Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern
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.
Known For
Actor
as Helen
as Cora Crawley
as Margaret
as Cora Crawley
as Cora Crawley
as Norma
as Helen Brown
as Self
as Self
as Elaine Mozell
as Karen MacCauley
as Shirley
as Narrator
as Carolyn
as Dolly Adams
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as Mrs. Thatcham
as Jane
as Voice
as Mrs. Lizewski
as Marmara
as Cora Crawley
as California Mom (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
as Mrs Honeychurch
as Ellen Doubleday
as Herself
as Donna
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Candice Hopper
as Mrs. Berman
as Susie Hawkins
as Edna Lee
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
as Elizabeth
as Faith Sutton
as Self
as Marguerite Blakeney
as Till Turner
as Diane
as Sara Kate
as Susan Stringham
as Celia Rayburn
as Margaret Hyman
as Janice Dillon
as Noëlle Guillaumet
as Jessie Kent
as Emily
as Beatrice-Joanna
as Fanny
as Lydia
as Helen Schwartz
as Aileen Somerville
as Helen Schwartz
as Margaret Hyman
as Beatrice-Joanna
as Elena Quince
as Vicki
as Stella Anderson
as Moira
as Donna McCarty
as Laura Kendall
as Dame Celia Westholme
as Kristy Briggs
as Denise
as Mary Dalton
as Snow White
as Deborah Gelly
as Caddie Winger
as Chloe Allen
as Snow White
as Evelyn Nesbit
as Jeannine Pratt
as Celia
as Edna Lee
Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Producer