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Sada Thompson

1927 - 2011

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Sada Carolyn Thompson (September 27, 1927 – May 4, 2011) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Sada Thompson is the 8,895th most popular actor (down from 7,587th in 2024). (down from 4,653rd in 2019)

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Among people born in 1927, Sada Thompson ranks 478Before her are Cleo Laine, Ann Gillis, Connie Kay, Hank Ballard, Robert Bork, and Nayantara Sahgal. After her are Patsy Mink, Eddie Sachs, Jim Fuchs, Lois Nettleton, Dick Hyman, and June Brown. Among people deceased in 2011, Sada Thompson ranks 482Before her are Margaret Whiting, Ángel Pedraza, Angela Scoular, Hira Devi Waiba, Charlie Callas, and Stefan Liv. After her are Kārlis Skrastiņš, Laurie Hughes, Tomoko Kawakami, Margo Dydek, Pete Lovely, and Laura Ziskin.

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