Born 1956 (age 65) · Creston, Iowa, USA
Appears in 12 titles

Julee Cruise (December 1, 1956 – June 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and musician, best known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She released four albums and collaborated with a variety of other artists. Cruise was known for her song "Falling", the theme song for the television series Twin Peaks. She also had minor appearances as a roadhouse singer in Twin Peaks, both the original series and the 1992 movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. She would later return for the revival series, Twin Peaks: The Return (2017), 25 years later, performing in the closing credits of the penultimate episode. She also featured in Lynch and Badalamenti's avant garde concert, Industrial Symphony No. 1, which was filmed and released on home media. Other notable singles included "Rockin' Back Inside My Heart" (1990) and "If I Survive" from her 1999 Wide Angle album. Her final album, My Secret Life, was released in 2011. Cruise was also a stage actress and appeared on the Broadway musical Return to the Forbidden Planet and the bio-musical Radiant Baby in 2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julee Cruise, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
7.4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Roadhouse Singer
Twin Peaks
8.5
Twin Peaks
1989
as Girl Singer
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
6.0
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
1990
as The Dreamself of the Heartbroken Woman
Children's Theatre Company: Alice in Wonderland
6.6
Children's Theatre Company: Alice in Wonderland
1982
as The Queen of Hearts
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Puss in Boots
3.7
Puss in Boots
1982
as Lulu White
The Marvelous Land of Oz
9.0
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1981
as Gen. Jinjur
The Red Shoes
9.0
The Red Shoes
1983
as Old Rag Face