Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Laurie was delivered, according to her autobiography Learning to Live Out Loud , in a one-bedroom walk-up on Tyler Street in Detroit, where the family lived.
Laurie's mother and grandmother placed Laurie's older sister in a sanitarium for her asthma. Laurie was sent along to keep her company. In , Jacobs signed a contract with Universal Studios , and changed her screen name to Piper Laurie, which she used thereafter. Her breakout role was in Louisa with Ronald Reagan , whom she dated briefly before his marriage to Nancy Davis.
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In her autobiography, she claimed that she lost her virginity to him. To polish her image, Universal Studios told gossip columnists that Laurie bathed in milk and ate flower petals to protect her luminous skin.
Laurie was lured back to Hollywood by the offer to co-star with Paul Newman in The Hustler , released in Laurie did not appear in another feature film until she accepted the role of religious fanatic Margaret White in the horror film Carrie She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
The commercial success of the film, and recognition for her performance, relaunched her career. She never does what you expect her to do—she always surprises you with her approach to a scene. Norman in Children of a Lesser God She returned to the big screen for independent films, such as Eulogy and The Dead Girl , opposite actress Toni Collette.
