Continuing on with the great Twin Peaks cast reunion from the Hollywood Show on Saturday, October 9, 2010, are the final three cast members of the show. (See the other major posting here). One of the most enigmatic of all of the characters in the show was the Log Lady, who had propensity for carrying and communicating with – yes, you guessed it – a log. She actually had a name in the show – it was Margaret Lanterman – but fans of Twin Peaks just knew her best as the Log Lady.
The actress who portrayed the Log Lady was Catherine E. Coulson. She had primarily been an actress of the theatre, so her film and TV work is not all that plentiful. She did reprise the role of the Log Lady in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and guest starred on a recent episode of Psych, playing the Log Lady once again. One of her few other film appearances was in the Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder comedy Another You.
Catherine Coulson herself was a very nice lady. In fact, she was nice enough to bring along the original log that she carried in the series. You were even permitted to hold it yourself if you wore the special white gloves that she supplied, but I opted to let her hold the log in my photo op.
James Hurley was another character in Twin Peaks, who had been the secret lover of murder victim Laura Palmer. Already having his share of girl-trouble, he also entered into an affair with character Donna Hayward and expressed an interest in Laura’s twin cousin Maddy. Hurley was played by actor James Marshall.
The most notable of Marshall’s post Twin Peaks work was his role as PFC Louden Downey, one of the two privates defended by Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men. A medical setback a few months before our meeting (which he ended up suing Accutane for) left him on the acting sidelines for quite a while. Now that he’s recovered, he’s attempting a songwriting career.
He was nice enough to pose for a free picture after signing his photo, but I have to say that meeting James Marshall was akin to meeting his Twin Peaks character. Although he appeared shorter in stature and had longer, blonder hair, he seemed every bit as solemn as Hurley had been.
Last, and most certainly, not least was actress Sherilyn Fenn. She had had a moderately successful film career before Twin Peaks, starring in The Wild Life, Two Moon Junction, and David Lynch’s Wild at Heart. She portrayed 18-year old trouble-maker Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks, the daughter of a town business magnate who had also had an affair with Laura Palmer.
Her Twin Peaks role catapulted her to an even more lucrative film career, during which she had meatier roles in such films as Ruby, Of Mice and Men, Boxing Helena, and The United States of Leland. She can also be seen as Chandler’s wooden-legged girlfriend in an episode of Friends.
I’m thinking that Sherilyn Fenn could have commanded a higher price tag if she had wanted to than the $20 price she was charging for photos (although it was a bit more if you wanted a nude shot), which included a photo with her. I went for the standard Twin Peaks pose, but grabbed a luscious shot to pose with in our picture.
Pretty much all of the Twin Peaks performers were very kind and I was grateful to have the opportunity to meet so many of the stars of this quirky, fun, and highly acclaimed classic show. To date, I have now ‘gotten’ ten of the shows celebrities.
Celebrities of the Fall 2010 Hollywood Show will continue…
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