Prolific, creepy, and just plain delightful character actress Grace Zabriskie is perhaps best known as the emotionally estranged mother of Laura Palmer on the iconic television show Twin Peaks. She remains a collaborator with director David Lynch and is sure to pop up hither and yon in his strange universes. However, this lady who hails from New Orleans, from a bar on Bourbon Street no less, has well over 100 acting credits, from daytime soap operas to Seinfeld to Academy Awards bait like An Officer and A Gentleman.
Her specialty is that slightly unhinged mother or mother-in-law that would as soon stab you in the face as bake you an apple pie. Her eyes alone can speak volumes, and she has a peculiar and compelling body language that often does more work than dialogue in her screen time. Can you name all five of the film (actually, one is from a pretty magnificent TV show) stills in the Gallery below?
I love shot number 3 which I assume is from "Twin Peaks"?
ah, Inland Empire, My son my son what have ye done, and Fire Walk with me maybe?
#2 is definitely from Big Love. I love her as Lois. So awesome!
#2 Is Big Love (and I wish Zabriskie was in that show more, she is unbelievably good as Bill Paxton's loving/violent mom)
#1 is My, Son, My Son.
#4 is Inland Empire.
Two missing ones to go.
The Third is probably Child's Play 2 and a wild guess: is 5 The Grudge?
For some reason that hair made me think of Drop Dead Fred