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Actress Sada Thompson's career on stage and television has spanned over five decades and earned her numerous acting awards. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1929, the daughter of Corlyss Gibson Thompson and Hugh Woodruff Thompson. She was first drawn to acting while a student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh.
May 8, 2011 · Born Sada Carolyn Thompson on Sept. 27, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, she got her unusual name from her maternal grandmother, whose name, Sarah, was turned into Sada. Her parents moved to New Jersey ...
Thursday's Child. Tue, Apr 6, 1976 60 mins. The christening of Nancy and Jeff's son causes resentment in Buddy (Kristy McNichol). Kate: Sada Thompson. Doug: James Broderick. Nancy: Elayne Heilveil ...
May 6, 2011 · Sada Thompson, a Tony Award-winning actress best known to TV viewers for her Emmy Award-winning role as the matriarch in the 1970s dramatic TV series “Family,” has died. She was 83.
A celebrated stage actress whose occasional forays into TV and rare steps into feature films were selected with great care, Sada Thompson was cast in many "mother roles" throughout her lengthy career, due in large part to the no-nonsense aura she gave off in many matriarchal roles.
Monday is a poignant day in the lives of the Lawrences. It's the day Buddy's best girlfriend, Laura, is moving 2000 miles away. While Buddy and Laura try to decide what to give each other to remember each other by, the entire Lawrence family apprehensively awaits the arrival of that same day when they will finally learn the results of the biopsy of the tumor on Kate's breast.
