Wife of the of the late Dino De Laurentiis, her credits also include the film adaptation of 'Firestarter' and its upcoming remake.
Red Dragonas well as NBC’s TV adaptation of the latter, died Sunday at her home after a battle with brain cancer. She was 67.
De Laurentiis also was the wife of the late Dino De Laurentiis, with whom she has two daughters, Carolyna De Laurentiis and Dina De Laurentiis. Dina released a statement Sunday after her mother’s death. “My mother was both a warm, generous, optimistic soul — my father always referred to her as his ‘sunshine’ — and a fierce protector,” her daughter Dina De Laurentiis said in a statement. “A treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, and a friend who touched so many, as well as a nurturer — and protector — of creative people on the movies and television she loved. She put family first, but got up every morning passionate about building upon my father’s legacy and continuing to forge her own.