With Piper Laurie’s passing on October 14th, 2023, Hollywood mourns an icon.
Born Rosetta Jacobs, Piper Laurie, as we came to know her once she changed her name after signing a contract with Universal Studios at the age of 18, was a fine actress who withstood the test of time making us a part of her impeccable acting career for more than half a century.
She survived ’50s Hollywood’s starlet-making machine, took a break from acting, and returned to it with gusto before retiring again.
In between, she earned three Oscar nominations, an Emmy Award from eight nominations, and a series of other outstanding actor accolades for her performances.
Perhaps the most memorable of them is her venerated portrayal of Carrie’s mother in Brian De Palma’s 1976 horror film, Carrie.
As a come-back-present after a fifteen-year-hiatus (Laurie hadn’t appeared in films since her Oscar-nominated role in The Hustler in 1961), her…
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