Lea Thompson movies

. ]]Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress.Early lifeShe studied dance as a girl, and would practice three to four hours every day. She was dancing professionally by the age of 14. Lea then won scholarships to several ballet schools, including The American Ballet Theatre and The San Francisco Ballet.

She danced with the The Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Pennsylvania Ballet Company, and The Ballet Repertory.She was informed by Baryshnikov that she was "too stocky". Due to this (as well as some small little nagging injuries) 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, her eventual co-star in the Back to the Future movies.
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 McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy; her character is mother of the main character played by Michael J. Fox.

Lea Thompson Movies

All movies starring Lea Thompson.

• All the Right Moves
• Back to the Future
• Back to the Future Part II
• Back to the Future Part III
• Dennis the Menace
• Doubting Thomas
• Jaws 3-D
• Red Dawn
• Out of Omaha