Laura was adapted into a radio play for Lux Radio Theater twice. The first version in 1945 starred Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews and Vincent Price from the film. The second version in 1954 starred Gene Tierney and Victor Mature.

Laura was also adapted into a radio play in 1948 for a Ford Theater broadcast. It starred Virginia Gilmore and John Larkin.

Two more radio versions of Laura aired as part of The Screen Guild Theater in 1945 and 1950. Both versions starred Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney and Clifton Webb.

A television version of Laura aired in 1955 as part of the series called The 20th Century-Fox Hour titled A Portrait of Murder. It starred Dana Wynter as Laura, George Sanders as Waldo, Robert Stack as McPherson and Scott Forbes as Shelby.

Another television movie version of Laura aired in 1968 that featured a screenplay co-written by Truman Capote. It starred Jacqueline Kennedy's sister, socialite Lee Radziwill (credited then as Lee Bouvier) as Laura, George Sanders as Waldo, Robert Stack as McPherson, and Farley Granger as Shelby.

In Robert Altman's 1992 film about a murderous Hollywood executive The Player a framed poster of Laura hangs prominently in title character Griffin Mill's (Tim Robbins) office.

In the season 2 episode of TV'sNCIS called An Eye for an Eye the character of Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) tells the story of Laura to Kate (Sasha Alexander). He also refers to star Gene Tierney as a "goddess."

Oscar®-winning film director and film aficionado Martin Scorsese used Laura as a key reference point for his 2010 nothing-is-what-it-seems film Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio. "The key film I showed Leo [DiCaprio] and [co-star] Mark [Ruffalo] was Laura," said Scorsese in a 2010 interview about the film. "Dana Andrews, the way he wears his tie, and the way he walks through a room, and he doesn't even look at anybody; he's always playing that little game. He's just trying to get the facts."

In the Season 7 episode of NCIS titled Obsession the character of Ziva (Cote de Pablo) compares Tony's (Michael Weatherly) obsession with a beautiful missing news reporter with the plot of Laura.

The 2011 video game L.A. Noire features Laura as one of the 50 gold film reels that can be found during the game to collect for reward.

Carol Burnett starred in a spoof of Laura in the ninth season of The Carol Burnett Show called Flora. Carol, of course, played the title character to hilarious effect.

In 1947 a Broadway play version of Laura was mounted starring Otto Kruger, Kay Macdonald, Hugh Marlowe and Tom Rutherford. It ran for 44 performances.

David Raksin's beautiful haunting score for Laura was so popular that lyrics were added to the music following the film's release, and the song became a huge hit. Over the years the song "Laura" has been recorded by hundreds of diverse artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams and even Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane on his 2011 debut album Music Is Better Than Words.

by Andrea Passafiume