Margaret White

Carrie

Played by Piper Laurie

If parents often misunderstand their teenage children, most still attempt to encourage them through their difficult high school years. Not Margaret White (Piper Laurie), however; she’s convinced her daughter Carrie (Sissy Spacek) is a wretched tool of Satan. Even worse, she doesn’t want her outcast daughter to attend the wicked, sinful prom. Though one can take exception to Margaret’s methods, she does have a point; Carrie possesses telekinetic powers that allow her to wreak havoc on her insensitive classmates. Still, if Margaret had just loosened up a bit, and not berated her daughter with such barbs as “They’re all gonna laugh at you,” Carrie could possibly have been a productive member of society – as well as the steady galpal of Tommy.