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Laurie Zimmer (also credited as Laura Fanning) is an American former actress best known for her role as Leigh, the courageous secretary of the besieged police station, Precinct 9, Division 13, in John Carpenter's 1976, Howard Hawks-inspired, 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 (as Laura Fanning) in two 1977 French films: Jean Eustache's Une sale histoire ("A Dirty Story") and Charlotte Szlovak's D'un Jour a L'Autre ("From One Day to Another"). However, after playing her fourth role (in a 1979 made-for-television movie called The Survival of Dana), Zimmer permanently retired from acting.

Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?

In 2003, Szlovak, who had directed Zimmer in D'un Jour a L'Autre, 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, and has two sons.

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