Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 18, 1961
Place of Birth:
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Elizabeth McGovern
Biography
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress.
In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in her first film, Ordinary People, in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Timothy Hutton.
The following year she completed her education as an actress at the American Conservatory Theatre and at The Juilliard School, and began to appear in plays, first Off-Broadway and later in famous theaters.
In 1981, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime.
In 1984, she starred in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America as Robert De Niro's romantic interest, Deborah Gelly. In 1989, she played Mickey Rourke's girlfriend in Johnny Handsome, directed by Walter Hill, and the same year she appeared as a rebellious lesbian in Volker Schlöndorff's thriller The Handmaid's Tale.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Cora Crawley |
| 2024 | And Mrs. | Margaret |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Cora Crawley |
| 2019 | The Chaperone | Norma |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Cora Crawley |
| 2019 | JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Karen MacCauley |
| 2018 | The Wife | Elaine Mozell |
| 2016 | The Queen At 90 | Narrator |
| 2016 | Showing Roots | Shirley |
| 2015 | Swung | Dolly Adams |
| 2015 | Unexpected | Carolyn |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Judge Florence-Marie Cooper |
| 2012 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Mrs. Thatcham |
| 2012 | Screen Goddesses | Narrator |
| 2011 | Angels Crest | Jane |
| 2011 | Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters | Wallis Simpson (Voice) |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Mrs. Lizewski |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Marmara |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams |
| 2007 | Daphne | Ellen Doubleday |
| 2007 | A Room with a View | Mrs Honeychurch |
| 2006 | The Truth | Donna |
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Thursday the 12th | Candice Hopper |
| 2002 | Buffalo Soldiers | Mrs. Berman |
| 2001 | Hawkins | Susie Hawkins |
| 2001 | The Flamingo Rising | Edna Lee |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Mrs. Carry Fisher |
| 2000 | Manila | Elizabeth |
| 1998 | The Man with Rain in His Shoes | Diane |
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret | Till Turner |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Susan Stringham |
| 1997 | Clover | Sara Kate |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Celia Rayburn |
| 1996 | Broken Glass | Margaret Hyman |
| 1995 | Wings of Courage | Noëlle Guillaumet |
| 1995 | Broken Trust | Janice Dillon |
| 1994 | The Favor | Emily |
| 1993 | King of the Hill | Lydia |
| 1993 | The Changeling | Beatrice-Joanna |
| 1993 | Me and Veronica | Fanny |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Helen Schwartz |
| 1990 | A Shock to the System | Stella Anderson |
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | Moira |
| 1990 | Women and Men: Stories of Seduction | Vicki |
| 1990 | Tune in Tomorrow... | Elena Quince |
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome | Donna McCarty |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Kristy Briggs |
| 1987 | The Bedroom Window | Denise |
| 1986 | Native Son | Mary Dalton |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Deborah Gelly |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon | Caddie Winger |
| 1984 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Snow White |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Chloe Allen |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Evelyn Nesbit |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Jeannine Pratt |
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