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Laura (played by Sheryl Lee) was her town's favorite daughter; she volunteered at Meals on Wheels, was the high school Homecoming queen, and was (apparently) the darling of her parents, Sarah and Leland. However, Laura led a double life — she was a cocaine user, a victim of child abuse and had briefly worked at One Eyed Jacks, a casino/brothel just north of the Canadian border. Sheryl Lee (born April 22, 1967 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is an American actress, best known for playing Laura Palmer and Madeleine Ferguson on the cult TV series Twin Peaks and its prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, for her roles in Vampires and Kingpin, and for portraying photographer... Meals on Wheels is the name of a nutrition program available in several countries which delivers a meal to the home of an individual, usually a senior age 60 or older, who is unable to purchase or prepare meals themself. ... For other uses, see Homecoming (disambiguation). ... Sarah Palmer is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks. ... Leland Palmer is a fictional character played by Ray Wise on the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks, and in the prequel feature filmTwin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me . ... For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). ... Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual abuse or neglect of children. ... One Eyed Jacks is a fictional brothel, and casino on the 1991, David Lynch/Mark Frost, ABC television series Twin Peaks. ... This article is about casinos for gaming. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ...

The discovery of Laura's body in the pilot episode of Twin Peaks brought Special Agent Dale Cooper to town and the investigation of her death, and the effects it had on those around her, propelled the first season and the first 15 episodes of the second season. Laura remained prominent afterward, as her death had exposed many secrets related to her, and also — in some cases — unrelated, such as the Packard mill conspiracy. A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... // Any federal criminal or non-criminal investigator or detective in the 1811, 1801, 2501 or similar job series as so titled according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) handbook. ... Information Gender Male Age 35 Occupation FBI Agent Religion Catholic FBI Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Coop Cooper was the lead fictional character in the influential television series Twin Peaks (1990-1991), created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. ...

Laura's diary was uncovered in the first episode, but her secret diary was not recovered until later, and it contained passages suggesting that she had long been the victim — sometimes willingly — of abuse from a malevolent entity named BOB, who wanted to be close to her, or even be her. Bob, often written as BOB, is the primary villain in the TV series Twin Peaks. ...

During the second season, the identity of her murderer was revealed: her father, Leland, who had been possessed by BOB and made to molest, rape, and kill his own daughter. When Leland dies in prison, it is implied that Laura appears before him in a vision, forgiving him and welcoming him to the afterlife. Sexual abuse is physical or psychological abuse that involves crimes in most countries. ... For other uses, see Afterlife (disambiguation). ...

Notes

• Sheryl Lee also played Laura's cousin, Maddy Ferguson, who arrived in town in the third episode for Laura's funeral. At one point Maddy poses as dead Laura to lure Dr. Jacoby.
• One of the best-known musical pieces from the show was the leitmotif Laura's Theme, composed by Angelo Badalamenti. This was sampled in the 1992 Top Ten hit "Go" by American artist Moby, and in the song "B.O.B." by German techno group Scooter, found on the b-side to their 2008 single "Jumping All Over The World".
• Jennifer Lynch wrote an official series tie-in, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, which was sold from 1990 and was the diary used in the series.
• Swallow the Sun, a doom metal band, wrote a song called "The Ghost of Laura Palmer", probably derived from the character.
• Terminaator, a rock band from Estonia, has a song called "Veel on aega". There is a reference to Laura and Twin Peaks in lines "Laura Palmer mõrvati | Väikelinn kuid elab edasi", which means "Laura Palmer was murdered | But a small town lives on".
• Laura's iconic Homecoming portrait was originally Sheryl Lee's prom photo in real life. Several versions of it exist and are used throughout the series and follow-up/prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
• Amanda Palmer's solo debut album is entitled "Who Killed Amanda Palmer", which is a reference to Laura Palmer's death and the investigation thereof.^{[citation needed]}
• The band Fantômas covered the theme song for the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on their Directors Cut album.
• During the evacuation of Saigon, April, 1975, Hunter S. Thompson left the Global Affairs Suite in the hands of a Laura Palmer. See Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in America," c. 2000.
• The Band Skycamefalling has a song entitled Laura Palmer on their album 10.21.
• The band Kick Asteroid recorded a single entitled "She's Full Of Secrets" in obvious homage to the character and the series as a whole.
• A song called Our Energy by the artist Cyberstorm features lyrics referring to Laura Palmer. It can be found on John 00 Fleming's 2000 DJ mix album For Your Ears Only in the form of a Plastic Angel remix. The lyrics, spoken in a German or Dutch accent, are as follows: There is a secret diary on which Laura used to write whatever happened to her. The killer's initials are on it. People still don't know who killed Laura Palmer but I know who did. I know the murderer. I happen to know a secret. Everyone lives in fear. I know the murderer.
• Laura Palmer may have been inspired by the character of Laura Hunt from the 1944 motion picture Laura.^{[citation needed]}

Sheryl Lee (born April 22, 1967 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is an American actress, best known for playing Laura Palmer and Madeleine Ferguson on the cult TV series Twin Peaks and its prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, for her roles in Vampires and Kingpin, and for portraying photographer... Madeleine Maddy Ferguson is a fictional character in David Lynchs 1990 American TV series Twin Peaks. ... For other uses, see Funeral (disambiguation). ... A leitmotif (pronounced ) (also leitmotiv; lit. ... Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is an Italian-American composer, best known for his movie soundtrack work for movie director David Lynch, most notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga (1991-1992) and Mulholland Drive // He was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Sicilian mother and an Italian... Go is the name of a song by the Techno artist Moby. ... Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965) is an American DJ, songwriter, musician and singer. ... For the comic book character previously known as Techno, see Fixer (comics). ... Music sample: Scooter are a successful German dance band, who have sold over 12 million records and have earned 60 gold and platinum awards. ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... Jumping All Over The World is the forthcoming thirteenth studio album by German techno group Scooter. ... Jennifer Chambers Lynch (born April 4, 1968) is an American film director and screenwriter. ... This article is about the year. ... Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic doom metal/death metal band. ... Doom metal is a form of extreme metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ... Terminaator is a Estonian rock group made in 1987 by Jaagup Kreem. ... This article is about the genre. ... Head uudised is the sixth album by Estonian rock band Terminaator, released in 2000. ... For the hills in San Francisco, see Twin Peaks, San Francisco, California. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine and Dana Ashbrook. ... This article is about the musician-artist-author. ... Fantômas is an avant-garde metal band formed in 1998 in California, United States. ... Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine and Dana Ashbrook. ... A Directors cut is a specially edited version of a movie that is supposed to represent the directors own approved edit of the movie. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (18 July 1937 – 20 February 2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. ... Skycamefalling was a metalcore band from Long Island, New York, USA. They formed in 1997 and self-released a four-song demo cassette entitled A Penny For Your Confessions. The demo went on to sell well over one thousand demos and the band was contacted by Belgiums Good Life... John Fleming ( or John 00 Fleming) (born c. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Laura, a 1944 film noir, tells the story of a police detective investigating a womans murder who falls in love with her portrait. ...

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