Oscar nominee Piper Laurie, star of ‘Carrie,’ ‘The Hustler,’ dead at 91

Oscar nominee Piper Laurie, star of ‘Carrie,’ ‘The Hustler,’ dead at 91

Piper Laurie, best known for her role as the incredibly controlling and devout mother in the 1976 horror film “Carrie,” died Saturday. She was 91. The three-time Oscar nominee’s longtime manager, Marion Rosenberg, told Entertainment Weekly that Laurie was “one of the most remarkable and versatile actresses of her day, a brilliant and creative mind, … Read more