Evelyn Marsh

Evelyn Marsh (Annette McCarthy) was a fictional character on the Mark Frost and David Lynch, ABC series "Twin Peaks". Unlike most of the other characters, she did not actually live in Twin Peaks, but one of the towns nearby, which James Hurley "drifts" to, after he has a fall-out at home with Donna Hayward. She is very wealthy, and she and her absentee husband, Geoffrey/Jeffrey, own a small fleet of expensive cars, which she initially drafts James in to repair. (James' uncle, Big Ed runs the Twin Peaks garage.)

Evelyn has a very complicated character. She attracts James through a combination of her physical attributes and the pity he feels for her, when she reveals that she lives with an abusive husband who frequently beats her. In reality, she is involved with a third man, Malcolm Sloan, living with the family under the guise of being her brother and acting as chauffeur, and the two have hatched a plan for killing Geoffrey. She engages James in a kind of boy toy sexual relationship, all as part of the plan, principally with a view to setting him up as a fall guy and blaming him for her husband's death (in a car accident).

Following her husband's murder, Evelyn appears to soften towards James and show repentance for her actions, giving James enough warning to get out of the house before the arrival of the police. She gives his full name to the police and even indicates where they might find him, but seems to waver. When he comes back to talk to her, she pleads for him to leave. Malcolm knocks James out and tries to persuade Evelyn to shoot him, concocting a story to cover the situation, but in the end Evelyn can't go through with it and she shoots Malcolm dead instead when he tries to attack her, allowing James to go free. After this, all we hear of Evelyn is that James is to give evidence at her trial.