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Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Birthday: 1961-07-18 | Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era

as    Cora Crawley

2019
Downton Abbey

as    Cora Crawley

2019
War of the Worlds

as    Helen Brown

2019
The Chaperone

as    Norma

2018
The Wife

as    Elaine Mozell

2018
The Commuter

as    Karen MacCauley

2016
Showing Roots

as    Shirley

2015
Unexpected

as    Carolyn

2015
Swung

as    Dolly Adams

2015
Woman in Gold

as    Judge Florence-Marie Cooper

2012
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

as    Mrs. Thatcham

2011
Angels Crest

as    Jane

2010
Downton Abbey

as    Cora Crawley

2010
Kick-Ass

as    Mrs. Lizewski

2009
Appointment with Death

as    Dame Celia Westholme

2007
Daphne

as    Ellen Doubleday

2007
A Room with a View

as    Mrs Honeychurch

2006
The Truth

as    Donna

2003
Buffalo Soldiers

as    Mrs. Berman

2001
The Flamingo Rising

as    Edna Lee

2000
Manila

as    Elizabeth

2000
The House of Mirth

as    Mrs. Carry Fisher

1999
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel

as    Marguerite Blakeney