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Lea Thompson

31 May, 1961 in 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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Lea Katherine Thompson

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Red Dawn
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Queen
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Article 99
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Rock Slyde
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Thin Ice
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You Are Here
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Unplugging
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Ten Tricks
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BRATS
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Milius
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Little Women
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What If
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Greek
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Friends
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Ed
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Celebrity Duets
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Hollywood Squares
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Head Case
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Reunited Apart
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A to Z
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For the People
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