Phoebe Augustine

Acting

Phoebe Augustine

Born

1967-04-01 (59)

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

Phoebe Ellen Ceresia (born April 1, 1967) (known professionally as Phoebe Augustine) is an American actress best known for playing Ronette Pulaski in Twin Peaks. She portrayed Laura Palmer's friend Ronette Pulaski in several episodes of the original 1990 series Twin Peaks. The pilot episode featured a scene of her walking across train tracks. The image was used widely for promotional and marketing purposes, including on the VHS cover of the original Pilot, which was released as a movie in Europe, and became iconic in pop culture. She reprised her role in the 1992 prequel movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Other roles include the movie Plain Clothes (1987) and two notable short-lived sitc…

Known for

Twin Peaks poster
8.3

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

Twin Peaks

1990

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster
7.4

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

Twin Peaks poster
8.5

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)

Twin Peaks

1989

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster
7.2

A feature-length compilation of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, assembled by creator David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014

Plain Clothes poster
6.1

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.

Plain Clothes

1988

Frannie's Turn poster
7.5

Frannie Escobar, a middle-aged working class woman of Cuban-American extraction who decides she's sick and tired of being a second-class citizen at home and at work.

Frannie's Turn

1992

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster
7.4

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story poster
7.3

Elizabeth Montgomery plays serial killer, churchgoer, and grandmother Blanch Taylor Moore in this, one of her last films before her untimely passing. Childhood memories of her womanizing and abusive father fill Moore with a hidden rage towards all men. Her former boyfriend, first husband and father all died of arsenic poisoning. Now her fiancé, the town's minister, is stricken the same way. Based on the true crime book Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore, the film is buoyed by Montgomery's startling performance, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until its final moments.

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

1993

The Elvira Show poster
5.0

An unaired half-hour sitcom pilot starring Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Elvira moves to Manhattan, Kansas with her eccentric witch aunt Minerva and their sarcastic talking black cat Renfield. They try to blend into the conservative small town while Elvira works as a fortune teller and sells love potions on the side.

The Elvira Show

1993

Series credits