HER LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

EARLY DAYS She was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, but was renamed Piper Laurie by the studio. WORK ROMANCE After meeting Ronald Reagan on the set of her first film, Louisa, Piper and the future president dated. DANCE DAYS She and Rock Hudson cut a rug together in the 1952 comedy Has Anybody Seen My Gal. ODD FELLOW “We were in four movies and never talked to each other except for the dialogue,” she says of Tony Curtis. HORROR STORY She and Sissy Spacek remained in character during the entire production of Carrie. “She was hard-working and very focused,” says Piper. OSCAR ROLE She played Marlee Matlin’s mother in Children of a Lesser God. Both were nominated for Oscars, but only Marlee won. The film was also up for Best Picture. TWIN ROLES On Twin Peaks,…

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