American actress Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs) has died at the age of 91.

The actress was best known for playing Carrie’s controlling, dangerously religious mother in the classic 1976 horror film based on the Stephen King novel.

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The three-time Oscar nominee’s manager, Marion Rosenberg, confirmed the news to EW on Saturday, describing Laurie as

“one of the most remarkable and versatile actresses of her day, a brilliant and creative mind, and a glorious human being.”

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Born in Detroit in 1932, Rosetta Jacobs changed her name after landing a contract with Universal Pictures as a teen in 1949. The following year, she made her big-screen debut in the Ronald Reagan–fronted comedy Louisa. Laurie continued to find onscreen success over the next five years, starring alongside fellow Hollywood greats like Rock Hudson in 1952’s Has Anybody Seen My Gal, Tyrone Power in 1953’s The Mississippi Gambler, and Tony Curtis in 1954’s Johnny Dark.

Feeling stifled by her roles in Hollywood, Laurie traded in the Golden State for the Big Apple, settling down in New York City to explore work in television and theater. However, she was drawn back to the City of Angels by an offer to star as pool shark Eddie Felson’s (Paul Newman) girlfriend Sarah Packard in the Academy Award–winning 1961 drama The Hustler, which earned Laurie her first Oscar nomination.

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Laurie would not appear in another film until 1976, when she transformed into Margaret White, the domineering religious fanatic mother of young Carrie (Sissy Spacek) in the 1976 horror film Carrie, based on the novel by Stephen King. Her terrifying performance in the Brian De Palma classic not only landed Laurie in the annals of horror history, but also secured her second Oscar nomination.

In addition to starring in Carrie, Laurie is also beloved for her performance as Catherine Martell in David Lynch’s cult-classic television series Twin Peaks, for which she won a Golden Globe in 1991.

She continued to star in spotlight roles on popular television series throughout the years like Frasier, Will & Grace, ER, Touched by an Angel, and MacGyver. She made her final onscreen performance as a grandmother in the Matthew McConaughey–led film White Boy Rick in 2018.