Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1961-07-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Ordinary People	Jeannine Pratt	75
2	1981	Ragtime	Evelyn Nesbit	70
3	1983	Lovesick	Chloe Allen	55
4	1984	Racing with the Moon	Caddie Winger	62
5	1984	Once Upon a Time in America	Deborah Gelly	84
6	1984	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Snow White	60
7	1986	Native Son	Mary Dalton	52
8	1987	The Bedroom Window	Denise	63
9	1988	She's Having a Baby	Kristy Briggs	59
10	1989	Johnny Handsome	Donna McCarty	63
11	1990	The Handmaid's Tale	Moira	62
12	1990	A Shock to the System	Stella Anderson	64
13	1990	Women and Men: Stories of Seduction	Vicki	45
14	1990	Tune in Tomorrow...	Elena Quince	53
15	1992	Tales from Hollywood	Helen Schwartz	10
16	1993	King of the Hill	Lydia	68
17	1993	Me and Veronica	Fanny	10
18	1993	The Changeling	Beatrice-Joanna	0
19	1994	The Favor	Emily	50
20	1995	Wings of Courage	Noëlle Guillaumet	67
21	1995	Broken Trust	Janice Dillon	52
22	1996	Broken Glass	Margaret Hyman	0
23	1996	The Summer of Ben Tyler	Celia Rayburn	57
24	1997	The Wings of the Dove	Susan Stringham	67
25	1997	Clover	Sara Kate	45
26	1998	The Man with Rain in His Shoes	Diane	49
27	1998	The Misadventures of Margaret	Till Turner	52
28	2000	Manila	Elizabeth	50
29	2000	The House of Mirth	Mrs. Carry Fisher	62
30	2001	The Flamingo Rising	Edna Lee	44
31	2001	Hawkins	Susie Hawkins	0
32	2002	Buffalo Soldiers	Mrs. Berman	63
33	2003	Thursday the 12th	Candice Hopper	0
34	2004	Remembering Ragtime	Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)	0
35	2006	The Truth	Donna	0
36	2007	Daphne	Ellen Doubleday	60
37	2007	A Room with a View	Mrs Honeychurch	54
38	2008	Inconceivable	Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams	58
39	2010	Kick-Ass	Mrs. Lizewski	71
40	2010	Clash of the Titans	Marmara	59
41	2011	Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters	Wallis Simpson (Voice)	0
42	2011	Angels Crest	Jane	57
43	2012	Cheerful Weather for the Wedding	Mrs. Thatcham	56
44	2012	Screen Goddesses	Narrator	0
45	2015	Woman in Gold	Judge Florence-Marie Cooper	73
46	2015	Swung	Dolly Adams	56
47	2015	Unexpected	Carolyn	57
48	2016	The Queen At 90	Narrator	0
49	2016	Showing Roots	Shirley	56
50	2018	The Commuter	Karen MacCauley	64
51	2018	The Wife	Elaine Mozell	71
52	2019	The Chaperone	Norma	62
53	2019	JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes	Staring	0
54	2019	Downton Abbey	Cora Crawley	71
55	2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Cora Crawley	72
56	2024	And Mrs.	Margaret	54
57	2025	Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale	Cora Crawley	0
58		Switzerland		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Celia	86
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Edna Lee	86
3	1967	Omnibus	Self	72
4	1979	California Fever		50
5	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Snow White	81
6	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		56
7	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Dame Celia Westholme	82
8	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Laura Kendall	80
9	1991	Performance	Helen Schwartz	60
10	1991	Performance	Margaret Hyman	60
11	1991	Performance	Beatrice-Joanna	60
12	1991	Ashenden	Aileen Somerville	60
13	1995	If Not for You	Jessie Kent	30
14	1999	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Marguerite Blakeney	72
15	1999	Loose Women	Self	32
16	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Faith Sutton	79
17	2003	The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire		0
18	2004	Big Fat Quiz	Self - Guest	76
19	2006	Three Moons Over Milford		0
20	2008	Freezing		55
21	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
22	2009	Modern Family	California Mom (archive footage)	79
23	2009	10 Minute Tales		75
24	2010	Downton Abbey	Cora Crawley	81
25	2014	The Kumars	Self	50
26	2014	Civil War: The Untold Story	Narrator (voice)	50
27	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
28	2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self	36
29	2019	War of the Worlds	Helen Brown	73
30		Talamasca: The Secret Order	Helen	0

Elizabeth McGovern

Film

Television