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Lea Thompson Biography

Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress, director, and TV producer. She is famously known for her roles as Lorraine Baines in the Back to the Future trilogy and as the title character in the 1990s NBC sitcom Caroline in the City. Other films for which she is known to include All the Right Moves, Red Dawn, Howard the Duck, Some Kind of Wonderful, and The Beverly Hilbillies. From 2011-2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family turned Freeform series Switched at Birth.

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10 Quick Facts About Lea Thompson

1. Name: Lea Katherine Thompson
2. Age: 61 years
3. Birthday: 31 May
4. Zodiac Sign: Gemini
5. Height: 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m)
6. Nationality: American
7. Occupation: Actress, director and TV producer
8. Marital Status: Married
9. Salary: Under Review
10. Net worth: $14 million dollars

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Lea Thompson Age

Lea is 61 years old as of 2022, she was born on 31 May 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota, in the United States. She celebrates her birthday on 31 May every year and her birth sign is Gemini.

Lea Thompson Height and Weight

Lea stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m).

Lea Thompson Weight

Thompson has a weight of 54 kg.

Lea Thompson Education

Lea enrolled at Marshall University High School. More details about her education are not available to the public, we will update this section as soon as the information is available.

Lea Thompson Family

Lea was born and raised in Rochester, Minnesota, one of five kids of Clifford Thompson and Barbara Barry Thompson. She has two sisters, Coleen Goodrich and Shannon Katona, and two brothers, Andrew and Barry. Her mother is of Irish descent. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once we get it from a credible source.

Lea Thompson Husband

Thompson has been married to film director Howard Deutch since 1989. They met on the set of Some Kind of Wonderful. Lea and Deutch have two daughters, Madelyn and Zoey, with whom she sang on stage in the Bye Bye Birdie production for the 16th, annual Alzheimer’s Association ”A Night at Sardi’s in March 2008. Per ”Pop Goes the Culture TV” Lea admits to dating and being engaged to Dennis Quaid in the 1982 period, she said they were filming Jaws 3D.

Lea Thompson’s Net Worth

Lea has an estimated net worth of $14 million dollars as of 2022. This includes her assets, money and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an actress, director, and TV producer. Through her various sources of income, Lea has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Lea Thompson Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Thompson.

Lea Thompson Wiki

• Full Names: Lea Katherine Thompson
• Popular As: Lea Thompson
• Gender: Female
• Occupation / Profession: Actress, director and TV producer
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: Not Available
• Religion: Not Available
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Lea Thompson Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 61 years
• Zodiac Sign: Gemini
• Date of Birth: 31 May 1961
• Place of Birth: Rochester, Minnesota, in the United States
• Birthday: 31 May

Lea Thompson Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m)
• Weight: 54 kg
• Eye Color: Light Brown
• Hair Color: Not Available
• Shoe Size: 7.5 US
• Dress Size: 6 US
• Breast Size: Not Available
• Waist Size: Not Available
• Hip Size: Not Available

Lea Thompson Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Clifford Thompson
• Mother: Barbara Barry Thompson
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Four
• Marital Status: Married
• Husband/Spouse: Married to Howard Deutch
• Dating / Boyfriend: Not Applicable
• Children: Two

Lea Thompson’s Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $14 million dollars
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Her career as an Actress, director and TV producer

Lea Thompson Career

Lea made her home media screen debut in 1982 as Cecily ”Sissy” Loper in the interactive live-action clip game MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? and her movie debut in 1983, with Jaws 3-D. She recalled the film as ”the very first movie I ever got, but I lied and said I had done a couple of other movies, so when I showed up, I really knew absolutely nothing. Also, I had said that I knew how to water ski. And I did not. So I had, like, five days to learn really, really complicated water-skiing things, because I had to fit into the Sea World water skiing show. I don’t even know how to swim!” She followed this with All the Right Moves, Red Dawn, and The Wild Life.

