Oakland Century Lodge #2692
B'nai B'rith
Cordially Invites . . . Members, Honorary Members and Guests to our
27th Annual "Spirit of B'nai B'rith"
& Scholarship Awards Night
Tuesday, August 24, 1999 - 6:00 p. m.
Morgenstern, was a journalist for The
(Best Supporting Actress in 1976) and
Herald Tribune, and we met when he
The Hustler (Best Actress in 1963).
came to interview me," Laurie recalls.
"I feel really blessed that I've man-
"The civil rights movement and the
aged to sustain a career," says Laurie, 67,
Vietnam War were starting, and I
who left Detroit for California when she
began to feel acting was irrelevant.
was 5. "I think that it's extraordinary
"I had gone to art school, began
that I'm not doing bit parts, and the joy
carving stone and was very happy,
comes from the actual work."
but I began feeling it would be fun
Before her family moved away from
to act again. Just as I was having
Michigan, Laurie already knew she
those thoughts, the woman who had
wanted to be an actress.
represented me for a long time
"My mother used to take my sister
called and said she was sending me
[Sherrye Cimino] and me to see stage
the script for Carrie."
shows they'd have between movies,"
With the part won, the
recalls the actress, whose sister now
Morgensterns
decided to move to
works as her business assistant. "I
California,
and
she resumed her
remember Jane Withers made a per-
career. The Grass Harp, one of her
sonal appearance, and I thought that
more recent projects with Walter
it would be fabulous to be on stage
Matthau and Jack Lemmon, is shown
and have people applaud.
periodically on cable.
"When I was 11 and living in
"I've never been given roles of
California, I did my first play at the
Jewish women, and I have sad feel-
Beverly Hilton Playhouse and then
ings that people are shocked to' find
dropped my ambitions for a time dur-
ing adolescence, when
my interest was in school
and boys. When I was
16, I began to think of
acting again and found
out about a very good
teacher. I learned the
important things in get-
ting down to basic, raw
emotions, and that carries
me through to this day."
Laurie entered cinema
with an audition for
Universal Studios doing a
Tennessee Williams one-
act play called This
Piper Laurie in a scene from her latest film,
Property Is Condemned.
"The Mao Game," due to be released later this year.
She was tested with Rock
1
Hudson, and both won
contracts.
In her first movie, Louisa, she
played the daughter of a character
portrayed by Ronald Reagan. Her
second film was with famed dancer
Donald O'Connor and Jimmy
Durante, and she learned to do a soft
shoe. She continues to be friends
with O'Connor and his wife.
"My first real starring role was with
Tony Curtis in The Prince Who Was a
Thief," Laurie recalls. "We came to
Detroit for the premiere, and Tony
introduced my family to the rest of the
audience. When he asked my relatives
to stand, the entire balcony stood up."
There were years of many films
she'd rather foraet and the actress
decided to move to New York, where
she was cast in theater and television
productions. After meeting her hus-
band, marrying and having a child,
she did not work for 15 years.
"My former husband, Joe
I'm a Jewish actress," Laurie says.
"Ten years ago, I went to Israel and
found that most of the movies that
I'd done hadn't played there.
"I always felt very much a Jew. I went
to Sunday school in a little synagogue
near Los Angeles, and I was confirmed.
The rabbi who married my sister is the
same rabbi who married me. I observe
some holidays and recently began light-
ing the candles on Friday night."
Laurie, who is close to her former
husband, daughter and grandson, now
feels more relaxed about life and
enjoys cooking — bread, chicken soup
and a matza meal cake made from a
secret family recipe.
"I don't struggle as much," the for-
mer Detroiter says. "I analyzed too
much, and I worried too much. I'm
more open to listening to other people
and reacting to people around me. I'm
not as concerned about how I look,
and that's a great release."
Honoring: Arnold Michlin
Distinguised Oakland Century Lodge Member - Recipient of "Spirit of B'nai B'rith Award"
Oakland Century Lodge Scholarships:
• The Rosenberg Family presenting a scholarship in memory of
ALBERT( AL) SAUL ROSEMERG
• Irving and Sarah Pitt presenting a scholarship in memory of
SOL MOSS
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