Grace Zabriskie

Actor May 17 (age 85) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 1972–2026 (54 year career)

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Biography

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.

Known For

Film

Armageddon

Dottie

Film

The Judge

Mrs. Blackwell

Film

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Sarah Palmer

Film

Fried Green Tomatoes

Eva Bates

Film

Twin Peaks

Sarah Palmer

Film

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Helen Raines

Film

Wild at Heart

Juana Durango

Film

My Own Private Idaho

Alena

Filmography

Acting (146)

Movies (108)

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

2026

as Self

Bad Painter

2025

as Mother

7.0

Twin Peaks: The Return

as Sarah Palmer

The Quarry

as Eliza Vorez

The Quarry: Movie Mode

2022

as Eliza Vancullen

Cryptozoo

2021

as Joan (voice)

5.8

Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House

2021

as Self

Polaroid

2019

as Lena Sable

6.0

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

as Self

Rosemont

as Josephine

The Judge

as Mrs. Blackwell

The Makings of You

as Margaret

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014

as Sarah Palmer

7.2

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories

2014

as Herself

Between Two Worlds

as Self

Blind Malice

as Nanna

Wrong Cops

as Donna (Duke's mother)

6.1

My Own Private River

2012

as Alena (archive footage)

7.5

Wrong Cops: Chapter 1

2012

as Duke's Mother

6.4

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Mrs. McCullum

Bob Funk

as Ms. Funk

Brothel

as Madam

License to Wed

as Grandma Jones

Inland Empire

as Visitor #1

The Grudge

as Emma Williams

Chrystal

as Gladys

Spooks & Creeps

as Olga ("A Fate Foretold")

The Last Letter

as Mrs. Allison

No Good Deed

as Mrs. Quarre

R.S.V.P.

as Mary Franklin

The Glow

as Sylvia Goodstein

They Crawl

as Mrs. Gage

Postcards From The Cast

2001

as Self

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

2001

as Self

6.0

Gone in Sixty Seconds

2000

as Helen Raines

6.5

Home: The Horror Story

as Grace Parkinson

Trash

as Mrs. DeMarie

A Texas Funeral

as Murtis

Me and Will

as Edith

Armageddon

as Dottie

Houdini

as Mrs. Weiss

Dante's View

as Geraldine

Sparkler

as Sherri

George B.

as Mother

Dead Men Can't Dance

as Brig. Gen. Burke

The Devil's Child

as Rose DeMarco

Annie's Garden

as Mrs. Barnes

Psycho Sushi

as Great Aunt

Bastard Out of Carolina

as Granny

A Family Thing

as Ruby

Seed

as Mother's voice

A Promise to Carolyn

as Francie Harper

Murder at My Door

as Grandma

The Passion of Darkly Noon

1995

as Roxy

5.6

Crazy for a Kiss

1995

as Pearl Kinross

Drop Zone

as Winona

Desert Winds

as Jackie's Mother

The Crew

as Gloria Pierce

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as Mrs. Hankshaw

Bonds of Love

as Emma Smith

Double Deception

as Dr. Kester

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

1993

as Ethel

7.4

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

as Sarah Palmer

7.4

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

as Magi Lune (voice)

The Waterdance

as Pat

Megaville

as Mrs. Palinov

Chain of Desire

as Linda Bailey

A House of Secrets and Lies

as Ruby

Fried Green Tomatoes

as Eva Bates

My Own Private Idaho

as Alena

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

as Genevieve

Intimate Stranger

as Dana P. Ashley

Ambition

as Mrs. Merrick

Servants of Twilight

as Grace Spivey

Blood Ties

as The Woman

Hometown Boy Makes Good

as Helen Geary

Child's Play 2

as Grace Poole

Wild at Heart

as Juana Durango

People Like Us

as Woman in Group Therapy (uncredited)

The Ryan White Story

as Gloria White

Drugstore Cowboy

as Bob's Mother

Twin Peaks

as Sarah Palmer

A Deadly Silence

as Psychologist

My Father, My Son

as Mouza

Shooter

as Sister Marie

The Boost

as Sheryl

Trancers: City of Lost Angels

1988

as Warden

5.8

Pulse Pounders

1988

as The Warden (Trancers sequence)

Rampage

as Naomi Reece

Leonard Part 6

as Jefferson

The Big Easy

as Mama

North Beach and Rawhide

1985

as Hearings Officer

One Too Many

1985

as Mrs. Linton

The Burning Bed

as Flossie Hughes

Body Rock

as Chilly's Mother

My Mother's Secret Life

as Maggie Ryan

Nickel Mountain

as Ellie Wells

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

1983

as Silvie Alice Kohler

7.0

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

as Esther Pokrifiki

7.0

The Executioner's Song

as Kathryne Baker

Galaxy of Terror

as Captain Trantor

Blinded by the Light

as Emily

The Private Eyes

as Nanny

Norma Rae

as Linette Odum

Concrete Cowboys

as Meg Barnaby

Freedom Road

as Ruth Lait

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

1978

as Widow Cummins

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

1978

as Lem's Wife

4.1

Television (38)

Mike

2022

as Camille

7.5

The Alienist

2018

as John's Grandmother

Santa Clarita Diet

as Mrs. Bakavic

Ballers

as Enid

Wrong Cops, The Series

as Donna

Ray Donovan

as Mrs. Minassian

Big Love

as Lois Henrickson

Medium

as Connie Buckley

John Doe

as Yellow Teeth

The Guardian

as Judith

The West Wing

as Isabel

Charmed

as The Crone

The King of Queens

as Veronica

Jesse

as Granny Rose

Dharma & Greg

as Naomi

Over the Top

Profiler

as Mrs. Boudreaux

Second Noah

Children of the Dust

as Rose

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Fallen Angels

as Bartender

Angel Falls

as Cuema

Twin Peaks

as Sarah Palmer

Seinfeld

as Mrs. Ross

Tales from the Crypt

as Mrs. Colbert

Empty Nest

as Eva Barrett

The Bronx Zoo

Screen Two

as Pearl Kinross

Shadow Chasers

as Mary Komatar

Santa Barbara

Cagney & Lacey

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Hill Street Blues

Falcon Crest

as Mabel Burton

East of Eden

as Mrs. Ames

Knots Landing

as Chambermaid

Hart to Hart

as Ethyl

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Mrs. Linton

6.5