Margaret White

'''"Sin never dies."

- Margaret White '''

Margaret White (real name: Margaret Brigham) is the true main antagonist of Stephen King's novel Carrie and its movie adaptations and the musical.

History
Margaret was the wife of the late Ralph White and the mother of Carrie. She lived with her parents named John and Judith Brigman in Motton, Maine until 1960, when she moved to Chamberlain Center with Ralph White. The two married on 23 March 1962; shortly after, on 3 April 1962, Margaret was admitted to Westover Doctors Hospital for a suspected miscarriage. She last wrote her mother on 19 August 1962, and later became pregnant in December of 1962, though she was convinced that she was afflicted with "cancer of the womanly parts".

Her husband died in February of 1963, and she gave birth to her daughter alone on 21 September 1963. On 17 August 1966, her house was deluged with stones from the sky brought on by her daughter's telekinesis after she punished the girl particularly hard.

She was a horribly abusive religious zealot who punished her daughter continually for any and all "sins", viewing her as a demon child and showing no remorse over severe emotional and physical abuse (she was also heavily implied to be insane herself, as she believed herself to be continually under assault from evil forces).

In the film's climax, Margaret was killed by Carrie, ending her reign of terror, sadly before this occurs the abusive Margaret is able to stab her daughter - this would later prove to be fatal and Carrie died a short time later in the arms of one of her few friends. In the movie, Carrie died along with her mother as their home crumbled on top of them due to Carrie's telekinetic powers gone awry.

Margaret White was portrayed by Piper Laurie in the original film. In the original Carrie film, she died a sudden heart attack after she has been stabbed and crucified by the kitchen knifes unleashed by the stabbed Carrie's telekinetic powers.

In the novel's 2002 made-for-TV remake, she was portrayed by Patricia Clarkson. In the 2002 remake, she died a massive heart attack brought on Carrie's power (according to the novel Carrie) when she tried to drown her own daughter in a filled bath tub.

Margaret's ex-husband Ralph White long before his death, had another wife Barbara Lang who had in the same way, gave birth to her daughter Rachal Lang, Carrie's half-sister.

Trivia

 * She shares a similarity to Mrs. Carmody from Stephen King's The Mist. They are both deeply religious.
 * She also shares similarities to Dahlia Gillespie from the Silent Hill videogame series as they are both fanatically religious and they both abused their own daughters.