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Laurie Strode is a fictional character in the Halloween
horror film series. She is portrayed by internationally-renowned actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Apparently, the name Laurie Strode was the name of a former girlfriend of director/writer John Carpenter.

Early life

Laurie Anne Myers was born on Wednesday, March 22, 1961 in Haddonfield, Illinois. Her biological parents were Don and Edith Myers. She had two older siblings: Judith Margaret and Michael Audrey. On the night of Thursday October 31, 1963, she and Michael were being babysat by a neighbor, Mrs. Blankenship. Their parents went to Haddonfield's popular "Lost River Drive-In" to catch a showing of the film Psycho
. They were to be home at about 10:00 PM. Their sister Judith had gone on a date with her boyfriend Peter Greene. When Judith arrived home, Michael snuck out of Mrs. Blankenship's house and went across the street to his home. When Peter had left the Myers' house, Michael went upstairs and brutally murdered Judith. Within days, Michael was placed in the Smith's Grove - Warren County Sanitarium under the care of resident psychiatrist Dr. Samuel J. Loomis and chief administrator Dr. Terence Wynn.

In 1965, Laurie and Michael's parents went to visit Michael at the sanitarium. They tried talking to their only son, but with no success. This was the last time Michael would see his parents. On their way home towards Haddonfield, they crashed their car and died. Meanwhile, Laurie was being looked after by the Myers' neighbors Morgan and Pamela Strode. When Laurie was orphaned, the Strodes requested to adopt her.

When she was age ten, the Strodes took Laurie to see her brother in Smith's Grove. She was instructed to just wait in the office until the family could accompany her. Michael was placed in a large room that was for family visits; he wasn't in his cell. This room had a capacity to hold scores of people. Patients who posed no real threat to visitors could congregate here. Laurie waited a while for her adoptive parents. She eventually went off on her own and located her brother. She entered the visitor's chamber and the two separated siblings saw one another. Laurie didn't really remember her biological family and possessed no fear in approaching Michael. She wanted to talk to him, but the Strodes found her and they hurriedly left. The Strodes soon after requested that the files of Laurie's biological family and her adoption be sealed for their protection. Laurie was only two when her brother killed their seventeen-year-old sister Judith. She was four when she lost her real parents. As Laurie grew up, she increasing forgot about her real family. Sometimes she would have flashbacks of her early childhood and her one-time visit with Michael.

Halloween

Laurie Strode is now a seventeen-year-old senior who attends Haddonfield High School. She is a learned, but very shy bookworm spending her free time babysitting elementary and junior high kids. She has two wild friends her same age: Annie Brackett, the outspoken and confident daughter of Haddonfield's Sheriff, and Lynda Van Der Klok, a native of California and a popular cheerleader for the high school's Haddonfield Huskers.

On Tuesday October 31, 1978 her adoptive father Morgan, owner and operator of Strode Realty, instructs Laurie to leave a key at the Myers' House on her way to school. When she leaves the key under the front door's mat, the Shape, unbeknownst to her, is watching from inside the vacant house. For most of the day, he stalks the innocent teenager, making her uneasy, but alert. Throughout the day, Laurie thinks her mind is playing tricks on her.

Later that evening around 6:30 PM, she leaves with her friend Annie. They kill time by riding through town before going to baby-sit in another neighborhood. Laurie sits for eight-year-old Thomas "Tommy" Doyle; Annie sits for "little" Lindsey Wallace. Later that night, Annie goes over to Tommy's house with Lindsey. Annie asks Laurie to baby-sit Lindsey while she picks up her boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Paul Freedman. Laurie reluctantly agrees. Annie never makes it to town to pick up Paul. Lynda and her boyfriend Bob Simms arrive at the Wallace house to continue their planned Halloween fun. Later on, after getting a strange call from the Wallace house, Laurie goes across the street to find her friends. She thinks they are playing Halloween pranks on her, but goes upstairs to find them all dead. From behind the shadows, Michael stabs Laurie's left shoulder. She falls down the staircase and fractures her knee. Her escape on foot is difficult, but she succeeds.

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