# Anna Thomson

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{{short description|American actress (born 1953)}}
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| occupation   = Actress
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'''Anna Thomson''' (born '''Anna Levine''' September 18, 1953)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5GUiDgAAQBAJ&dq=anna+thomson+1953&pg=PT219 Anna Thomson (*1953)]</ref> is an American actress known for roles in [Clint Eastwood](/source/Clint_Eastwood)'s ''[Unforgiven](/source/Unforgiven)'' and several films directed by the Israeli filmmaker [Amos Kollek](/source/Amos_Kollek).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=2001-05-18 |title=AT THE MOVIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Over the course of her career she was also credited as '''Anna Levine-Thomson'''.

== Career ==
Thomson made her acting debut in the [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway) play ''Kid Champion'' in 1975,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Levine theatre profile |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/305248-anna-levine |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref> and at the recommendation of her friend [Christopher Walken](/source/Christopher_Walken), who she considered her "godfather in cinema".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seguret |first=Olivier |title=Rencontre avec l'envoûtante Anna Thomson, héroïne de "Fiona". Le noir lui va si bien. Fiona d'Amos Kollek, avec Anna Thomson, Felicia Maguire, Alyssa Mulhern, Bill Dawes.1 h 25. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/1999/11/24/rencontre-avec-l-envoutante-anna-thomson-heroine-de-fiona-le-noir-lui-va-si-bien-fiona-d-amos-kollek_288606/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> She made her film debut in the 1979 war veteran drama ''Night-Flowers'' and made subsequent minor appearances in films including ''[Heaven’s Gate](/source/Heaven's_Gate_(film))'', ''[Desperately Seeking Susan](/source/Desperately_Seeking_Susan)'', ''[At Close Range](/source/At_Close_Range)'', ''[Something Wild](/source/Something_Wild_(1986_film))'', ''[Wall Street](/source/Wall_Street_(1987_film))'' and ''[Fatal Attraction](/source/Fatal_Attraction)''. On the New York stage she appeared in plays including ''[Uncommon Women and Others](/source/Uncommon_Women_and_Others)'', ''[The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs](/source/The_Singular_Life_of_Albert_Nobbs)'' and ''Barbarians''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Levine theatre profile |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/305248-anna-levine |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>

High-profile film work continued into the 1990s, with Thomson cast in ''[True Romance](/source/True_Romance)'', ''[The Crow](/source/The_Crow_(1994_film))'' and ''[Bad Boys](/source/Bad_Boys_(1995_film))'', 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 ''[The Colbys](/source/The_Colbys)'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=anna+levine+the+colbys&pg=PA269 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |date=2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=269 |language=en |accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref> and appearing on ''[The Tracey Ullman Show](/source/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show)''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrmJCgAAQBAJ&q=anna+levine+the+tracey+ullman+show&pg=PA342 |title=Emmy Award Winning Nighttime Television Shows, 1948–2004 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0874-7 |pages=341, 342 |language=en |accessdate=November 20, 2017}}</ref> and the [HBO](/source/HBO) comedy sketch show [''Hardcore TV''](/source/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_HBO).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=Griffin |date=March 5, 1993 |title=Hardcore Tv |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/hardcore-tv-1200431826/ |accessdate=November 20, 2017 |website=Variety}}</ref>

Her collaborations with the Israeli filmmaker Amos Kollek, among them ''[Sue](/source/Sue_Lost_in_Manhattan)'', ''Fiona'' and ''[Fast Food Fast Women](/source/Fast_Food_Fast_Women)'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Elvis |date=2001-05-18 |title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'Fast Food, Fast Women' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/movies/film-in-review-fast-food-fast-women.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> earned Thomson cult status in France.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Jonathan |date=2001-05-20 |title='FAST FOOD' STAR'S A REAL FRENCH DISH |url=https://nypost.com/2001/05/20/fast-food-stars-a-real-french-dish/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seguret |first=Olivier |title=Rencontre avec l'envoûtante Anna Thomson, héroïne de "Fiona". Le noir lui va si bien. Fiona d'Amos Kollek, avec Anna Thomson, Felicia Maguire, Alyssa Mulhern, Bill Dawes.1 h 25. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/1999/11/24/rencontre-avec-l-envoutante-anna-thomson-heroine-de-fiona-le-noir-lui-va-si-bien-fiona-d-amos-kollek_288606/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> By 2001 she had parted ways with her US acting agent entirely.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Jonathan |date=2001-05-20 |title='FAST FOOD' STAR'S A REAL FRENCH DISH |url=https://nypost.com/2001/05/20/fast-food-stars-a-real-french-dish/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> Thomson's last major film performances were as an embittered transgender woman in [François Ozon](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ozon)’s 2000 comedy ''[Water Drops on Burning Rocks](/source/Water_Drops_on_Burning_Rocks)'', and as a widowed single mother "sinking into alcoholism and despair"<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Sheila |date=2002-07-02 |title=Bridget |url=https://www.screendaily.com/bridget/409792.article |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Screen }}</ref> 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](/source/Beth_Levine_(fashion_designer))<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Eric |date=2006-09-23 |title=Beth Levine, 'First Lady of Shoe Design,' Is Dead at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/obituaries/23levine.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=PageSix com |date=2008-10-13 |title=MED CARE SUIT SHOCKS ACTRESS {{!}} Page Six |url=https://pagesix.com/2008/10/13/med-care-suit-shocks-actress/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> and business executive [Herbert Levine](/source/Herbert_Levine_(fashion_executive))<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schiro |first=Anne-Marie |date=1991-08-10 |title=Herbert Levine, 75, Manufacturer of High-Fashion Women's Shoes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/10/nyregion/herbert-levine-75-manufacturer-of-high-fashion-women-s-shoes.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> before being raised between New York and France. She trained as a ballet dancer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Jonathan |date=2001-05-20 |title='FAST FOOD' STAR'S A REAL FRENCH DISH |url=https://nypost.com/2001/05/20/fast-food-stars-a-real-french-dish/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>

