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Lea Thompson

1961 - Today

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Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1986), and Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Dennis the Menace (1993), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lea Thompson has received more than 11,275,391 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Lea Thompson is the 1,650th most popular actor (down from 1,278th in 2019), the 2,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,333rd in 2019) and the 800th most popular American Actor.

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  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lea Thompson ranks 1,650 out of 9,996Before her are Allison Janney, Joanna Lumley, Richard Farnsworth, Lina Romay, Cynthia Nixon, and Sung Kang. After her are Bruce Greenwood, Simone Simon, Marie Trintignant, Hyun Bin, Pierre Clémenti, and Chico Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Lea Thompson ranks 76Before her are Yanis Varoufakis, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Daniele Massaro, Heather Locklear, Alexandre Desplat, and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. After her are Amr Diab, Carol W. Greider, The Edge, Guido Buchwald, Andy Fletcher, and Eric Stoltz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lea Thompson ranks 2,816 out of 18,182Before her are Richard Farnsworth (1920), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Arnold Gesell (1880), Cynthia Nixon (1966), Sung Kang (1972), and Jedediah Smith (1799). After her are Ernest King (1878), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Chico Marx (1887), John L. Sullivan (1858), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), and Dana Delany (1956).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lea Thompson ranks 800Before her are Mimi Rogers (1956), Ronny Cox (1938), Allison Janney (1959), Richard Farnsworth (1920), Cynthia Nixon (1966), and Sung Kang (1972). After her are Chico Marx (1887), Dana Delany (1956), Harold Sakata (1920), Fess Parker (1924), Mahershala Ali (1974), and Betty Grable (1916).

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