Catherine Elizabeth Coulson (October 22, 1943 â€" September 28, 2015)
was an American stage and screen actress who worked behind the scenes
on various studio features, magazine shows and independent films as
well as acting in theater and film since the age of 15. She is best
known for her role as Margaret Lanterman, the enigmatic Log Lady, in
the David Lynch TV series Twin Peaks.Coulson was born in Elmhurst,
Illinois, and grew up in Southern California, the daughter of ballet
dancer Elizabeth Fellegi; her father was a radio and television
producer and public relations executive. She earned a BA degree at
Scripps College and a MFA at San Francisco State University.Coulson
met Lynch in 1971 and performed various behind the scenes functions
during the four-year filming of his low-budget classic Eraserhead
(1977). Lynch reports that she began meditating at the same time as
did he during this period. She also appeared in Lynch's short film The
Amputee (1974), in which she played a woman with no legs.
was an American stage and screen actress who worked behind the scenes
on various studio features, magazine shows and independent films as
well as acting in theater and film since the age of 15. She is best
known for her role as Margaret Lanterman, the enigmatic Log Lady, in
the David Lynch TV series Twin Peaks.Coulson was born in Elmhurst,
Illinois, and grew up in Southern California, the daughter of ballet
dancer Elizabeth Fellegi; her father was a radio and television
producer and public relations executive. She earned a BA degree at
Scripps College and a MFA at San Francisco State University.Coulson
met Lynch in 1971 and performed various behind the scenes functions
during the four-year filming of his low-budget classic Eraserhead
(1977). Lynch reports that she began meditating at the same time as
did he during this period. She also appeared in Lynch's short film The
Amputee (1974), in which she played a woman with no legs.
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