David Lynch's Ladies
by tony-r-vario | created - 26 Feb 2015 | updated - 26 Feb 2015 | PublicA compendium of the women who had recurring roles in the director's films.
1. Laura Dern
Actress | Jurassic Park
Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for ...
Blue Velvet (1986) Wild at Heart (1990) Inland Empire (2006)
2. Diane Ladd
Actress | Wild at Heart
The amazingly gifted and versatile, Ms. Diane Ladd, received immense praise for her dramatic efforts throughout the course of her electric and unique seventy-year career. Her timeless offbeat charm and beauty reminiscent of a lamented Hollywood Golden Era actress gleam in the most understated roles...
Wild at Heart (1990) Inland Empire (2006)
3. Grace Zabriskie
Actress | Inland Empire
"Amazing Grace" Zabriskie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She wrote her own original poetry, then performed at coffee shops and various artist hangouts in Atlanta. She was also a wonderful silk-screen printmaker. She moved to Hollywood and made her acting debut in Norma Rae (1979). She went on ...
Wild at Heart (1990) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Inland Empire (2006) Twin Peaks (2016 TV Series)
4. Isabella Rossellini
Actress | Blue Velvet
Isabella Rossellini, the Italian actress and model who has made her home in America since 1979 and holds dual Italian and American citizenship, was born cinema royalty when she made her debut on June 18, 1952 in Rome. She is the daughter of two legends, three-time Oscar-winning Swedish-born actress ...
Blue Velvet (1986) Wild at Heart (1990)
5. Frances Bay
Actress | Blue Velvet
Cute, tiny, and prolific little old lady character actress Frances Bay worked constantly in both films and TV shows alike after making her debut at the age of 59 in life with a small part in the comedy Foul Play (1978) in 1978.
She frequently portrayed eccentric elderly women and good-hearted ...
Blue Velvet (1986) Wild at Heart (1990) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
6. Julee Cruise
Soundtrack | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Julee Cruise was born on December 1, 1956 in Creston, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Blue Velvet (1986) and Scream (1996). She was married to Edward Grinnan. She died on June 9, 2022 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Blue Velvet (1986) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
7. Peggy Lipton
Actress | Twin Peaks
She was a groovy and sexy icon of the late hippie era. To millions of TV viewers she became familiar as the reformed juvenile delinquent, turned undercover cop, Julie Barnes. With her expressive brown eyes and trademark long blonde hair, sylphlike Peggy Lipton was one third of a streetwise urban ...
Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
8. Catherine E. Coulson
Actress | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Catherine E. Coulson began her professional association with director David Lynch when she worked as assistant director on Lynch's legendary feature debut Eraserhead (1977). This is when the two began discussing the idea of a woman who carried a log around with her. Coulson spent much of her career...
The Amputee (1974 Short Film) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks (2016 TV Series)
9. Charlotte Stewart
Actress | Eraserhead
One of three children, Charlotte Stewart was born in Yuba City, California, USA on 27 February 1941. In the 1950s, she studied acting in Pasadena. She is famous for portraying the role of beloved schoolteacher "Miss Beadle" in the popular television series Little House on the Prairie (1974). She ...
Eraserhead (1977) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
10. Laura Harring
Actress | Mulholland Dr.
Laura Harring is a Mexican actress best known for her role as the mysterious amnesiac Rita in David Lynch's enigmatic film Mulholland Drive, which was recently voted the best film of the 21st century in multiple polls. Film critic Roger Ebert compared Harring to screen legend Rita Hayworth, while ...
Mulholland Drive (2001) Rabbits (2002) Inland Empire (2006)
11. Naomi Watts
Actress | Mulholland Dr.
Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when she was seven and she ...
Mulholland Drive (2001) Rabbits (2002) Inland Empire (2006)
12. Sheryl Lee
Actress | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
"Dead, wrapped in plastic" is how Sheryl Lee entered onto the scene as Laura Palmer, the doomed homecoming queen on the cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990).
Lee was born April 27, 1967 in Germany. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, spending much of her youth studying dance before knee injuries ended her...
Wild at Heart (1990) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Twin Peaks (2016 TV Series)
13. Mädchen Amick
Actress | Dream Lover
Born and raised in Sparks, Nevada, Mädchen Amick was encouraged by her parents to follow her own creative instincts where she learned the skill of playing the piano, bass, violin and guitar as well as being able to do tap, ballet, jazz and modern dancing. In 1987 at the age of 16, she traveled to ...
Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Twin Peaks (2016 TV Series)
14. Lara Flynn Boyle
Actress | Happiness
Lara Flynn Boyle was born in Davenport, Iowa on March 24, 1970 to 21-year old Sally Boyle. For Sally and young Lara, money was not plentiful so Sally was required to work three jobs in addition to raising baby Lara by herself. Since Lara was mostly around Sally, they developed a bond that still ...
Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks (2016 TV Series)
15. Sherilyn Fenn
Actress | Of Mice and Men
The sultry, versatile, petite (5' 4") beauty Sherilyn Fenn was born Sheryl Ann Fenn in Detroit, Michigan, into a family of musicians. The youngest of three children, her mother, Arlene Quatro, played keyboard in rock bands, her aunt is rock-star Suzi Quatro, and her grandfather, Art Quatro, was a ...
Wild at Heart (1990) Twin Peaks (1990 TV Series) Twin Peaks (2016 TV Series)
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