Lea Thompson Biography, Filmography, Pictures

18 November

Lea Thompson Biography, Filmography, Pictures

Author: Sami / Category: Celebrity Biography

Lea Thompson Biography, Filmography, Pictures Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress and director being famous for her 1990s NBC comedy Caroline in the city and for interpreting Marty McFly’s mother in the Back to the Future trilogy.

She was born on Rochester, Minnesota, studying ballet as a girl and practicing 3-4 hours every day. Thomson won scholarships to various ballet schools, the American Ballet Theatre, the San Francisco Ballet and the Pennsylvania Ballet, dancing in more than 45 ballets with the American Ballet Theatre. She gave up dancing and followed an acting career, moving to New York when she was 20 performing is several Burger King advertisements in the 1980s.

Thompson’s first important roles were in Jaws 3-D and All the Right Moves in 1983, followed by Red Dawn (1984) and The Wild Life (1984). She is mostly famous for the role of Lorraine Baines McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.

In 1986 she appeared in SpaceCamp and Howard the Duck. Later on, in 1989 Thompson had a major role in the movie Nightbreaker, being nominated for a CableACE Award. She also appeared in the early 1990s, in Dennis the Menace (1993), The Beverly Hilbillies (1994), The Little Rascals (1994) as well as in numerous TV movies.

In 1996, Thompson won a People’s Choice Award as “Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series.

Lea Thompson Biography, Filmography, Pictures Thomson took a break in acting and appeared in numerous Broadway plays. Thomson appeared in a TV series, For The People, followed by a TV movie, Stealing Christmas (2003). In 2005, Thompson started a TV series for the Hallmark Channel playing “Jane Doe” and directed two films of the Jane Doe series.

Thompson participated as a singer on Celebrity Duets being the second competitor eliminated in 2006 and was the guest star of the Head Case show in January 2008. For her recent performance in the TV movie, The Christmas Clause, she got positive reviews and ratings. Thompson is playing in the Splinterheads and Prettyface new films, and in the movie I was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer.

Thomson has been married to film director Howard Deutch since 1989, after being engaged to Dennis Quaid, her co-star in the Jaws 3-D. Thomson has two daughters with Deutch, with whom she performed for at the 16th annual Alzheimer’s Association “A Night at Sardi’s” in March 2008. Thompson’s career had a break while she raised her daughters, but she declared that this break helped her a lot in interpreting soccer mom Kathy Davis/Jane Doe. Thompson’s brother, Andrew had a his share of success with the Colorado Ballet, while her sister, Colleen is a writer.

Filmography

Prettyface (2010) (in production) (rumored) …. Mary Penny
Mayor Cupcake (2010) (post-production) …. Mary Maroni
I Was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer (2010) (post-production) …. Laura
Rock Slyde (2009) (completed) …. Master Bartologist
Splinterheads (2009) …. Susan Frost
The Check (2009) …. Darla
The Mrs. Clause (2008) (TV) …. Sophie
Exit Speed (2008) …. Maudie McMinn
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008) (TV) …. Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
Balancing the Books (2008) …. Rebecca
Spy School (2008) …. Claire Miller
Senior Skip Day (2008) (V) …. Cathleen Harris
Final Approach (2007) (TV) …. Alicia Bender
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007) (V) …. Cathy Davis
A Life Interrupted (2007) (TV) …. Debbie Smith
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007) (TV) …. Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
Out of Omaha (2007) …. Ginger Gainor
10 Tricks (2006) …. Grace

Lea Thompson Biography, Filmography, Pictures

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006) (TV) …. Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (2006) (TV) …. Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (2005) (TV) …. Cathy Davis
Come Away Home (2005) …. Carol
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005) (TV) …. Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don’t (2005) (TV) …. Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (2005) (TV) …. Cathy Davis
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” …. Michelle Osborne (1 episode, 2004)
“Ed” …. Liz Stevens (3 episodes, 2004)
Stealing Christmas (2003) (TV) …. Sarah Gibson
Haunted Lighthouse (2003) …. Peg Van Legge
“For the People” …. Chief Dep. Dist. Atty. Camille Paris (18 episodes, 2002-2003)
Fish Don’t Blink (2002) …. Clara
“Caroline in the City” …. Caroline Duffy (97 episodes, 1995-2000)
“A Will of Their Own” (1998) TV mini-series …. Amanda Steward
The Unknown Cyclist (1998) …. Melissa Cavatelli
The Right to Remain Silent (1996) (TV) …. Christine Paley
“Friends” …. Caroline Duffy (1 episode, 1995)
The Unspoken Truth (1995) (TV) …. Brianne Hawkins
The Little Rascals (1994) …. Ms. Roberts
The Substitute Wife (1994) (TV) …. Amy Hightower

Lea Thompson Biography, Filmography, Pictures

The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) …. Laura Jackson
Dennis the Menace (1993) …. Mrs. Alice Mitchell
Stolen Babies (1993) (TV) …. Annie Beales
Article 99 (1992) …. Dr. Robin Van Dorn
Back to the Future Part III (1990) …. Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Montana (1990) (TV) …. Peg Guthrie
Back to the Future Part II (1989) …. Lorraine
“Tales from the Crypt” …. Sylvia Vane (1 episode, 1989)
Nightbreaker (1989) (TV) …. Sally Matthews
The Wizard of Loneliness (1988) …. Sybil
Yellow Pages (1988) …. Marigold de la Hunt
Casual Sex? (1988) …. Stacy
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) …. Amanda Jones
Howard the Duck (1986) …. Beverly Switzler
SpaceCamp (1986) …. Kathryn Fairly
Back to the Future (1985) …. Lorraine Baines McFly
The Wild Life (1984) …. Anita
Red Dawn (1984) …. Erica
All the Right Moves (1983) …. Lisa
Jaws 3-D (1983) …. Kelly Ann Bukowski
MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (1982) (V) …. Cecily ‘Sissy’ Loper