Laura Palmer is a fictional character from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. Her death was the catalyst for the events of the series. She is the main character of Lynch's prequel film ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me'', which depicts the seven days leading up to her murder.

Laura (played by Sheryl Lee, who also played her cousin Maddy Ferguson) was her town's favorite daughter; she volunteered at Meals on Wheels, was the high school Homecoming queen, and was (apparently) the darling of her parents, Sarah and Leland. However, Laura led a double life — she was a cocaine user, a victim of child abuse and had briefly worked at One Eyed Jacks, a casino/brothel just north of the Canadian border. Officially involved with Bobby Briggs, the High School Football team captain, she was also engaged in a secret relationship with James Hurley. She had also had sexual encounters with other Twin Peaks citizens, such as businessman Ben Horne and trucker/drug dealer Leo Johnson.

The discovery of Laura's body in the pilot episode of ''Twin Peaks'' brought Special Agent Dale Cooper to town and the investigation of her death, and the effects it had on those around her, propelled the first season and the first 8 episodes of the second season. Laura remained prominent afterward, as her death had exposed many secrets related to her, and also — in some cases — unrelated, such as the Packard mill conspiracy. Laura also appears in Cooper's dreams, offering cryptic clues as to the identity of her killer.

Laura's diary was uncovered in the first episode, but her secret diary was not recovered until later, and it contained passages suggesting that she had long been the victim — sometimes willingly — of abuse from a malevolent entity named BOB, who wanted to be close to her, or even ''be'' her.

During the second season, the identity of her murderer was revealed: her father, Leland, who had been possessed by BOB and made to molest, rape, and kill his own daughter. When Leland dies in police custody, it is implied that Laura appears before him in a vision, forgiving him and welcoming him to the afterlife.

Laura appears inside the Black Lodge during the series finale, as both herself and an evil doppelganger version.

Notes

Jennifer Lynch wrote an official series tie-in, ''The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer'', which was sold from 1990 and was the diary used in the series.

References

External links

Laura Palmer ''Twin Peaks'' card

Laura Palmer network

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Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably ''Blue Velvet'', the ''Twin Peaks'' saga (1990–1992) and ''Mulholland Drive''. He received the ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2008.

Early life

Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian family; his mother was from Sicily and his father was a fish market owner. Badalamenti spent much of his childhood listening to opera and classical music. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and at Manhattan School of Music where he earned a master's degree in music.

Career

Badalamenti scored films such as ''Gordon's War'', and ''Law and Disorder'', but his big break came when he was brought in to be Isabella Rossellini's singing coach for the song "Blue Velvet" in David Lynch's classic film ''Blue Velvet''. Rossellini was supposed to sing "Song to the Siren," a song by Tim Buckley, but Lynch was unable to secure the rights to use it. Badalamenti and Lynch collaborated to write "Mysteries of Love", using lyrics Lynch wrote and Badalamenti's music. Lynch asked Badalamenti to appear in the film as the piano player in the club where Rossellini's character performs. This film would be the first of many projects they would work on together.

After scoring a variety of mainstream films, including ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' and ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'', he scored Lynch's cult television show, ''Twin Peaks'' which featured the vocals of Julee Cruise. Many of the songs from the series were released on Cruise's album ''Floating into the Night''. From the soundtrack of the television series, he was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the "Twin Peaks Theme".

Other Lynch projects he worked on include the movies ''Wild at Heart'', ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', ''Lost Highway'', and ''Mulholland Drive'' (where he has a small role as a gangster with a finicky taste for espresso), as well as the television shows ''On the Air'' and ''Hotel Room''. Other projects he has worked in include the television film ''Witch Hunt'', and the films ''Naked in New York'', ''The City of Lost Children'', ''A Very Long Engagement'', ''The Wicker Man'', ''Dark Water'' and ''Secretary''. He has also worked on the soundtrack for the video game ''Fahrenheit'' (known as ''Indigo Prophecy'' in North America). His work on ''Fahrenheit'' has also been critically acclaimed, with the game breaking new ground, and being described as an 'interactive paranormal thriller'. Lately, he has been composer for director Paul Schrader on such films including ''Auto Focus'', ''The Comfort of Strangers'' and ''Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist''. In 1998, Badalamenti recorded "A Foggy Day (in London Town)" with artist David Bowie for the Red Hot Organization’s compilation album ''Red Hot + Rhapsody'' a tribute to George Gershwin which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In 2005, he composed the themes for the movie Napola (Before the Fall) which were then adapted for the score by Normand Corbeil. In 2008, he directed the soundtrack of ''The Edge Of Love'', with Siouxsie, Patrick Wolf and Beth Rowley on vocals.

