Sada Thompson, a Tony- and Emmy Award-winning actress best known for the 1970s TV drama Family, died of lung disease on May 4 in Danbury, CT. She was 83. Thompson won her Tony in 1972 for George Furth’s Twigs, in which she played four roles (a mother and three daughters) under the direction of Michael Bennett. Two years earlier, she had won a Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway premiere of Paul Zindel&rsqu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM on May 6, 2011