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Lea Thompson
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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BRATS
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
Unplugging
Ten Tricks
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
Next Stop, Christmas
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
Dinner in America
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
The Year of Spectacular Men
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Little Women
Who We Are Now
Over the Hill
Literally, Right Before Aaron
The Dog Lover
Stars Are Already Dead
Back in Time
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
Ping Pong Summer
Left Behind
My Mother's Future Husband
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Milius
Thin Ice
The Trouble with the Truth
Love at the Christmas Table
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Bound by Flesh