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Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern’s screen credits include Deborah in Once Upon a Time in America, Mrs. Lizewski in Kick-Ass, and Marmara in Clash of the Titans.
Born July 18, 1961 Evanston, Illinois, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2027SeasonsActorUpcoming
- 2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelf
- 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleCora Crawley
- 2024And Mrs.Margaret
- 2022Downton Abbey: A New EraCora Crawley
- 2019Downton AbbeyCora Crawley
- 2019JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)
- 2019The ChaperoneProducer · Norma
- 2018The CommuterKaren MacCauley
- 2017The WifeElaine Mozell
- 2016Showing RootsShirley
- 2016The Queen At 90Narrator
- 2015UnexpectedCarolyn
- 2015SwungDolly Adams
- 2015Woman in GoldJudge Florence-Marie Cooper
- 2012Screen GoddessesNarrator
- 2012Cheerful Weather for the WeddingMrs. Thatcham
- 2011Angels CrestJane
- 2011Wallis Simpson: The Secret LettersWallis Simpson (Voice)
- 2010Nature Amazing Places HawaiiWriter
- 2008InconceivableTallulah 'Tutu' Williams
- 2007A Room with a ViewMrs Honeychurch
- 2007DaphneEllen Doubleday
- 2006The TruthDonna
- 2004Remembering RagtimeEvelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
- 2003Thursday the 12thCandice Hopper
- 2002Buffalo SoldiersMrs. Berman
- 2001HawkinsSusie Hawkins
- 2001The Flamingo RisingEdna Lee
- 2000The House of MirthMrs. Carry Fisher
- 2000ManilaElizabeth
- 1998The Misadventures of MargaretTill Turner
- 1998The Man with Rain in His ShoesDiane
- 1997CloverSara Kate
- 1997The Wings of the DoveSusan Stringham
- 1996The Summer of Ben TylerCelia Rayburn
- 1996Broken GlassMargaret Hyman
- 1995Broken TrustJanice Dillon
- 1995Wings of CourageNoëlle Guillaumet
- 1994The FavorEmily
- 1993The ChangelingBeatrice-Joanna
- 1993Me and VeronicaFanny
- 1993King of the HillLydia
- 1992Tales from HollywoodHelen Schwartz
- 1990Tune in Tomorrow...Elena Quince
- 1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionVicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
- 1990A Shock to the SystemStella Anderson
- 1990The Handmaid's TaleMoira
- 1989Johnny HandsomeDonna McCarty
- 1988She's Having a BabyKristy Briggs
- 1987The Bedroom WindowDenise
- 1986Native SonMary Dalton
- 1984Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White
- 1984Racing with the MoonCaddie Winger
- 1983LovesickChloe Allen
- 1981RagtimeEvelyn Nesbit
- 1981Chytilová Versus FormanSelf
- 1980Ordinary PeopleJeannine Pratt
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