Lea Thompson in Back to the Future.

Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress. She attended Marshall-University High School in Minneapolis. File links The following pages link to this file: Lorraine Baines McFly ... File links The following pages link to this file: Lorraine Baines McFly ... Back to the Future is an American science fiction/comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1985. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Location Government Country   State     County United States   Minnesota     Olmsted Founded 1854 Mayor Ardell Brede Geographical characteristics Area     City 103. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ...

She studied dance as a girl, and was dancing professionally by the age of 14. Lea then won scholarships to several ballet schools. Being informed by Baryshnikov that she was "too stocky", however, she decided to give up dancing in favor of an acting career. She moved to New York at the age of 20, and performed in a number of Burger King ads in the 1980s along with Elisabeth Shue. Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Scholarship is the pursuit of academic research, whether in the arts and humanities or sciences, and in all such fields means deep mastery of a subject, often through study at institutions of higher education. ... Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ... 209. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Burger King, Seoul, South Korea Burger King is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, (2005) Advertising is paid communication through a non-personal medium in which the sponsor is identified and the message is controlled. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Elisabeth Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress. ...

Lea Thompson in Howard the Duck.

Her first significant movie role was in All the Right Moves (1983) with Tom Cruise. That was followed by Red Dawn (1984) and The Wild Life (1984). Her most famous role was that of Lorraine Baines/Lorraine McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. She also starred in the movies SpaceCamp and Howard The Duck, both considered commercial flops. Lea was nominated for a Cable ACE Award for her outstanding work in Nightbreaker, and she has been a winner of the People's Choice Award. Lea also received critical acclaim for her work with Farrah Fawcett in The Substitute Wife. Image File history File links Howardduck3. ... Image File history File links Howardduck3. ... Howard the Duck is a 1986 film produced by Lucasfilm and Universal Pictures, directed by Willard Huyck from a script by Huyck and his wife Gloria Katz. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama/romance film,starring Tom Cruise,Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham,directed by Michael Chapman. ... // Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York Top grossing films North America Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Approximate map of the events described in the movie Red Dawn is a 1984 film by John Milius about an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union and Cuba, and the resulting guerrilla actions of a group of American high school students in the town of Calumet, Colorado. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... The Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film, written by Fast Times at Ridgmont High writer Cameron Crowe, and directed by Art Linson. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... Lorraine Baines McFly is a fictional character, a lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actress Lea Thompson. ... Back to the Future is an American science fiction/comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1985. ... Space Camp is a 1986 movie based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. ... Howard the Duck is a 1986 film produced by Lucasfilm and Universal Pictures, directed by Willard Huyck from a script by Huyck and his wife Gloria Katz. ... Farrah Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett[1] on February 2, 1947) is an American actress. ...

Thompson found critical and popular success as the star of the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City from 1995-1999. She is also known for playing Alice Mitchell in the film version of Dennis the Menace. It has been suggested that NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ... A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. ... Caroline in the City was an American sitcom that ran from September 21, 1995, to May 11, 1999, on the NBC television network. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1995. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1999. ... Dennis the Menace (also known in the United Kingdom as Dennis) is a live-action film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. ...

Lea Thompson in Caroline in the City

In 2005, Thompson starred in a series of made-for-TV movies for the Hallmark Channel in which she plays "Jane Doe," an ex-secret agent turned housewife who helps the government solve mysteries. She also played a guest role in a 2004 episode of NBC's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, playing a woman who had her embryos stolen. Image File history File links Caroline_in_the_City. ... Image File history File links Caroline_in_the_City. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2005. ... The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts in over 100 countries. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC...

Thompson was a featured celebrity singer on Celebrity Duets but was the first to be eliminated by votes, and second eliminated overall. Celebrity Duets is a reality television show, in which eight celebrities, most of whom are not known for their singing, will perform alongside a different recording artist each week, provided they stay in the competition. ...

Personal life

• She is married to film director Howard Deutch. She first met Howard on the set of Some Kind of Wonderful. They have two daughters, Madeline and Zoey. Thompson had previously been engaged to Dennis Quaid, her Jaws 3-D co-star.

• Has a brother, Andrew Thompson, who made a successful career with the Colorado Ballet. They both took ballet classes in their youth and he even helped her pay for classes.

• Danced in more than 45 ballets with the ABT.

• Won scholarships to the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.

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External link

• Lea Thompson at the Internet Movie Database