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The film also features Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, William Katt, P. J. Soles, Betty Buckley, and John Travolta in supporting roles. It is the first film in the Carrie franchise. The film was based on King's first published novel.
Miss Rita L. Desjardin is a fictional character created by American author Stephen King in his first published 1974 horror novel Carrie. In the 1976 film adaptation, the character was renamed Miss Collins and portrayed by Betty Buckley. In the 2002 and 2013 versions, she was played by Rena Sofer and Judy Greer, respectively.
Buckley was cast as the widower's new romantic interest, Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, who became stepmother of the eight children to which the series' title refers. Buckley appeared in the original movie version of Carrie in 1976, playing Miss Collins, Carrie's gym teacher.
Pamela Jayne Soles (née Hardon; born July 17, 1950) [1] is a retired [citation needed] American actress. She made her film debut in 1976 as Norma Watson in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976) before portraying Lynda van der Klok in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) and Riff Randell in Allan Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979).
Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1945) [1] is an American retired actress and comedian. She has played supporting roles in the films Carrie (1976), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), and bit parts in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980), Mr. Mom (1983) Back to School (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), A River Runs Through It (1992), Natural Born ...
And just like that, Soles's career was off and running. Two years after Carrie, she cemented her Scream Queen status with a memorable role in John Carpenter's pioneering 1978 slasher movie, Halloween.
[9] However, in November 1975, she auditioned for the role of the spoiled and popular mean girl Christine Hargensen in director Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie (1976), as the title character's chief nemesis. After a protracted casting process (in which Allen was nearly re-cast at the instruction of the producers), she was officially given ...
Betty Buckley, the Tony-winning and Grammy-nominated actor and singer, has signed with Sugar23. Best known for her performances in on stage, particularly for her soaring rendition of “Memory ...