Actor

Julee Cruise

Acting

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TMDB popularity

1.4

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Movies: 9Series: 2Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1228024

IMDb ID: nm0190023

Known for: Acting

Born: December 1, 1956

Died: June 9, 2022

Age: 65

Place of birth: Creston, Iowa, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2007

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 7.42

Wikidata: Q272496

Also known as

Julee Ann Cruise

Other jobs

Music (1)Vocals (1)

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Biography

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.