Laurie Zimmer


Laurie Zimmer is an American former actress best known for her role as Leigh, the courageous secretary of the besieged police station, in John Carpenter's 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13.

Acting career

Zimmer had a brief acting career during the mid-to-late 1970s. After playing the female lead opposite Darwin Joston and Austin Stoker in Assault on Precinct 13, Zimmer appeared on stage in a Los Angeles production of the John Ford Noonan play, Getting Through The Night, where her performance was reviewed as "a model of prissiness and timorous self-importance". She then appeared in the 1977 comedy spoof American Raspberry, and two 1977 French films: Jean Eustache's Une sale histoire and Charlotte Szlovak's Slow City, Moving Fast. Shortly thereafter, Zimmer's career stalled, and, after playing her fifth role, she permanently retired from acting.

''Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?''

In 2003, Szlovak, who had directed Zimmer in Slow City, Moving Fast, released her documentary film, Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?. The film chronicles Szlovak's search to discover why Zimmer quit acting, where she is now, and what she is doing.
The film reveals that Zimmer now lives near San Francisco, California, works as a teacher, is married to actor Bruce Steele, and has two sons: musician Julian Steele of the band The K.O. Bros, and performance artist Max Steele.

Filmography