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Grace Zabriskie

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Grace Zabriskie

Born May 17, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA99 films

Grace Zabriskie (born May 17, 1941) is an American actress. She has appeared in many popular American films and television series such as Twin Peaks and Big Love.

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me posterFirst watchTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me19927.4as Sarah PalmerIn the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Armageddon poster6.8Armageddon1998The Judge poster7.3The Judge2014Fried Green Tomatoes poster7.7Fried Green Tomatoes1991Gone in Sixty Seconds poster6.5Gone in Sixty Seconds2000Twin Peaks poster8.5Twin Peaks1989Wild at Heart poster7.0Wild at Heart1990Inland Empire poster7.0Inland Empire2006My Own Private Idaho poster7.0My Own Private Idaho1991

Filmography

99 films as actor
  1. 2025Bad PainterMother
  2. 2022The Quarry: Movie ModeEliza Vancullen (The Hag of Hacketts Quarry)
  3. 2021CryptozooJoan (voice)
  4. 2019PolaroidLena Sable
  5. 2015RosemontJosephine
  6. 2014The Makings of YouMargaret
  7. 2014The JudgeMrs. Blackwell
  8. 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesSarah Palmer
  9. 2014Blind MaliceNanna
  10. 2013Wrong CopsDonna (Duke's mother)
  11. 2012Wrong Cops: Chapter 1Duke's Mother
  12. 2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneMrs. McCullum
  13. 2009Bob FunkMs. Funk
  14. 2008BrothelMadam
  15. 2007License to WedGrandma Jones
  16. 2006Inland EmpireVisitor #1
  17. 2004Spooks & CreepsOlga ("A Fate Foretold")
  18. 2004The GrudgeEmma Williams
  19. 2004ChrystalGladys
  20. 2004The Last LetterMrs. Allison
  21. 2002The GlowSylvia Goodstein
  22. 2002No Good DeedMrs. Quarre
  23. 2002R.S.V.P.Mary Franklin
  24. 2001They CrawlMrs. Gage
  25. 2000Gone in Sixty SecondsHelen Raines
  26. 2000Home: The Horror StoryGrace Parkinson
  27. 1999Me and WillEdith
  28. 1999TrashMrs. DeMarie
  29. 1999A Texas FuneralMurtis
  30. 1998Dante's ViewGeraldine
  31. 1998HoudiniMrs. Weiss
  32. 1998ArmageddonDottie
  33. 1997The Devil's ChildRose DeMarco
  34. 1997Annie's GardenMrs. Barnes
  35. 1997SparklerSherri
  36. 1997Dead Men Can't DanceBrig. Gen. Burke
  37. 1997George B.Mother
  38. 1997Psycho SushiGreat Aunt
  39. 1996Bastard Out of CarolinaGranny
  40. 1996Murder at My DoorGrandma
  41. 1996A Family ThingRuby
  42. 1996A Promise to CarolynFrancie Harper
  43. 1996SeedMother's voice
  44. 1995Crazy for a KissPearl Kinross
  45. 1995The Passion of Darkly NoonRoxy
  46. 1994Drop ZoneWinona
  47. 1994The CrewGloria Pierce
  48. 1994Desert WindsJackie's Mother
  49. 1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesMrs. Hankshaw
  50. 1993Double DeceptionDr. Kester
  51. 1993Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore StoryEthel
  52. 1993Bonds of LoveEmma Smith
  53. 1992A House of Secrets and LiesRuby
  54. 1992Chain of DesireLinda Bailey
  55. 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeSarah Palmer
  56. 1992The WaterdancePat
  57. 1992FernGully: The Last RainforestMagi Lune (voice)
  58. 1992MegavilleMrs. Palinov
  59. 1991Fried Green TomatoesEva Bates
  60. 1991Intimate StrangerDana P. Ashley
  61. 1991AmbitionMrs. Merrick
  62. 1991Blood TiesThe Woman
  63. 1991Servants of TwilightGrace Spivey
  64. 1991My Own Private IdahoAlena
  65. 1991Prison Stories: Women on the InsideGenevieve
  66. 1990Child's Play 2Grace Poole
  67. 1990Wild at HeartJuana Durango
  68. 1990Hometown Boy Makes GoodHelen Geary
  69. 1990People Like UsWoman in Group Therapy (uncredited)
  70. 1989Twin PeaksSarah Palmer
  71. 1989Drugstore CowboyBob's Mother
  72. 1989A Deadly SilencePsychologist
  73. 1989The Ryan White StoryGloria White
  74. 1988The BoostSheryl
  75. 1988ShooterSister Marie
  76. 1988My Father, My SonMouza
  77. 1988Trancers: City of Lost AngelsWarden
  78. 1988Pulse PoundersThe Warden (Trancers sequence)
  79. 1987Leonard Part 6Jefferson
  80. 1987MistressDeanie
  81. 1987RampageNaomi Reece
  82. 1986The Big EasyMama
  83. 1985North Beach and RawhideHearings Officer
  84. 1985One Too ManyMrs. Linton
  85. 1984The Burning BedFlossie Hughes
  86. 1984Body RockChilly's Mother
  87. 1984My Mother's Secret LifeMaggie Ryan
  88. 1984Nickel MountainEllie Wells
  89. 1983M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk DriversSilvie Alice Kohler
  90. 1982The Executioner's SongKathryne Baker
  91. 1982An Officer and a GentlemanEsther Pokrifiki
  92. 1981Galaxy of TerrorCaptain Trantor
  93. 1980Blinded by the LightEmily
  94. 1980The Private EyesNanny
  95. 1979Freedom RoadRuth Lait
  96. 1979Concrete CowboysMeg Barnaby
  97. 1979Norma RaeLinette Odum
  98. 1978They Went That-A-Way & That-A-WayLem's Wife
  99. 1978The Million Dollar Dixie DeliveranceWidow Cummins