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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leathompson.jpg]]
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3	Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress, television director and television producer.
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5	She's most well known as Lorraine Baines [=McFly=] (the mother of [[TimeTravel time-traveller]] Marty [=McFly=]) in the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' films and as Caroline Duffy in ''Series/CarolineInTheCity''.
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7	She is married to director Howard Deutch. Their daughters are actresses Maddie and Creator/ZoeyDeutch.
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9	!!Filmography:
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11	* ''Film/Jaws3D'' (1983) as Kelly Ann Bukowski
12	* ''Film/AllTheRightMoves'' (1983) as Lisa Lietzke
13	* ''Film/{{Red Dawn\|1984}}'' (1984) as Erica Mason
14	* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' (1985) as Lorraine [=McFly=], née Baines
15	** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' (1989)
16	** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' (1990) - also as Maggie [=McFly=]
17	* ''Film/SpaceCamp'' (1986) as Kathryn Fairly
18	* ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' (1986) as Beverly Switzler - which years later led the actress to appear in the comics [[AsHimself As Herself]]
19	* ''Film/SomeKindOfWonderful'' (1987) as Amanda Jones
20	* ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' (1993) as Alice Mitchell
21	* ''Film/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' (1993) as Laura Jackson "Laurette Voleur"
22	* ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' (1995-1999) as Caroline Duffy
23	** {{Crossover}} with ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in 1995 ("The One With The Baby On The Bus")
24	* ''Film/ExitSpeed'' (2008) as Maudie Thompson.
25	* ''Film/JEdgar'' (2011) as Lela Rogers (mother of Creator/GingerRogers)
26	* ''Series/SwitchedAtBirth'' (2011-2017) as Kathryn Kennish
27	* ''Film/LoveAtTheChristmasTable'' (2012) as E.B.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' (2014) as Vonnie Zero (voice)
29	* ''Series/TheSpencerSisters'' (2023-) as Victoria Spencer
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31	!!Tropes in her works:
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33	* TheCastShowoff: She performed her own singing in ''Film/HowardTheDuck''.
34	* OldShame: Actually subverted as far as ''Howard the Duck'' is concerned. She takes a lot of pride in her role on the film in spite of its flaws, and has even offered to direct a reboot for Marvel herself.
35	* StarDerailingRole: Though she's not bitter about it, between ''Howard the Duck'' and ''Film/SpaceCamp'', 1986 was ''not'' a good year for Thompson. Outside the BTTF trilogy, she wouldn't find major success on the silver screen again. Though her TV role in ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' would keep her in the popular consciousness in the latter half of TheNineties.

Context Creator / LeaThompson