She married actor Davidson Thomson in 1989, after meeting while working on the [Off-off-Broadway](/source/Off-off-Broadway) play ''The Poets’ Corner.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Poets' Corner {{!}} Harry Kondoleon |url=https://harrykondoleon.com/plays/the-poets-corner/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=harrykondoleon.com}}</ref> They had twin sons in 1992, and were married until Thomson's death in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward & Donna Thomson Obituary - Winnipeg, MB |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/edward-donna-thomson-8849869 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Dignity Memorial |language=en-us}}</ref> She subsequently remarried, and now lives under the name Anna Thomson-Wilson.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-09-24 |title=Paid Notice: Deaths LEVINE, BETH |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/classified/paid-notice-deaths-levine-beth.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!Notes
|-
| 1979
| ''Night-Flowers''
| Sandy
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1980
| ''[Heaven's Gate](/source/Heaven's_Gate_(film))''
| Little Dot
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1982
| ''Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice''
| Janie
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1984
| ''[The Pope of Greenwich Village](/source/The_Pope_of_Greenwich_Village)''
| Waitress at Country Inn
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1984
| ''[Maria's Lovers](/source/Maria's_Lovers)''
| Kathy
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1985
| ''[Desperately Seeking Susan](/source/Desperately_Seeking_Susan)''
| Crystal
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1985
| ''[Murphy's Romance](/source/Murphy's_Romance)''
| Wanda
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1986
| ''[At Close Range](/source/At_Close_Range)''
| Barroom Dancer
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1986
| ''[Something Wild](/source/Something_Wild_(1986_film))''
| The Girl in 3F
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1987
| ''[Fatal Attraction](/source/Fatal_Attraction)''
| Secretary
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1987
| ''[Wall Street](/source/Wall_Street_(1987_film))''
| Elevator Person
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1987
| ''[Leonard Part 6](/source/Leonard_Part_6)''
| Nurse Carvalho
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1988
| ''[White Hot](/source/White_Hot_(film))''
| Heather
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1988
| ''[Bird](/source/Bird_(1988_film))''
| Audrey
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1988
| ''[Talk Radio](/source/Talk_Radio_(film))''
| Denise
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1989
| ''[Warlock](/source/Warlock_(1989_film))''
| Pastor's Wife
| (as Anna Levine)
|-
| 1990
| ''[Tune in Tomorrow...](/source/Tune_in_Tomorrow...)''
| Faith Hope
| (as Anna Levine Thomson)
|-
| 1991
| ''[Dead in the Water](/source/Dead_in_the_Water_(1991_film))''
| Edie Meyers
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[CrissCross](/source/CrissCross)''
| Monica
| (as Anna Levine Thomson)
|-
| 1992
| ''[Unforgiven](/source/Unforgiven)''
| Delilah Fitzgerald
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[True Romance](/source/True_Romance)''
| Lucy
|
|-
| 1994
| ''{{sortname|The|Crow|The Crow (1994 film)}}''
| Darla Mohr
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Hand Gun''
| Laura
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[Baby's Day Out](/source/Baby's_Day_Out)''
| Mrs. McCray
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Blood Run''
| Tanya
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[Angela](/source/Angela_(1995_film))''
| Mae
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[Bad Boys](/source/Bad_Boys_(1995_film))''
| Francine
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Cafe Society''
| Erica Steele
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[Drunks](/source/Drunks_(film))''
| Tanya
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[Angus](/source/Angus_(film))''
| April Thomas
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''
| Amy Skully
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[I Shot Andy Warhol](/source/I_Shot_Andy_Warhol)''
| Iris
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[Dead Girl](/source/Dead_Girl_(film))''
| Audition Receptionist
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[Sue Lost in Manhattan](/source/Sue_Lost_in_Manhattan)''
| Sue
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[Six Ways to Sunday](/source/Six_Ways_to_Sunday)''
| Annibelle
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Trouble on the Corner''
| The Butcher's Wife
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[Jaded](/source/Jaded_(film))''
| Alexandra 'Alex' Arnold
|
|-
| 1998
| ''Fiona''
| Fiona
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Stringer''
| Ashley
|
|-
| 2000
| ''{{sortname|The|Intern|The Intern (2000 film)}}''
| Antoinette De la Paix
| (as Anna Thompson)
|-
| 2000
| ''[Water Drops on Burning Rocks](/source/Water_Drops_on_Burning_Rocks)''
| Vera
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[Fast Food Fast Women](/source/Fast_Food_Fast_Women)''
| Bella
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Bridget''
| Bridget
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler''
| Doreen
| (as Anna Thompson)
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0505764|Anna Levine}}

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