Sada Thompson

Sada Carolyn Thompson (September 27, 1927 – May 4, 2011) was an American stage, film, and televisionactress. Though best known to television audiences as Kate Lawrence in Family (1976–1980), for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1978, Thompson originally won acclaim as a theater actress on Broadway winning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Twigs in 1972.