Piper Laurie's "Learning To Live Outloud"

Photo Credit: Richard J. McCormack (HERE)
Oscar-nominated actress Piper Laurie chats with fans during a book signing for her memoir "Learning to Live Out Loud" at the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

Piper Laurie, who played Margaret White (Carrie's mama), has a new biography out titled "Learning to Live Out Loud." (HERE on Amazon)  Laurie signed copies of her book today in Jersy City.  (article HERE) 

Of course, what's getting a lot of press right now is her description of her affair with Ronald Reagan while he was between marriages.  So Ronnie slept with Carrie's mama. . . gross! (on all counts) But wait, sincere question here -- would that make Ronald Reagan none other than Carrie's elusive papa?  I knew that girl got her powers from somewhere!

Carrie was a return to screen for Laurie, and defined a new era in her career. Douglass Daniel writes,

Laurie left movies for 15 years. Living in upstate New York, she grew personally as a wife, a mother and an artist. Her return to the screen as Sissy Spacek's mother in 1976's "Carrie" heralded a new phase in her career that would include the cult TV series "Twin Peaks" (1990-1991).

Probably one of the best death scenes ever is Margaret White's demise in Carrie.  (There is a good description of it HERE.)  It is a euphoric "YES!" moment.