Catherine E. Coulson is 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 met Lynch in the 1970s and performed various behind the scenes functions during the four-year filming of his low-budget classic Eraserhead. Lynch reports that she began meditating at the same time as him during this period. She also appeared in Lynch's short film The Amputee, in which she played a woman with no legs. During the filming of Eraserhead, Lynch told Coulson that he had an image in his head of her holding a large log. Fifteen years later, he created such a role for her in Twin Peaks, on which she guest starred for 12 episodes through seasons 1 and 2. Coulson went on to reprise her role in the film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and in "Dual Spires", an episode of Psych. Coulson was married to actor Jack Nance in 1968; they divorced in 1976. [More at Wikipedia]

October 22nd, 1943 in Ashland  /  Died:   Sep 28th, 2015 - aged 71