Sada Thompson

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James Broderick and Sada Thompson (1976)

Sada Carolyn Thompson (born September 27, 1929 in Des Moines , Iowa , † May 4, 2011 in Waterbury , Connecticut ) was an American actress .

Life

Thompson graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh from her acting degree in 1949 . Theater engagements on regional stages followed. From 1954 on she also appeared in film and television roles.

From 1976 to 1980, Thompson was mainly busy filming the television series An American Family , in which she played the family mother "Kate Lawrence". In 1978 she received an Emmy for the role. The series was broadcast in Germany from 1979 to 1981 with great success in the first program of ARD , which Thompson also made known in Germany. In addition to numerous film and television appearances, she returned to the theater on Broadway in 1993 after a long break .

Because of her voice, which many people found to be pleasant and warm-sounding, she was often hired as voice -over speaker for documentaries and audio books in the United States .

Thompson had been married to Donald Stewart since 1949.

Awards

She made her debut on Broadway in 1955, where she enjoyed great success until the mid-1970s and won several American theater awards, including the 1970 Obie Award for Best Performance in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and 1972 Tony Award for Best Actress for her role in Twigs .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1971: Five fingers make a fist (The Pursuit of Happiness)
  • 1971: Desperate Characters
  • 1974–1976: Lincoln (miniseries, 5 episodes)
  • 1975: The Entertainer (TV movie)
  • 1976–1980: An American Family ( Family , TV series, 87 episodes)
  • 1977: Our Town (TV movie)
  • 1982: Marco Polo (miniseries, 2 episodes)
  • 1983: Princess Daisy (TV movie)
  • 1986: My Two Loves (TV movie)
  • 1986: Love Boat (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1987: Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery , Movie made for TV
  • 1989: Dead Have No Name ( Home Fires Burning , TV movie)
  • 1989: Fearstalk ( Fear Stalk , TV movie)
  • 1993: Queen (miniseries, 3 episodes)
  • 1995: Under Indictment - The McMartin Case ( Indictment: The McMartin Trial , TV movie)
  • 1995: Law & Order (TV series, episode 6x04)
  • 1997: Sons ( Any Mother's Son , TV movie)
  • 1998: The Long Road to Truth ( The Patron Saint of Liars , TV movie)
  • 2000: Pollock

Theater (selection)

  • 1955: The Carefree Tree (Phoenix Theater, New York City)
  • 1956: The Misanthrope (Theater East, New York City)
  • 1956: USA (Lucille Lortel Theater, New York City)
  • 1957: The River Line (Carnegie Hall Playhouse, New York City)
  • 1959: Juno (Winter Garden Theater, New York City)
  • 1959: USA (Martinique Theater, New York City)
  • 1961: Under Milk Wood (Circle in the Square Downtown, New York City)
  • 1963: Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn / The Last Minstrel (Pocket Theater, New York City)
  • 1964: Othello (Delacorte Theater, New York City)
  • 1965: Tartuffe (ANTA Washington Square Theater, New York City)
  • 1967: Johnny No-Trump (Cort Theater, New York City)
  • 1968: An Evening for Merlin Finch (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City)
  • 1968: The Death of Bessie Smith / The American Dream (Billy Rose Theater, New York City)
  • 1968: Happy Days (Billy Rose Theater, New York City)
  • 1970: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Mercer Arts Center, New York City)
  • 1971–1972: Twigs (Broadhurst Theater, New York City)
  • 1972: Twigs (Plymouth Theater, New York City)
  • 1974: Saturday Sunday Monday ( Martin Beck Theater , New York City)
  • 1987: Real Estate (Parish Hall at the Church of Heavenly Rest, New York City)
  • 1993: Any Given Day (Longacre Theater, New York City)

Web links

Commons : Sada Thompson  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Weber: Sada Thompson, Actress Known for Maternal Roles, Dies at 83 . In: The New York Times . May 5, 2011, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 8, 2017]).
  2. ^ Sada Thompson . In: filmreference.com, accessed September 24, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Sada
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thompson, Sada Carolyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Des Moines , Iowa , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2011
Place of death Waterbury , Connecticut , United States