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Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

ActingBorn July 18, 1961 (age 64)Evanston, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

2025Movie
2024
And Mrs.

as Margaret

Movie
2022Movie
2019
War of the Worlds

as Helen Brown

TV
2019
Downton Abbey

as Cora Crawley

Movie
2019Movie
2019Movie
2018
The Commuter

as Karen MacCauley

Movie
2017
The Wife

as Elaine Mozell

Movie
2016
Showing Roots

as Shirley

Movie
2016
The Queen At 90

as Narrator

Movie
2015
Unexpected

as Carolyn

Movie
2015
Swung

as Dolly Adams

Movie
2015
Woman in Gold

as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper

Movie
2014
Civil War: The Untold Story

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2014
The Kumars

as Self

TV
2012
Screen Goddesses

as Narrator

Movie
2012Movie
2011Movie
2011
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters

as Wallis Simpson (Voice)

Movie
2010
Downton Abbey

as Cora Crawley

TV
2010
Kick-Ass

as Mrs. Lizewski

Movie
2010Movie
2009
10 Minute Tales

as Ex-Wife

TV
2009
Modern Family

as California Mom (archive footage)

TV
2008
Inconceivable

as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams

Movie
2008
A Room with a View

as Mrs Honeychurch

TV
2008TV
2007
A Room with a View

as Mrs Honeychurch

Movie
2007
Daphne

as Ellen Doubleday

Movie
2006
The Truth

as Donna

Movie
2004
Big Fat Quiz

as Self - Guest

TV
2004
Remembering Ragtime

as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Thursday the 12th

as Candice Hopper

Movie
2002
Buffalo Soldiers

as Mrs. Berman

Movie
2001
Hawkins

as Susie Hawkins

Movie
2001Movie
2000
The House of Mirth

as Mrs. Carry Fisher

Movie
2000
Manila

as Elizabeth

Movie
1999TV
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Marguerite Blakeney

TV
1998Movie
1997
Clover

as Sara Kate

Movie
1997
The Wings of the Dove

as Susan Stringham

Movie
1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler

as Celia Rayburn

Movie
1996
Broken Glass

as Margaret Hyman

Movie
1995
If Not for You

as Jessie Kent

TV
1995
Broken Trust

as Janice Dillon

Movie
1995
Wings of Courage

as Noëlle Guillaumet

Movie
1994
The Favor

as Emily

Movie
1993
The Changeling

as Beatrice-Joanna

Movie
1993Movie
1993Movie
1992
Tales from Hollywood

as Helen Schwartz

Movie
1991
Ashenden

as Aileen Somerville

TV
1991
Performance

as Helen Schwartz

TV
1991
Performance

as Margaret Hyman

TV
1991
Performance

as Beatrice-Joanna

TV
1990
Tune in Tomorrow...

as Elena Quince

Movie
1990
A Shock to the System

as Stella Anderson

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Johnny Handsome

as Donna McCarty

Movie
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Laura Kendall

TV
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Dame Celia Westholme

TV
1988TV
1988
She's Having a Baby

as Kristy Briggs

Movie
1987Movie
1986
Native Son

as Mary Dalton

Movie
1984Movie
1984Movie
1984
Racing with the Moon

as Caddie Winger

Movie
1983
Lovesick

as Chloe Allen

Movie
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Snow White

TV
1981
Ragtime

as Evelyn Nesbit

Movie
1981Movie
1980
Ordinary People

as Jeannine Pratt

Movie
1967
Omnibus

as Self

TV
1951TV
1951TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 18, 1961
Place of BirthEvanston, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.7
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