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Elizabeth McGovern

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Elizabeth McGovern

Born July 18, 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, USA54 films

Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress.

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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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Once Upon a Time in America posterFirst watchOnce Upon a Time in America19848.4as DeborahA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. 2027Seasons
  2. 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleCora Crawley
  3. 2024And Mrs.Margaret
  4. 2022Downton Abbey: A New EraCora Crawley
  5. 2019Downton AbbeyCora Crawley
  6. 2019The ChaperoneNorma
  7. 2018The CommuterKaren MacCauley
  8. 2017The WifeElaine Mozell
  9. 2016Showing RootsShirley
  10. 2015UnexpectedCarolyn
  11. 2015SwungDolly Adams
  12. 2015Woman in GoldJudge Florence-Marie Cooper
  13. 2012Screen GoddessesNarrator
  14. 2012Cheerful Weather for the WeddingMrs. Thatcham
  15. 2011Angels CrestJane
  16. 2010Kick-AssMrs. Lizewski
  17. 2010Clash of the TitansMarmara
  18. 2008InconceivableTallulah 'Tutu' Williams
  19. 2007A Room with a ViewMrs Honeychurch
  20. 2007DaphneEllen Doubleday
  21. 2006The TruthDonna
  22. 2003Thursday the 12thCandice Hopper
  23. 2002Buffalo SoldiersMrs. Berman
  24. 2001HawkinsSusie Hawkins
  25. 2001The Flamingo RisingEdna Lee
  26. 2000The House of MirthMrs. Carry Fisher
  27. 2000ManilaElizabeth
  28. 1998The Misadventures of MargaretTill Turner
  29. 1998The Man with Rain in His ShoesDiane
  30. 1997CloverSara Kate
  31. 1997The Wings of the DoveSusan Stringham
  32. 1996The Summer of Ben TylerCelia Rayburn
  33. 1996Broken GlassMargaret Hyman
  34. 1995Broken TrustJanice Dillon
  35. 1995Wings of CourageNoëlle Guillaumet
  36. 1994The FavorEmily
  37. 1993The ChangelingBeatrice-Joanna
  38. 1993Me and VeronicaFanny
  39. 1993King of the HillLydia
  40. 1992Tales from HollywoodHelen Schwartz
  41. 1990Tune in Tomorrow...Elena Quince
  42. 1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionVicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
  43. 1990A Shock to the SystemStella Anderson
  44. 1990The Handmaid's TaleMoira
  45. 1989Johnny HandsomeDonna McCarty
  46. 1988She's Having a BabyKristy Briggs
  47. 1987The Bedroom WindowDenise
  48. 1986Native SonMary Dalton
  49. 1984Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White
  50. 1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaDeborah
  51. 1984Racing with the MoonCaddie Winger
  52. 1983LovesickChloe Allen
  53. 1981RagtimeEvelyn Nesbit
  54. 1980Ordinary PeopleJeannine Pratt