Sada Thompson
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James Broderick and Sada Thompson on Family (1976)
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| Born |
Sada Carolyn Thompson September 27, 1927 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 4, 2011 (aged 83) Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–2000 |
| Spouse(s) | Donald Stewart (1949–2011; her death); 1 child |
Sada Carolyn Thompson (September 27, 1927 – May 4, 2011) was an American stage, film, and television actress.
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1927 to Hugh Woodruff Thompson and his wife Corlyss (née Gibson), and raised in Fanwood, New Jersey, where she attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, graduating in the class of 1945. Thompson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, after which she worked steadily in regional theatre in such plays as The Seagull, Pygmalion, Our Town, Arms and the Man, and Blithe Spirit. She received training at Pittsburgh Playhouse, where she appeared in numerous productions.
She made her Off-Broadway debut in a 1955 production of Under Milkwood, and the following year she appeared on television in a Goodyear Television Playhouse production. She made her Broadway debut in the 1959 musical Juno. Her additional New York City stage-credits include The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Tartuffe, and Twigs. Her stage performances won her an Obie Award, a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, three Drama Desk Awards and two Sarah Siddons Awards (the last presented for outstanding performances in Chicago theatre). She was elected to the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2005.
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