Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, director, and television producer. She is best known for her role 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 include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Howard the Duck (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). From 2011 to 2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family-turned Freeform series Switched at Birth.
| Full name at birth | Lea Katherine Thompson
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy, Beverly Switzler in the 1986 superhero comedy film Howard the Duck, Caroline Duffy in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City and Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family teen/family drama series Switched at Birth
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| Date of birth | 31 May 1961
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| Place of birth | Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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| Age | 61
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| Occupation | Actress, Producer, Singer, Musician, Director
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PERSONAL DETAILS
| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Weight | 115 lbs (52 kg)
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| Distinctive feature | Dimples
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| Shoe size | 7
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Net worth | $14,000,000 USD
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| High school | Marshall-University High School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Was a ballet dancer until Mikhail Baryshnikov told her she was too stocky.
- Her character`s name in Back to the Future (1985) underwent numerous changes when the script was being written. In an early draft her character was called Mary Ellen and in later drafts she was called Eileen before it finally became Lorraine.
- It took approximately four hours to apply the makeup that would make her and co-stars Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson appear to be middle-aged adults in Back to the Future (1985).
- Her brother, Andrew Thompson, was also a modern ballet dancer with the Colorado Ballet. They both took ballet classes throughout their youth and he helped her pay for her classes later on in life.
- Danced in more than 45 ballets with the ABT.
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