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
Acting
1984
asDeborah Gelly
1989
asDonna McCarty
1990
asStella Anderson
1990
asMoira
2010
asMrs. Lizewski
2000
asMrs. Carry Fisher
1981
asEvelyn Nesbit
2002
asMrs. Berman
1993
asLydia
1988
asKristy Briggs
1997
asSusan Stringham
1980
asJeannine Pratt
1987
asDenise
1984
asCaddie Winger
2001
asSusie Hawkins
2010
asMarmara
1983
asChloe Allen
1994
asEmily
1995
asNoëlle Guillaumet
2011
asJane
1986
asMary Dalton
2012
asMrs. Thatcham
1996
asCelia Rayburn
2004
asEvelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
1997
asSara Kate
2016
asNarrator
2007
asEllen Doubleday
1990
asVicki
2000
asElizabeth
1996
asMargaret Hyman
1993
asBeatrice-Joanna
1995
asJanice Dillon
2015
asDolly Adams
1993
asFanny
2015
asCarolyn
1998
asDiane
2015
asJudge Florence-Marie Cooper
2024
asMargaret
2016
asShirley
1998
asTill Turner
2001
asEdna Lee
2007
asMrs Honeychurch
2025
asCora Crawley
2006
asDonna
2018
asKaren MacCauley
1990
asElena Quince
1992
asHelen Schwartz
1984
asSnow White
2008
asTallulah 'Tutu' Williams
2019
asNorma
2018
asElaine Mozell
2012
asNarrator
2019
asCora Crawley
2019
asStaring
2003
asCandice Hopper
2022
asCora Crawley
2011
asWallis Simpson (Voice)
as
asMarguerite Blakeney
asLaura Kendall
as
asFaith Sutton
asNarrator (voice)
asSnow White
as
asCelia
asasJessie Kent
as
asCora Crawley
asHelen Schwartz
asMargaret Hyman
asSelf
asAileen Somerville
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
as asEdna Lee
asSelf - Guest
asHelen Brown
asCalifornia Mom (archive footage)
asSelf
as
asSelf
asDame Celia Westholme
asBeatrice-Joanna
asHelen
asSelf
Production
2019
asCrew
Directing
