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Sada Thompson
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 83
GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn27/09/1927Born inDes Moines, Iowa, USADied04/05/2011 (aged 83)Died inDanburyCauselung cancerWikidataQ541839 ↗TMDb#87125 ↗

Sada Carolyn Thompson was an American stage, film, and television actress. Though best known to television audiences as Kate Lawrence in Family (1976–1980), for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1978, Thompson originally won acclaim as a theater actress on Broadway winning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Twigs in 1972.

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Filmography27 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2002Bodily HarmSeriesNic Greenfield75
2000PollockMovieStella Pollock73
1998The Patron Saint of LiarsMovieSister Evangeline71
1997Any Mother's SonMovieGertie70
1995Indictment: The McMartin TrialMovieVirginia McMartin68
1993Alex Haley's QueenSeries—66
1990Law & OrderSeriesElaine Nicodos63
1989Home Fires BurningMoviePastine Tibbettes62
1989Fear StalkMoviePearl62
1988American ExperienceSeriesNarrator (voice)61
1987Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling MysteryMovieMaria Pello60
1986The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovieWidow Douglas59
1986My Two LovesMovieDorothea59
1986Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSeriesWidow Douglas59
1983Princess DaisySeriesMarsha56
1983Reading RainbowSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)56
1982American PlayhouseSeriesKatherine Gerard55
1982CheersSeriesMama Lozupone55
1982Marco PoloSeriesZia Flora55
1977Our TownMovieMrs. Gibbs50
1976FamilySeriesKate Lawrence49
1974LincolnSeriesMary Todd Lincoln47
1971The Pursuit of HappinessMovieRuth Lawrence44
1971Desperate CharactersMovieClaire44
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest41
1955Playwrights '56Series—28
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesPastine24