Laurie Zimmer

Laurie Zimmer (born March 2, 1949; 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, 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 (as Laura Fanning) in the 1977 comedy spoof Prime Time a.k.a. American Raspberry, and two 1977 French films: Jean Eustache's Une sale histoire ("A Dirty Story") and Charlotte Szlovak's Slow City, Moving Fast (also known by the French title D'un Jour a L'Autre). Shortly thereafter, Zimmer's career stalled, and, after playing her fifth role (in 1979's television movie Survival of Dana), she permanently retired from acting. 1977 Prime Time a.k.a. American Raspberry Miracle White Lady

1977 Une sale histoire Short

1978 D'un jour à l'autre Angela

1978 ABC Weekend Special Alvin's Mom Episode: "Little Lulu"

1979 Survival of Dana Clerk TV movie