Elizabeth McGovern
Age: 62 | From: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1961-07-18 23:34:02
Aliases: Элизабет Макговерн
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 42
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor. 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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Faith Sutton
Agatha Christie's Poirot
(1989) Dame Celia Westholme
Downton Abbey
(2010) Cora Crawley
War of the Worlds
(2019) Helen Brown
Clash of the Titans
(2010) Marmara
Once Upon a Time in America
(1984) Deborah Gelly
Kick-Ass
(2010) Mrs. Lizewski
The Commuter
(2018) Karen MacCauleyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cora Crawley | |
| 2019 | Helen Brown | |
| Self | ||
| Cora Crawley | ||
| Staring | ||
| Norma | ||
| 2018 | Elaine Mozell | |
| Karen MacCauley | ||
| 2016 | Shirley | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2015 | Carolyn | |
| Dolly Adams | ||
| Judge Florence-Marie Cooper | ||
| 2014 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Narrator | |
| Mrs. Thatcham | ||
| 2011 | Jane | |
| Voice | ||
| 2010 | Cora Crawley | |
| Marmara | ||
| Mrs. Lizewski | ||
| 2009 | California Mom (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams | |
| N/A | ||
| 2007 | Mrs Honeychurch | |
| Ellen Doubleday | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Donna | ||
| 2004 | Self - Guest | |
| Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | N/A | |
| Candice Hopper | ||
| 2002 | Mrs. Berman | |
| 2001 | N/A | |
| Edna Lee | ||
| 2000 | Mrs. Carry Fisher | |
| Elizabeth | ||
| 1999 | Faith Sutton | |
| Self | ||
| Marguerite Blakeney | ||
| 1998 | Till Turner | |
| Diane | ||
| 1997 | Sara Kate | |
| Susan Stringham | ||
| 1996 | Celia Rayburn | |
| Margaret Hyman | ||
| Noëlle Guillaumet | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| Janice Dillon | ||
| 1994 | Emily | |
| 1993 | Beatrice-Joanna | |
| Fanny | ||
| Lydia | ||
| 1992 | Helen Schwartz | |
| 1991 | Aileen Somerville | |
| Beatrice-Joanna | ||
| Helen Schwartz | ||
| Margaret Hyman | ||
| 1990 | Elena Quince | |
| Vicki | ||
| Stella Anderson | ||
| Moira | ||
| 1989 | Donna McCarty | |
| Laura Kendall | ||
| Dame Celia Westholme | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Kristy Briggs | ||
| 1987 | Denise | |
| 1986 | Mary Dalton | |
| 1984 | Snow White | |
| Deborah Gelly | ||
| Caddie Winger | ||
| 1983 | Chloe Allen | |
| 1982 | Snow White | |
| 1981 | Evelyn Nesbit | |
| 1980 | Jeannine Pratt | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Edna Lee | |
| Celia | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Writer | |
| 2010 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |