Sada Thompson

Acting

Sada Thompson

Born 1927-09-27 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Acting credits

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn poster
6.6

Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1986

Indictment: The McMartin Trial poster
6.9

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trials in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

Pollock poster
6.7

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

Pollock

2000

The Entertainer poster
5.8

A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.

The Entertainer

1976

The Patron Saint of Liars poster
6.2

Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her baby is born, Rose becomes friends with an elderly nun (Sada Thompson) and begins a relationship with the local handyman, Son (Clancy Brown). Everything seems fine until Rose's first husband tracks her down and she's forced to relive her troubled past.

The Patron Saint of Liars

1998

The Pursuit of Happiness poster
6.2

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

Desperate Characters poster
5.1

Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.

Desperate Characters

1971

Any Mother's Son poster
5.6

A Mother is devastated when her sailor son is murdered by two of his crewmates in a homophobic attack.

Any Mother's Son

1997

My Two Loves poster
4.5

A widow emerges from her mourning after a year. She moves into a new apartment, gets a new job, and a gains a 'gentleman caller,' her late husband's partner and former best friend. Her daughter opposes the relationship and causes considerable confusion. As she tries to work out her problems, she confides in a fellow worker. The friend offers her a shoulder to cry on and ultimately suggests that they have a relationship. Surprised and more confused than ever, she does find herself drawn to her friend.

My Two Loves

1986

Home Fires Burning poster
6.5

When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.

Home Fires Burning

1989

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery poster
7.5

Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

1987

Fear Stalk poster
7.0

A producer from Beverly Hills is shocked when someone steals all of her belongings out of her purse. The thief begins to make threatening phone calls and withdraws money from her accounts. The stalker becomes more and more dangerous until he finally tries to kill the producer.

Fear Stalk

1989

The Skin of Our Teeth poster
10.0

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983

Our Town poster
9.5

3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.

Our Town

1977

Andre's Mother poster
NR

Katherine Gerard has lost her son Andre to AIDS. At his memorial service, we follow Katherine confronting the death of her son, the anguish of his lover Cal Porter, and, in flashbacks, the key moments of denial and miscommunication with those closest to her.

Andre's Mother

1990

Frida Kahlo poster
4.0

Frida Kahlo: declared a symbol of Mexican national heritage, made into a cult figure by the women's movement, praised by the likes of Picasso and Breton, this film uses images and music to reveal the soul of an icon.

Frida Kahlo

1982