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Lea Thompson

Lea Thompson

Acting • 1961-05-31 • Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She is best known for her roles 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 series Switched at Birth.

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Back to the Future8.3

Back to the Future

1985

Back to the Future Part II7.8

Back to the Future Part II

1989

Scorpion8.2

Scorpion

2014

Back to the Future Part III7.5

Back to the Future Part III

1990

Switched at Birth7.5

Switched at Birth

2011

Howard the Duck5.5

Howard the Duck

1986

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