Collaborations

In 1966, Badalamenti co-wrote a song ("Visa to the Stars") on Perrey and Kingsley's album ''The In Sound from Way Out!.'' He also arranged and produced Perrey's two solo albums for Vanguard Records, although he was known at the time as "Andy Badale." In 1987, he lent his services to British synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, arranging the orchestration on the dreamy and melancholic track "It Couldn't Happen Here". The recording foreshadows "Laura Palmer's Theme" from ''Twin Peaks'' - produced in 1989 and released in 1990. Badalamenti also arranged the strings on two tracks on the Pet Shop Boys' acclaimed ''Behaviour'' album in 1990.

In 1993, Badalamenti collaborated with thrash metal band Anthrax on the ''Twin Peaks''-inspired track "Black Lodge" from the ''Sound of White Noise'' album. In 1995, he composed, orchestrated and produced Marianne Faithfull's album, titled ''A Secret Life''. In 1996, Badalamenti teamed up with Tim Booth of the British rock band James. As Booth and the Bad Angel, they released an eponymous album on the Mercury label. In 2000, he worked with Orbital on the "Beached" single for the movie ''The Beach''. In 2004, he composed the ''Evilenko'' soundtrack working with Dolores O'Riordan, who sang the main theme and with whom he is still collaborating. A new song by the two, "The Butterfly", is likely to be included in a yet to be announced movie.

Quotes

"My (musical) world is a little bit dark... a little bit off-center. I think of it as tragically beautiful. That is how I would describe what I love best: tragically beautiful."

Selected filmography

''Secretariat'' (2010)

''Life of Pi'' (2009)

''44 Inch Chest'' (2009)

''The Edge Of Love'' (2008)

''The Wicker Man'' (2006)

''Dark Water'' (2005)

''Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'' (2005)

''Fahrenheit'' (2005) (video game)

''Before the Fall'' (2004) (German: ''NaPolA: Hitler's Elite'')

''Evilenko'' (2004)

''A Very Long Engagement'' (2004) (French: ''Un long dimanche de fiançailles'')

''Secretary'' (2002)

''Cabin Fever'' (2002)

''Mulholland Drive'' (2001)

''The Beach'' (2000)

''The Straight Story'' (1999)

''Arlington Road'' (1999)

''The Girl on the Bridge'' (1999) (French: ''La Fille sur le pont'')

''Lost Highway'' (1997)

''The City of Lost Children'' (1995) (French: ''La cité des enfants perdus'')

''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1991)

''Wild at Heart (1990)

''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989)

''Twin Peaks'' (1990)

''Cousins'' (1989)

''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987)

''Blue Velvet'' (1986)

See also

List of noted film producer and composer collaborations

References

External links

Official Angelo Badalamenti website

Angelo Badalamenti Myspace

Angelo Badalamenti - a peak for David Lynch

Yahoo Movies Biography of David Lynch

Fansite Biography of David Lynch

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Sheryl Lee (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress. She came to international attention for her performances as Laura Palmer and Maddy Ferguson on the 1990 cult TV series ''Twin Peaks'' and in the 1992 film ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me''. She is also known for portraying photographer Astrid Kirchherr in ''Backbeat'' (1994) and for her roles in ''Vampires'' (1998) and ''Winter's Bone'' (2010), as well as for her television series roles in ''LA Doctors'', ''Kingpin'', ''One Tree Hill'' and ''Dirty Sexy Money''.

Early life

Lee was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany, the daughter of an artist mother and architect father. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, United States, where she was a graduate of Fairview High School (class of 1985). After graduating, Lee moved to Pasadena, California where she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and later attended the North Carolina School of Arts, the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, and the University of Colorado. After several years of studying, Lee moved to Seattle, Washington where she acted in several stage plays.

