Laurie O'Brien

Biography

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Laurie O'Brien (born February 16, 1951 in Colorado) is an American actress, who started her career in Los Angeles in 1982 with her role in Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann. She is best known for voicing Baby Piggy on the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon Jim Henson's Muppet Babies from 1984-1991 & the CTW animated series Cro as Ivana the mammoth. As an on-camera actress, O'Brien has guest starred on the soap opera Santa Barbara as a hooker as well as other numerous TV series including Trapper John, M.D., NYPD Blue, Matlock, Chicago Hope, ER, CSI, CSI Miami, 7th Heaven, Reasonable Doubts, Shark, Three Rivers, Detroit 1-8-7, and L.A. Law on which she played a woman on trial for killing her rapist. TV movies include The Defiant_Ones, Too Young to Die?, Infidelity, Children of the Night, Convicted, and One More Mountain. Movies include Bottle Shock in which she played Christopher Pine's mother. Laurie has an extensive background in theater winning three major awards for her lead roles in Mary Barnes, Savage in Limbo and Times Like These.

Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Mrs. Meyers

Strong Medicine

Arlene Billings

Boston Public

Melanie Fitzgerald

Chicago Hope

7th Heaven

Carol

CSI: Miami

Mary Hinkle

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Paula Myrtle (segment "The Land")

Knight Rider

Linda Groves

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Pie in the Sky	Dory
2008	Little Chenier	Faye
2008	Bottle Shock	Laura
2005	Infection	Reporter
2004	Around the Bend	Ruth
2001	Mockingbird Don't Sing	Beverly Glazer
1994	One More Mountain	Elizabeth Graves
1992	Gas Food Lodging	Thelma
1990	Too Young to Die	Wanda Bradley Sledge
1990	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue	Mom / Baby Miss Piggy (voice)
1989	The Monster Bed	(voice)
1987	Infidelity	Eileen
1987	Harry and the Hendersons	Screaming Woman
1986	The Defiant Ones	Pauline
1986	The Adventures of the American Rabbit	Bunny O'Hare (voice)
1986	Convicted	Audrey Delaney
1985	Obsessed with a Married Woman	Gail
1984	Calamity Jane	Mamie
1984	Saturday's the Place!	Self (uncredited)
1982	Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann	Terry

Year	TV Show	Role
2014	Complete Works	Deborah Hünterschmidt
2002	CSI: Miami	Mary Hinkle
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Mrs. Meyers
2000	Strong Medicine	Arlene Billings
2000	Boston Public	Melanie Fitzgerald
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Paula Myrtle (segment "The Land")
1996	7th Heaven	Carol
1994	Spider-Man	Genevieve (voice)
1994	Chicago Hope
1994	ER	Mrs. Richards
1994	Vanishing Son	Sandra Garbett
1993	Cro	Ivanna (voice)
1985	Shadow Chasers	Vicky Pasternak
1984	Muppet Babies	Baby Piggy (voice)
1983	Dungeons & Dragons	(Voice)
1982	Knight Rider	Linda Groves