Julee Cruise
Born
December 1, 1956
Died
June 9, 2022 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Creston, Iowa, USA
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.
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Known For

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Roadhouse Singer
1992

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
The Dreamself of the Heartbroken Woman
1990

Twin Peaks
Singer · (2 episodes)
1990

Twin Peaks
Julee Cruise · (1 episode)
1990

Twin Peaks
Girl Singer
1989

David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Self
1989

Puss in Boots
Lulu White
1982

Alice in Wonderland
The Queen of Hearts
1982

The Marvelous Land of Oz
Gen. Jinjur
1981

Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
1975