Piper Laurie

She had a recurring role in the television series Twin Peaks. But she silenced her critics in 1958, when four of her films turned out to be superhits - Phagun, Howrah Bridge opposite Ashok Kumar, Kala Pani opposite Dev Anand and Chalti ka Naam Gaadi opposite her future husband Kishore Kumar. She received another Supporting Actress nomination in 1987 for Children of a Lesser God. This also led to a lean phase in her career. She appeared in the Australian film Tim opposite a very young Mel Gibson, but perhaps her most famous role in her later career was as the fanatically religious mother in Carrie, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her romance with Dilip Kumar didn't blossom due to opposition by her conservative family. Once again disenchanted with the work available, Laurie returned to semi-retirement to raise a family. Madhubala's off-screen life was a tragedy.

In 1961 she returned to Hollywood to star opposite Paul Newman in The Hustler, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Many other hits followed Mahal. Dissatisfied with the work she was being offered in Hollywood, Laurie went to New York City in 1955 to work on the live television programs of the 1950s, in such productions as Twelfth Night and Days of Wine and Roses. The song Aayega Aanewaala made the careers of Madhubala as well as the playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. She signed a contract with Universal Studios when she was 17, co-starring with Ronald Reagan in Louisa. The film became a super hit. Born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young. In 1949, Madhubala starred in Bombay Talkies production Mahal.

Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American actress. Her big break came when Kidar Sharma gave her a change to act opposite Raj Kapoor in Neel Kamal (1947). Her first film was Basant (1942). She entered Bollywood as a child-artist under the name Baby Mumtaz. Her birth name was Mumtaz Jahan Begum.

Madhubala was born as the 5th child into a poor Muslim family of 11 children. She was married to the famous playback singer and actor Kishore Kumar. Her major motion pictures include Mahal and Mughal-e-Azam. Madhubala (February 14, 1933 - February 23, 1969) is considered one of most beautiful actresses to have graced the screens of Bollywood.