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Elizabeth McGovern
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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,…
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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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2027
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Movie
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2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order
TV show Helen
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2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie Cora Crawley
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2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Movie Self
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2024
And Mrs.
Movie Margaret
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2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie Cora Crawley
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2019
War of the Worlds
TV show Helen Brown
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
Downton Abbey
Movie Cora Crawley
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Chaperone
Movie Norma
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2018
The Commuter
Movie Karen MacCauley
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2017
The Wife
Movie Elaine Mozell
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2016
Showing Roots
Movie Shirley
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2016
The Queen At 90
Movie Narrator
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2015
Unexpected
Movie Carolyn
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2015
Swung
Movie Dolly Adams
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2015
Woman in Gold
Movie Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
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2014
Civil War: The Untold Story
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2014
The Kumars
TV show Self
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2012
Screen Goddesses
Movie Narrator
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2012
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Movie Mrs. Thatcham
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2011
Angels Crest
Movie Jane
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2011
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
Movie Wallis Simpson (Voice)
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2010
Downton Abbey
TV show Cora Crawley
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2010
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Movie Writer
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2010
Kick-Ass
Movie Mrs. Lizewski
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2010
Clash of the Titans
Movie Marmara
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2009
10 Minute Tales
TV show Ex-Wife
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2009
Modern Family
TV show California Mom (archive footage)
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2008
Inconceivable
Movie Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
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2008
A Room with a View
TV show Mrs Honeychurch
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2008
Freezing
TV show
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2007
A Room with a View
Movie Mrs Honeychurch
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2007
Daphne
Movie Ellen Doubleday
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2006
Three Moons Over Milford
TV show
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2006
The Truth
Movie Donna
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2004
Big Fat Quiz
TV show Self - Guest
