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Jan D'Arcy

Highest Rated: 33% The Sound of Violet (2022)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Sound of Violet (2022)

Birthday: Jun 18, 1939

Birthplace: Not Available

Jan D'Arcy was an actress best known for her work in television, especially playing the role of Sylvia Horne on "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-1991/Showtime, 2017-). Born on June 18, 1939 in Oneida, NY, D'Arcy scored her first role in the low-budget horror film "Sweet Revenge" (1976), a well she would continue to gravitate towards for most of her career. She scored her big break when she was cast as Sylvia Horne, mother to the teenage femme fatale Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn) in David Lynch and Mark Frost's surreal mystery drama "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-1991/Showtime, 2017-). She would later revive the part in Lynch's divisive film adaptation, "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" (1992), though her scenes were left on the cutting room floor. The next year saw D'Arcy score her most prominent film role, in the plane crash thriller "Alive" (1993), while also appearing as a judge in "Tooms," a notorious episode of "The X-Files" (FOX, 1993-2002, 2016). The next two decades saw D'Arcy working steadily in direct-to-DVD horror movies and Lifetime movies of the week, before she got the call from David Lynch to reprise the role of Sylvia Horne for the much-anticipated third season of "Twin Peaks."

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Highest rated movies

33% 82% The Sound of Violet Watchlist
Convictions
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Countdown
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High Stakes
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The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie
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Survival on the Mountain
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
33% 82% The Sound of Violet Ruth (Character) $32.1K 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Survival on the Mountain Kay (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Convictions Helen Parker (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Stakes Unknown (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Countdown Tia Daniels (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie Sister Agatha (Character) - 1995

TV

Credit
94% 83% Twin Peaks: The Return Sylvia Horne (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Martha Adams (Guest Star) 1995-1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commish Amelia MacKenzie (Guest Star) 1995
74% 86% The X-Files Judge Kann (Guest Star) 1994
78% 92% Twin Peaks Sylvia Horne (Guest Voice),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1990-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Dean Crane (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wiseguy Susan Flynn (Guest Star) 1990