Piper Laurie

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And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart.


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And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after.


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Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.


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Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.


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I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile.


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I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.


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I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.


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I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid.


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I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.


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It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.


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In 1965 Piper Laurie starred in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie opposite Maureen Stapleton Pat Hingle and George Grizzard. In 1986 Piper Laurie received a third Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mrs. [citation needed] Several other roles followed: Francis Goes to the Races (1951 co-starring Donald O'Connor); Son of Ali Baba (1952 co-starring Tony Curtis); and Ain't Misbehavin' (1955 co-starring Rory Calhoun).

In 1991 Piper Laurie won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Catherine Martell in Twin Peaks. Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22 1932) is an American actress of stage and screen known for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the films The Hustler Carrie and Children of a Lesser God all of which brought her Academy Award nominations.