Elizabeth McGovern
58 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 18, 1961 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Элизабет Макговерн · 伊麗莎白·麥高文 · الیزابت مک گاورن
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.
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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
Elizabeth McGovern: movies and TV shows
Acting (78)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Cora Crawley
- 2024 And Mrs.
as Margaret
- 2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Cora Crawley
- 2019
- 2019 Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
- 2019 The Chaperone
as Norma
- 2018 The Commuter
as Karen MacCauley
- 2017 The Wife
as Elaine Mozell
- 2016 Showing Roots
as Shirley
- 2016 The Queen At 90
as Narrator
- 2015 Unexpected
as Carolyn
- 2015 Swung
as Dolly Adams
- 2015 Woman in Gold
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
- 2014
- 2012 Screen Goddesses
as Narrator
- 2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Mrs. Thatcham
- 2011 Angels Crest
as Jane
- 2011 Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
- 2010
- 2010 Kick-Ass
as Mrs. Lizewski
- 2010 Clash of the Titans
as Marmara
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 Inconceivable
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 A Room with a View
as Mrs Honeychurch
- 2007 Daphne
as Ellen Doubleday
- 2006
- 2006 The Truth
as Donna
- 2004 Remembering Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
- 2003
- 2003 Thursday the 12th
as Candice Hopper
- 2002 Buffalo Soldiers
as Mrs. Berman
- 2001 Hawkins
as Susie Hawkins
- 2001 The Flamingo Rising
as Edna Lee
- 2000 The House of Mirth
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
- 2000 Manila
as Elizabeth
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998 The Misadventures of Margaret
as Till Turner
- 1998 The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Diane
- 1997 Clover
as Sara Kate
- 1997 The Wings of the Dove
as Susan Stringham
- 1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Celia Rayburn
- 1996 Broken Glass
as Margaret Hyman
- 1995
- 1995 Broken Trust
as Janice Dillon
- 1995 Wings of Courage
as Noëlle Guillaumet
- 1994 The Favor
as Emily
- 1993 The Changeling
as Beatrice-Joanna
- 1993 Me and Veronica
as Fanny
- 1993 King of the Hill
as Lydia
- 1992 Tales from Hollywood
as Helen Schwartz
- 1991
- 1991
- 1990 Tune in Tomorrow...
as Elena Quince
- 1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Vicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
- 1990 A Shock to the System
as Stella Anderson
- 1990 The Handmaid's Tale
as Moira
- 1989 Johnny Handsome
as Donna McCarty
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988 She's Having a Baby
as Kristy Briggs
- 1987 The Bedroom Window
as Denise
- 1986 Native Son
as Mary Dalton
- 1984 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Snow White
- 1984 Once Upon a Time in America
as Deborah
- 1984 Racing with the Moon
as Caddie Winger
- 1983 Lovesick
as Chloe Allen
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981 Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit
- 1980 Ordinary People
as Jeannine Pratt
- 1979
- 1951
Behind the camera (2)
- 2019 The Chaperone
Producer
- 2010 Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (11)
- 2025
- 2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2019
- 2014 The Kumars
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2004 Big Fat Quiz
1 episode
- 1999 Loose Women
1 episode
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2 episodes
- 1981
- 1967 Omnibus
1 episode