Piper Laurie, 3-time Oscar nominee with film credits such as 'The Hustler' and 'Carrie,' dies at 91
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FILE - Actress Piper Laurie arrives at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards, Friday June 12, 2009, in Los Angeles. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a more meaningful life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)FILE - Actress Piper Laurie watches piper Thomas Gorrian of the Lovat Pipe Band as he pipes a tune before the gala world premiere of a 3-D film, "King of the Khyber Rifles," at the Rivoli Theater in New York, Dec. 23, 1953. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a more meaningful life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Ed Ford, File)FILE - Actress Piper Laurie hugs her husband-to-be, drama reporter and critic Joseph M. Morgenstern, at his desk at the Herald-Tribune in New York, shortly after her parents announced their engagement, Dec. 28, 1961. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a more meaningful life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/John Lent, File)FILE - Actress Piper Laurie arrives at the premiere of "Hounddog," in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a more meaningful life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
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FILE - Actress Piper Laurie arrives at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards, Friday June 12, 2009, in Los Angeles. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a more meaningful life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)