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The date of birth of Lea Katherine Thompson is May 31, 1961. Her place of birth is Rochester, Minnesota. The future actress grew up in the family of the singer and musician Barbara Thompson and Crieff. Lea studied ballet and worked diligently every day for three to four hours. When Lee was 14 years old, she danced professionally on the stages. Soon, Thompson received a scholarship and the opportunity to learn in the few schools of ballet, including the “American Ballet Theatre”, “San Francisco Ballet” and “Pennsylvania Ballet”. Leah was involved in various theaters, for example, in “American Ballet Theater”, where future actress performed in 45 ballets. When Lea was twenty, she went to New York and began to appear in the movies. Lea starred in the films «Red Dawn» (1984) and «The Wild Life» (1984). Lea's most famous role was the character Lorraine Baines McFly in the hugely popular trilogy "Back to the Future”. In 1986, the actress starred in films “Space Camp” and “Howard the Duck”. In the early nineties, Lea Thompson has appeared in films “The Unspoken Truth” (1995) and “The Right to Remain Silent” (1996). Lea was awarded of the People's Choice Award in the category - "My favorite actress of television series”.

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Here you can learn about the movies Lea Thompson acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Back to the Future Part II - Lorraine	$40M	1989		$118M
Back to the Future Part III - Maggie McFly/Lorraine McFly	$40M	1990		$87.7M
Howard the Duck - Beverly Switzler, Soundtrack (performer: "Hunger City", "Don't Turn Away (Reprise)", "It Don't Come Cheap", "Howard the Duck")	$35M	1986		$16.3M
Jaws 3-D - Kelly Ann Bukowski	$20.5M	1983		$42.2M
My Best Friend's Girl - Special Thanks	$20M	2008	$8.27M	$19.2M
Back to the Future - Lorraine Baines	$19M	1985		$211M
Senior Skip Day (video) - Cathleen Harris	$10M	2008
Exit Speed - Maudie McMinn	$3.75M	2008
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer - Laura	$3.25M	2010
Spy School - Claire Miller	$3M	2008
Come Away Home - Carol	$1.3M	2005	$1.15K	$71.6K
Rock Slyde - Master Bartologist	$350K	2009
10 Tricks - Grace	$200K	2006
The Check (short) - Darla	$1K	2009
The Wizard of Loneliness - Sybil		1988		$145K
MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (video) - Cecily 'Sissy' Loper		1982
Casual Sex? - Stacy		1988		$12.3M
SpaceCamp - Kathryn Fairly		1986		$9.7M
The Wild Life - Anita		1984		$9.5M
Going Undercover - Marigold de la Hunt		1988