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Actor · 1932 to 2023

Piper Laurie

Best rated (acting): The Hustler (7.7)

Acting films
40
Acting avg
6.34
Peak run
2004’18
Oscar noms
3
CompareBacon number
Acting films, by TMDB rating

The career

Piper Laurie, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2004 to 2018, 6.564567819501960197019801990200020102020The Hustler 7.7Trauma 5.8Career avg 6.34

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Piper Laurie's career barcodecoolhot
195042 films2023
Current formLast 5: 6.55 vs career 6.34 (+0.21)
  1. LThe Dead Girl2006 · 6.0−0.3
  2. WHounddog2008 · 6.5+0.2
  3. WHesher2010 · 6.8+0.5
  4. WSnapshots2018 · 7.1+0.8
  5. WWhite Boy Rick2018 · 6.40.0
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Piper by the numbers

Average
6.34
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.43
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.67
rating spread
Career
69y
1950 to 2018
Total votes
13.6K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Hustler
Worst
5.8
Trauma
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed posterRock Hudson: All That Heaven AllowedSelf - Co-Star (voice) (archive footage)·20
2018White Boy Rick posterWhite Boy RickGrandma Verna Wershe6.41,242
2018Snapshots posterSnapshotsRose7.161
2010Hesher posterHesherMadeleine Forney6.8775
2010Another Harvest MoonJune·6
2009Saving Grace B. JonesMarta Shrank·11
2008Hounddog posterHounddogGrammie6.5145
2006The Dead Girl posterThe Dead GirlArden's Mother6.0266
2004Eulogy posterEulogyCharlotte Collins6.4146
1999The Rage: Carrie 2 posterThe Rage: Carrie 2Margaret White (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)5.7491
1999Palmer's Pick-UpEvangelist·4
1998The Faculty posterThe FacultyMrs. Olson6.62,396
1996The Grass Harp posterThe Grass HarpDolly Talbo5.935
1995The Crossing Guard posterThe Crossing GuardHelen Booth6.0295
1993Wrestling Ernest Hemingway posterWrestling Ernest HemingwayGeorgia6.355
1993Trauma posterTraumaAdriana Petrescu5.8250
1992Rich in Love posterRich in LoveVera Delmage·15
1992Storyville posterStoryvilleConstance Fowler·20
1991Other People's Money posterOther People's MoneyBea Sullivan6.1159
1989Dream a Little Dream posterDream a Little DreamGena Ettinger5.8150
Better together?

Piper Laurie's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie movies · Rudolph Maté and Piper Laurie movies · George Sherman and Piper Laurie movies · Douglas Sirk and Piper Laurie movies

Takes

On Piper Laurie

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1987
    Piper Laurie
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1977
    Piper Laurie
    Nominated
  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 1962
    Piper Laurie
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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