Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Blue Velvet" kickstarted Laura Dern's career. She won her first Oscar in 2020.Getty Images Laura Dern dropped out of UCLA to film ...

Dern said her professors did not allow her to take a leave of absence to film David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet.' By Zoe G. Phillips Laura Dern gave up her college education for David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet.

Isabella Rossellini’s legacy is primarily tied to her role as Dorothy Vallens in “Blue Velvet.” Vallens is deliciously ...

The actress left UCLA after just two days to star in the 1986 David Lynch thriller Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand ...

Last night at the 2025 Oscars, Isabella Rossellini channeled her iconic Blue Velvet character, Dorothy Vallens, in tribute to the late David Lynch, who directed the iconic film. “I decided to pay ...

Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” ...