Lea Thompson

Lea Thompson (born May 31, 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress. She attended Marshall-University High School in Minneapolis.

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She studied dance as an infant, and danced 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.

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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). Thompson played Lorraine Baines McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, as well as the title role in the sitcom Caroline in the City. She also starred in the movies Howard the Duck and SpaceCamp, both considered commercial failures. But from 1995-1999 Thompson found critical and popular success as the star of the sitcom Caroline in the City.

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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.

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She is married to film director Howard Deutch. She first met Howard on the set of her first movie, Jaws 3-D (1983). They have two daughters.

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May 31: May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May....

1961: 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

Rochester, Minnesota: Rochester is a city located in Olmsted County, Minnesota. As of 2005 census estimates, the city had a total population of 97,806, and is Minnesota's third largest city, Rochester is best known as the home of the Mayo Clinic medical center, which now has satellite clinics in several other American c...

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