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Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1978
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1972
Filmography16 titles
Reading Rainbow
1983as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983as Self - Narrator (voice)
Cheers
1982as Mama Lozupone
1982as Mama Lozupone
Law & Order
1990as Elaine Nicodos
1990as Elaine Nicodos
Family
1976as Kate Lawrence
1976as Kate Lawrence
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995as Virginia McMartin
1995as Virginia McMartin
Queen
1993
1993
Fear Stalk
1989as Pearl
1989as Pearl
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
1968as Self - Guest
Pollock
2000as Stella Pollock
2000as Stella Pollock
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986as Widow Douglas
1986as Widow Douglas
Home Fires Burning
1989as Pastine Tibbettes
1989as Pastine Tibbettes
American Experience
1988as Narrator (voice)
1988as Narrator (voice)
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971as Ruth Lawrence
1971as Ruth Lawrence
Bodily Harm
2002as Nic Greenfield
2002as Nic Greenfield
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998as Sister Evangeline
1998as Sister Evangeline
Desperate Characters
1971as Claire
1971as Claire