Piper Laurie | ||
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Character Dorothy Rudd | ||
Date of birth January 22, 1932 | ||
Place of birth Detroit, Michigan | ||
Date of death October 14, 2023 | ||
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Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs) was an actress who is best known for her role as Margaret White in the 1976 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel Carrie (with Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, and Amy Irving).
In 2001, she guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Care" as Dorothy Rudd.
Laurie was married to Joe Morgenstern, a writer who worked on a few episodes of Law & Order.