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Catherine E. Coulson Biography

Birth Name:Catherine Elizabeth Coulson

Birth Place:Ashland, Oregon, United States

Profession Camera department, Actress, Assistant director

Fast Facts

  • Earned her bachelor's degree from Scripps College and her master's from San Francisco State University, both in theater
  • Her mother, Elizabeth Fellegi, was a ballet dancer and her father worked as a producer in radio and television
  • Often worked with "Twin Peaks" director David Lynch on other projects, both on-screen, as the title character in his 1974 short film "The Amputee," and off, as the assistant director of "Eraserhead․"
  • Best known for playing The Log Lady in "Twin Peaks" and Carramae in "Calvin Marshall․"
  • Was a longtime participant of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in her home town of Ashland, Ore