Lea’s most famous role is that of Lorraine Baines McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, with the first film unleashed in 1985. Lea’s character is the mother of Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, whom Marty meets when she is a 1950s adolescent age after he travels back in time; he has to avoid having Lorraine fall in love with him instead of with his future father, George, which leads to awkward scenes where Lorraine is attracted to him.

In 1986, Thompson starred in SpaceCamp and Howard the Duck. For the latter film, she sang various songs on the soundtrack in character, as musician Beverly Switzler, who was the lead vocalist for a band called Cherry Bomb. The recordings featured on the soundtrack album and on singles. Rounding out film features in the late 1980s, Lea starred in some kind of wonderful, casual sex?, and The Wizard of Loneliness.

She also had a prominent role in the 1989 television film Nightbreaker, for which she was nominated for a CableACE Award. In the early 1990s, Lea starred as the mother of the eponymous character in Dennis the Menace, the villains in The Beverly Hillbillies, and a snooty ballet instructor in The Little Rascals. She also featured in various television films throughout the 1990s, including The SXubstitute Wife and the Right To Remain Silent.

Lea found moderate critical and popular success as the star of the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City from 1995 – 1999. In 1996, Lea received a People’s Choice Award for the favorite female performer in a New TV Series, while her show won for Favorite New TV Comic Series. Lea also starred in A Will of their Own, a 1998 American TV mini-series directed by Karen Arthur.

The film followers six generations of females within one family, and their struggle for power and independence in America. The film debuted on October 18th, 1998, on the NBC network to strong critical reviews. After a break from acting, Lea went on to star in various Broadway plays. She later featured in a TV series called For the People, which only lasted one season. She then starred in a TV film, Stealing Christmas, starring Tony Danza and Betty White.

Lea also featured in various episodes of the dramedy series Ed and in a guest role for one episode in 2004 on NBC’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, she played a woman whose embryos were stolen. In 2005 Lea began a series of made-for-TV films for the Hallmark Channel, in which she plays Jane Doe, an ex-secret agent turned housewife, who helps the government solve mysteries.

Lea directed two films from the Jane Doe series, Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall and Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder. Lea was a featured singer on Celebrity Duets and the second contestant eliminated in 2006. In April 2007, she starred in another TV film, A Life Interrupted, which premieres on Lifetime TV.

Lea guest-starred on the show Head Case in January 2008. She featured in the TV film Final Approach, which debuted in the U.S. on May 24th, 2008. Her film credits include Exit Speed, Spy School, Splinterheads, and Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer. She starred in the TV movie The Christmas Clause, which received good reviews and ratings.

Lea stars in Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake, an adventure game unleashed in November 2012 by Big Fish Games. Lea’s daughter Madelyn Deutch plays a paranormal TV series host. From 2011-2017, Lea starred in the ABC Family series Switched at Birth, about a family realizing their 16-year-old daughter is not biologically theirs and was switched with another baby at the hospital.

In 2014. Lea was a competitor in the 19th season of Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvinstev. The couple was eliminated in the quarterfinals in sixth place. She also played Irene Steele in the film Left Behind. On April 27th,  2017, Lea was cast in the film Little Woman, the seventh adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel of the same name, to be written and directed by first-time director Clare Niederpruem.  Lea is set to portray Marmee March, the mother who helps her daughters navigate the struggles and heartbreaks of adolescence and adulthood. This version was released on September 28th, 2018, to coincide with the book’s 150th-anniversary publishing date.

Lea Thompson Movies

• Back to the Future 1985
• Howard the Duck 1986
• All the Right Moves 1983
• Dennis the Menace 1993

• Red Dawn 1984
• Jaws 3D 1983
• Back in Time 2015
• The Year of Spectacular Men 2017

• The Beverly Hillbillies 1993
• Casual Sex 1998
• The Little Rascals 1994
• SpaceCamp 1986

• Left Behind 2014
• Little Women 2018
• Sierra Burgess is a Loser 2018

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