Anna Thomson (born September 18, 1953) is an American actress known for roles in

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's ''

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'' and several films directed by the Israeli filmmaker

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. Over the course of her career she was also credited as Anna Levine and Anna Levine-Thomson.

Career

Thomson made her acting debut in the

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play ''Kid Champion'' in 1975, and at the recommendation of her friend

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, who she considered her "godfather in cinema". She made her film debut in the 1979 war veteran drama ''Night-Flowers'' and made subsequent minor appearances in films including '' Heaven’s Gate'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Something Wild'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. On the New York stage she appeared in plays including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Barbarians''. High-profile film work continued into the 1990s, with Thomson cast in ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Bad Boys'', and appearing in a major supporting role in ''Unforgiven'' as the prostitute whose disfigurement sparks the film’s story. Her television work includes portraying the role of Anna Rostov on ''

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'', and appearing on ''

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'' and the

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comedy sketch show ''Hardcore TV''. Her collaborations with the Israeli filmmaker Amos Kollek, among them '' Sue'', ''Fiona'' and '' Fast Food Fast Women'', earned Thomson cult status in France. In 1999, she said in a rare interview that she had grown distant from the American film industry. "If Hollywood ignores me, it’s also because I’m not very good at public relations; I don't send Christmas cards to remind them of me ... apart from a little money, there's nothing Hollywood I miss." By 2001 she had parted ways with her US acting agent entirely. Thomson’s last major film performances were as an embittered transgender woman in

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’s 2000 comedy '' Water Drops on Burning Rocks'', and as a widowed single mother "sinking into alcoholism and despair" in 2002's ''Bridget'', to date her final collaboration with Kollek.

Personal life

Thomson was orphaned at an early age and adopted by fashion designer Beth Levine and business executive Herbert Levine before being raised between New York and France. She trained as a ballet dancer. Thomson married actor Davidson Thomson in 1989, after meeting while working on the

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play ''The Poets’ Corner.'' They had twin sons in 1992, and were married until Thomson’s death in 1993. She subsequently re-married, and now lives under the name Anna Thomson-Wilson.

Filmography

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