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Leland Palmer (b. 1940) is an American actress, dancer, and singer who has appeared on stage, in motion pictures, and on television. She appeared on Broadway in Bajour; A Joyful Noise; Hello, Dolly!; Applause; and Pippin. Palmer received two (2) Tony Award nominations: in 1967 for featured actress in a musical (Miss Jimmie in A Joyful Noise), and in 1973 for actress in a musical (Fastrada in Pippin). Her U.S. television appearances include guest roles on Love, American Style; Laverne & Shirley; and Rhoda. To motion-picture audiences, Palmer is known best for Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979), in which she played Audrey Paris, a central character modeled clearly on Fosse's wife, the Broadway star Gwen Verdon.
<p>In 1990, the U.S. television series Twin Peaks featured a fictional, male character named "Leland Palmer" who was played by Ray Wise.
<p>Palmer is known now as Linda Posner. Although she no longer performs, she continues to work with community theatres in California.
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