15-year-break from acting to campaign for the civil rights movement.
She was nominated for an Oscar for the first movie she starred in upon her return - Carrie.
Born as Rosetta Jacobs, she was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Russian and Polish heritage.
She was signed by Universal Studios at the age of 17 - earning a contract and a new name: Piper Laurie.
However, Laurie became frustrated with the acting industry and being cast in the same roles, and broke her Hollywood contract - moving to New York to pursue other roles.
She later stepped away from the profession on what became a 15-year-break and focussed her attentions on the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
During that time she also married film critic Joe Morgenstern, and had a daughter.
Laurie also starred in numerous TV shows including Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and played George Clooney's character's mother on ER.
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00:00 US actress Piper Laurie, best known for her roles in the Hustler and Carrie films, has
00:06 died aged 91, her manager has said.
00:09 Marian Rosenberg told the Associated Press that the three-time Oscar nominee passed away
00:14 in her Los Angeles home.
00:16 She described the actress as a "superb talent" and a "wonderful human being".
00:21 Her talents were not limited to acting - Laurie took a 15-year break from acting to campaign
00:27 for the civil rights movement.
00:28 She was nominated for an Oscar for the first movie she starred in upon her return, Carrie.
00:34 Born as Rosetta Jacobs, she was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Russian and Polish
00:40 heritage.
00:41 She was signed by Universal Studios at the age of 17, earning a contract and a new name,
00:47 Piper Laurie.
00:48 However, Laurie became frustrated with the acting industry and being cast in the same
00:53 roles - and broke her Hollywood contract, moving to New York to pursue other roles.
00:59 She later stepped away from the profession on what became a 15-year break and focused
01:04 her attentions on the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
01:08 During that time she also married film critic Joe Morgenstern, and had a daughter.
01:14 Laurie also starred in numerous TV shows including Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and played George
01:20 Clooney's character's mother on Earth.