Question: What year did Sissy Spacek play Carrie White, the main protagonist in Stephen King's novel ""Carrie"?
Context: Carrie is a novel by American author Stephen King.  It was his first published novel, released on April 5, 1974, with an approximate first print-run of 30,000 copies.  Set primarily in the then-future year of 1979, it revolves around the eponymous Carrie White, a misfit and bullied high school girl who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who torment her, while in the process causing one of the worst local disasters in American history.  King has commented that he finds the work to be "raw" and "with a surprising power to hurt and horrify."  It is one of the most frequently banned books in United States schools.  Much of the book uses newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and excerpts from books to tell how Carrie destroyed the fictional town of Chamberlain, Maine while exacting revenge on her sadistic classmates and her own mother Margaret. Carrie White is the title character of Stephen King's 1974 horror novel "Carrie" and its adaptations. Killings is a short tale written by Andre Dubus in 1979.  The short story entails how a man seeks revenge after the death of his son in cold blood.  In 2001, the story was adapted into Todd Field's film, "In the Bedroom".  The film starred Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, and Marisa Tomei, and was nominated for five Academy Awards – Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Wilkinson), Actress in a Leading Role (Spacek), Actress in a Supporting Role (Tomei), and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Published (Robert Festinger & Field).  After the film's release the story was republished in a collection called "In the Bedroom" for which Field wrote the preface. Violets Are Blue is a 1986 American romantic drama film from Columbia Pictures, starring Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline.  It was directed by Spacek's husband Jack Fisk, who had previously worked with her on the 1981 film "Raggedy Man". The Rage: Carrie 2 is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Katt Shea and a sequel to the 1976 horror film "Carrie", based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, and features Carrie White's baby half sister Rachel Lang in the lead role.  Directed by Katt Shea, the film stars Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron, and Amy Irving who reprises her role of Sue Snell from the previous film. Margaret White (née Brigham) is a fictional character created by Stephen King in his first published novel, "Carrie", where she is the main antagonist.  She is the domineering, abusive, insane and fanatically religious mother of Carrie White, who has the power of telekinesis, and thinks almost everything, especially related to the female body and sex, is sinful. 3 Women is a 1977 American avant-garde drama film written and directed by Robert Altman, and starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule.  It depicts the increasingly bizarre, mysterious relationship between a woman (Duvall) and her roommate and co-worker (Spacek) in a dusty, underpopulated Californian desert town. Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek ( ; born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer.  She began her career in the early 1970s and first gained attention for her role in the film "Badlands" (1973).  Her major breakthrough came in 1976 when she played the title character of Carrie White in Brian De Palma's horror film "Carrie", based on the first novel by Stephen King, for which she earned an Oscar nomination (a rare feat for an actor or actress in a horror movie).  She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in the 1980 film "Coal Miner's Daughter," and also earned a Grammy nomination for the song "Coal Miner's Daughter" from the film's soundtrack.  She went on to receive further Oscar nominations for her roles in "Missing" (1982), "The River" (1984) and "Crimes of the Heart" (1986).  "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Crimes of the Heart" also won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Carrietta N. "Carrie" White is the title character and protagonist of Stephen King's novel "Carrie" who is the older half-sister of Rachel Lang. Carrie is a 2013 American supernatural horror film, directed by Kimberly Peirce, and is the third film adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name.  The film was produced by Kevin Misher, with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen & Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.  The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Screen Gems on October 18, 2013.  The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as the titular Carrie White, Julianne Moore as Carrie's mother Margaret White, Judy Greer as Ms. Desjardin, Portia Doubleday as Chris Hargensen, Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell, Ansel Elgort as Tommy Ross, and Alex Russell as Billy Nolan.
Answer: 1976