Acting career

Lee is remembered by legions of David Lynch fans for her appearance as the dead Laura Palmer in the cult television series ''Twin Peaks''. Lynch asked Lee to audition for him after seeing a publicity photo of her in Seattle from one of the plays she was starring in at the time. When the series was picked up, Lee was also given the part of Laura's cousin Maddy Ferguson later in the series (a role which was reportedly written because Lynch, impressed with her abilities, wanted to give her a fuller role on the show). She also starred in the prequel ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', which elaborated on events leading up to Laura Palmer's death.

Other roles have included playing the part of Astrid Kirchherr in the 1994 movie ''Backbeat'', a bio-pic of the early career of The Beatles opposite Stephen Dorff, the part of Liza in Gary Walkow's 1995 adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella ''Notes from Underground'' opposite Henry Czerny, the role of Katrina in John Carpenter's 1998 film ''Vampires'' opposite James Woods and Daniel Baldwin, and the role of Marlene Cadena in the 2003 television series ''Kingpin'' opposite Yancey Arias and Bobby Cannavale. Sheryl Lee also starred alongside Craig Sheffer in ''Bliss'' (1997). Lee starred opposite Anthony Michael Hall as the sweet but vengeful housewife Eve Robbins in the 2001 USA Cable movie ''Hitched''.

In 2004, Lee was the original choice for the role of Mary-Alice Young on ''Desperate Housewives''. It would have been the second time she would have played a dead character on a series; however, the producers ultimately chose to replace her with Brenda Strong.

In 2005, she played the recurring part of Ellie Harp, the biological mother of Peyton Sawyer (played by Hilarie Burton), who battles breast cancer, on the third season of the WB Network series ''One Tree Hill''.

In 2007 and 2008, Lee appeared on the ABC dramedy, ''Dirty Sexy Money'' as Andrea Smithson, the mother of Brian Darling's (Glenn Fitzgerald) illegitimate child.

In 2001, she presented the ''I Love 1990'' segment of the BBC's popular ''I Love 1990s'' series.

On stage, Lee starred on Broadway in 1992 alongside Al Pacino in Oscar Wilde's ''Salome'' as the title role, in the Circle in the Square Theatre, under the direction of Robert Allan Ackerman. The play co-starred Suzanne Bertish, Esai Morales and Arnold Vosloo.

Lee, along with several other Twin Peaks cast members, guest starred in a special Twin Peaks themed episode of Psych. Other cast members reunited with Lee included Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey Horne), Dana Ashbrook (Bobby Briggs), Ray Wise (Leland Palmer), Lenny Von Dohlen (Harold Smith), Robyn Lively (Lana Budding Milford), and Catherine E. Coulson (The Log Lady). This episode marked the first time several Twin Peaks cast members have been reunited on television in almost two decades.

In 2010 she appeared in a supporting role as ''April'' in Debra Granik's ''Winter's Bone'' (which won best picture at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010). The film is about a seventeen-year-old girl (Jennifer Lawrence) in the rural Ozarks, caring for her mentally-ill mother and her younger brother and sister, when she discovers that her father put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance, at which he failed to appear. Lee won two Awards for ''Best Ensemble'' at Detroit Film Critics Society and Gotham Awards, shared with the cast.

Personal life

She dated David Duchovny. She was married to Jesse Diamond, a photographer and son of singer and songwriter Neil Diamond. They have a son, Elijah.

She is an avid member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and has assertively campaigned against fur and mistreatment of animals. In 2008, she participated in the 3rd Munchkin's Project Pink annual breast cancer awareness campaign to raise money for breast cancer research.

Lee practices Kundalini yoga.

Filmography

Films

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Television

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Stage credits

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Video Games

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Awards and nominations

!Year	!Award	!Category	!Film	!Result
1992		Best Prime Time Death Scene	''Twin Peaks''
	Saturn Awards
Independent Spirit Awards	Best Female Lead
1995	Sundance Film Festival	Spirit of Sundance Award — for her body of work
1999	Saturn Awards
		Best Ensemble
	Best Ensemble
Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble

References

Further reading

External links

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