Elizabeth McGovern
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Elizabeth McGovern
Cora Crawley
... 2025
... 2025
Margaret
... 2024
Cora Crawley
... 2022
Cora Crawley
... 2019
Self (archive footage)
... 2019
Norma
... 2019
Elaine Mozell
... 2018
Karen MacCauley
... 2018
Shirley
... 2016
Narrator
... 2016
Carolyn
... 2015
Dolly Adams
... 2015
Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
... 2015
Narrator
... 2012
Mrs. Thatcham
... 2012
Jane
... 2011
Wallis Simpson (Voice)
... 2011
Mrs. Lizewski
... 2010
Marmara
... 2010
Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
... 2008
Mrs Honeychurch
... 2007
Ellen Doubleday
... 2007
Donna
... 2006
Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
... 2004
Candice Hopper
... 2003
Mrs. Berman
... 2002
Susie Hawkins
... 2001
Edna Lee
... 2001
Mrs. Carry Fisher
... 2000
Elizabeth
... 2000
Till Turner
... 1998
... 1998
Sara Kate
... 1997
Susan Stringham
... 1997
Celia Rayburn
... 1996
Margaret Hyman
... 1996
Janice Dillon
... 1995
Noëlle Guillaumet
... 1995
Emily
... 1994
Beatrice-Joanna
... 1993
Fanny
... 1993
Lydia
... 1993
Helen Schwartz
... 1992
Elena Quince
... 1990
... 1990
Stella Anderson
... 1990
Moira
... 1990
Donna McCarty
... 1989
Kristy Briggs
... 1988
Denise
... 1987
Mary Dalton
... 1986
Snow White
... 1984
Deborah Gelly
... 1984
Caddie Winger
... 1984
Chloe Allen
... 1983
Evelyn Nesbit
... 1981
Jeannine Pratt
... 1980
