FrameThrower · Actors · Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
4 films · 360 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1961–1995
Born 22 January 1932 · Detroit, Michigan, USA · died 14 October 2023
Piper Laurie was an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Hustler (1961), Carrie (1976), and Children of a Lesser God (1986), and received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. She was also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of Days of Wine and Roses, and as Catherine Martell in the television series Twin Peaks.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 360 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1961–1995
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film1991
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1987
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1962
How their films are shot
Measured across 360 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Piper takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 69% of their frames are night, 61% low key — the look of the work Piper takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 360 frames from Piper Laurie's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.