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- Birth nameCatherine Elizabeth Coulson
- 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 working behind-the-scenes before finally bringing the Log Lady to life on Lynch's cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990). The Log Lady was one of the most puzzling and emblematic of the show's characters, and she has ensured Coulson a permanent place in the hearts of cult TV fans.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Azure_Girl
- SpousesJack Nance(April 20, 1968 - 1976) (divorced)Marc Sirinsky(? - September 28, 2015) (her death, 1 child)
- Coulson's Twin Peaks story began in the '70s, when she spent about four years working on David Lynch's directorial debut Eraserhead. Officially, Coulson is credited as the movie's assistant director. She also worked as a waitress and donated her income to the movie's perpetually vanishing budget. And she was married to Eraserhead star Jack Nance.
- Forever identified as the log-carrying lady on the cult Twin Peaks (1990) series.
- On Coulson's gravestone, above her English name (Catherine Elizabeth Coulson), her Hebrew name (Chana Elisheva), her birth and death years (1943-2015) and the words "Daughter, Sister, Mother, Friend" is an engraved line-art image of two hands cradling a log--a tribute to her iconic role as Margaret Lanterman / The Log Lady on Twin Peaks.
- She was one of the first women on camera crews in Los Angeles.
- Though divorced from actor Jack Nance in 1976, she worked with him again on the Twin Peaks (1990) series in the 90s.
- I spent a lot of time in Disneyland as a kid...I think it warped me for life.
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