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Lea Thompson
Acting
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.
Known For
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Invincible
2021
The Goldbergs
2013
American Dad!
2005
Friends
1994
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Scorpion
2014
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Switched at Birth
2011
Back to the Future
1985
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Greek
2007
The Muppets
2015
Back to the Future Part II
1989
The Little Rascals
1994
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Jaws 3-D
1983
Left Behind
2014
Dennis the Menace
1993
J. Edgar
2011
Red Dawn
1984
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
Howard the Duck
1986
BRATS
2024
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