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Lea Thompson

Ballet Dancer / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Television Producer / Film Director | * 05/31/1961 (62) | Rochester, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
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Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1986), and Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Dennis the Menace (1993), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). In the 1990s, she played the title character in the sitcom Caroline in the City. From 2011 to 2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family-turned-Freeform ... ()
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Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy. As a staple in big budget/high profile blockbusters of the 1980's and 90's, her other roles include Red Dawn, Howard the Duck, Jaws 3-D, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Beverly Hillbillies, and All the Right Moves. She has appeared in numerous TV movies and guest starred on several TV shows.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | TV Movies

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Musician and starving artist Robert reconsiders his own failed marriage to Emily after his daughter announces that she's engaged. ...

The Trouble with the Truth

Certification unknown

2012 | 3.0/5 | 1h 36min
Drama
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Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage ...

Back to the Future

FSK: 12+ years

1985 | 4.2/5 | 1h 56min
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
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In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating pool and a debilitating fear of top-sheets, all in b ...

The Year of Spectacular Men

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2018 | 2.9/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
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The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, w ...

Switched at Birth

FSK: 12+ years

2011 | 3.8/5 | 43min per episode
Drama, Kids & Family
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Movies with Lea Thompson as Actress(84)

as Self/Lorraine Baines (archive footage)2024 Cine Docs: Back to the Future
as Dr. Page2023 Queen
as Nancy Farver2022 The Disappearance of Cari Farver
as Grace2022 10 Tricks
as Betty2022 Dinner in America
as herself2022 Retour vers le futur : voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll
as Perkins2022 Unplugging
as Aunty Carol2021 Mark, Mary + Some Other People
as Evelyn2021 Next Stop, Christmas
as Margaret "Marmee" March2018 Little Women
as Alana2018 Who We Are Now
as Mrs. Burgess2018 Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Deb Klein2018 The Year of Spectacular Men
as Deb2017 Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Liz Holloway2016 The Dog Lover
as Aunt Sophia2016 Stars Are Already Dead
as herself2015 Back in Time
as herself2015 Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
as Mrs. Miracle2014 Ping Pong Summer
as Irene Steele2014 Left Behind
as René Henderson2014 My Mother's Future Husband
as Julia2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as herself2013 Milius
as Elissa Beth2012 Love at the Christmas Table
as Voiceover2012 Bound by Flesh
as Emily2012 The Trouble with the Truth
as Jo Ann Prohaska2012 Thin Ice
as Lily MacDougal2011 The Cabin
as Abbie2011 Game of Your Life
as Mary Maroni2011 Mayor Cupcake
as Lela Rogers2011 J. Edgar
as Master Bartologist2010 Rock Slyde
as Laura2010 Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
as herself2010 Tales from the Future
as herself2009 Looking Back to the Future
as Rebecca2009 Fatal Secrets
as Susan Frost2009 Splinterheads
as Sophie2008 The Christmas Clause
as Maudie McMinn2008 Exit Speed
as Claire Miller2008 Spy School
as Cathleen Harris2008 Senior Skip Day
as Alicia Bender2008 Final Approach
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe2008 Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe2007 Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Cathy Davis2007 Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Debbie Smith2007 A Life Interrupted
as Ginger Gainor2007 California Dreaming
as herself2006 The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
as herself2006 Looking Back at the Future
as Cathy Davis2006 Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Cathy Davis2006 Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
as Carol2005 Come Away Home
as Cathy Davis2005 Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Cathy Davis2005 Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Cathy Davis2005 Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Cathy Davis2005 Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Sarah Gibson2003 Stealing Christmas
as Clara2002 Fish Don't Blink
as Melissa Cavatelli1998 The Unknown Cyclist
as Christine Paley1996 The Right to Remain Silent
as Brianne Hawkins1995 The Unspoken Truth
as Ms. Roberts1994 The Little Rascals
as Amy Hightower1994 The Substitute Wife
as Alice Mitchell1993 Dennis the Menace
as Annie Beales1993 Stolen Babies
as Laura Jackson1993 The Beverly Hillbillies
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn1992 Article 99
as Peg Guthrie1990 Montana
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly1990 Back to the Future Part III
as Lorraine McFly1989 Back to the Future Part II
as Sally Matthews1989 Nightbreaker
as Sybil1988 The Wizard of Loneliness
as Marigold de la Hunt1988 Going Undercover
as Stacy1988 Casual Sex?
as Amanda Jones1987 Some Kind of Wonderful
as Kathryn1986 SpaceCamp
as Beverly Switzler1986 Howard the Duck
as herself1986 The Making of Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines1985 Back to the Future
as Anita1984 The Wild Life
as Erica1984 Red Dawn
as Lisa1983 All the Right Moves
as Kelly Ann Bukowski1983 Jaws 3-D
1983 The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

TV Shows/Series with Lea Thompson as Actress(35)

as Victoria Spencer2023 The Spencer Sisters
as herself2020 The George Lucas Talk Show
as Diane Werner2020 Star Trek: Picard
as herself2020 Reunited Apart
as herself2019 The Ready Room
as herself2015 The Muppets
as herself2015 Celebrity Family Feud
as Vonnie (voice)2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Self - Guest2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Veronica Dineen2014 Scorpion
as herself2013 Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Fran2013 The Goldbergs
as Kathryn Kennish2011 Switched at Birth
as April2007 Greek
as herself2007 Head Case
2006 Celebrity Duets
as Caroline Duffy (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Herself - Contestant2005 Dancing with the Stars
2004 The Tony Danza Show
as Camille Paris2002 For the People
as Liz Stevens2000 Ed
as Jennifer Rhodes2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Michelle Osborne1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lorraine McFly (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Self - Guest1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Amanda Steward1998 A Will of their Own
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Caroline Duffy1995 Caroline in the City
as Caroline Duffy1994 Friends
as herself1993 Intimate Portrait
as herself1992 The Larry Sanders Show
as Sylvia Vane1989 Tales from the Crypt
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Movies with Lea Thompson as Crew(4)

Directing/Director2018 The Year of Spectacular Men
Crew/Thanks2009 Looking Back to the Future
Directing/Director2008 Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Directing/Director2006 Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

TV Shows/Series with Lea Thompson as Crew(8)

Directing/Director2021 Resident Alien
Directing/Director2020 DC's Stargirl
Directing/Director2020 Star Trek: Picard
Directing/Director2017 Young Sheldon
Directing/Director2016 American Housewife
Directing/Director2013 The Goldbergs
Directing/Director2013 Mom
Directing/Director2011 Switched at Birth

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Full Name: Lea Thompson
Born: Wednesday, 05/31 1961 (May) in Rochester, Minnesota (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 62 years + 323 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Marshall-University High School
Spouses (current/former): Howard Deutch
Other names for Lea Thompson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lea Katherine Thompson"
"리 톰프슨"
Lea Thompson frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Michael Richardson (82x, Actor)
Rachael MacFarlane (64x, Actress)
John Viener (45x, Actor)
Mike Barker (41x, Actor)
Fred Tatasciore (39x, Actor)
Ralph Garman (36x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (35x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Alexandra Breckenridge (30x, Actress)
Paget Brewster (29x, Actress)
Chris Diamantopoulos (29x, Actor)
Bob Gale (18x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:586, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/15/2024