About

Known credits:
73
Birthday:
1961-07-18
Place of birth:
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Website:
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Elizabeth McGovern

Overview

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

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
2025 Downton Abbey 3 Actor Cora Crawley N/A
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2024 And Mrs Actor Margaret 58
Average
2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era Actor Cora Crawley 65
Fair
2019 War of the Worlds Actor Helen Brown 72
Good
2019 Downton Abbey Actor Cora Crawley 67
Fair
2019 JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes Actor Staring N/A
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2019 The Chaperone Actor Norma 59
Average
2018 The Wife Actor Elaine Mozell 67
Fair
2018 The Commuter Actor Karen MacCauley 63
Fair
2016 Showing Roots Actor Shirley 59
Average
2016 The Queen At 90 Actor Narrator N/A
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2015 Downton Abbey: The Finale Actor Cora Crawley N/A
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2015 Unexpected Actor Carolyn 58
Average
2015 Swung Actor Dolly Adams 58
Average
2015 Woman in Gold Actor Judge Florence-Marie Cooper 69
Fair
2014 Downton Abbey: A Moorland Holiday Actor Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham 60
Fair
2014 Civil War: The Untold Story Actor Narrator (voice) 69
Fair
2013 Downton Abbey: The London Season Actor Cora Crawley N/A
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2012 Downton Abbey: A Journey to the Highlands Actor Cora Crawley N/A
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2012 Screen Goddesses Actor Narrator N/A
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2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Actor Mrs. Thatcham 58
Average
2011 Angels Crest Actor Jane 59
Average
2011 Downton Abbey: Christmas at Downton Abbey Actor Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham 60
Fair
2011 Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters Actor Voice N/A
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2010 Downton Abbey Actor Cora Crawley 80
Very good
2010 Clash of the Titans Actor Marmara 59
Average
2010 Kick-Ass Actor Mrs. Lizewski 70
Good
2008 Inconceivable Actor Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams 59
Average
2008 Freezing Actor 69
Fair
2007 A Room with a View Actor Mrs Honeychurch 58
Average
2007 Daphne Actor Ellen Doubleday 59
Average
2006 Three Moons Over Milford Actor N/A
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2006 The Truth Actor Donna N/A
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2004 Remembering Ragtime Actor Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage) N/A
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2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Actor N/A
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2003 Thursday the 12th Actor Candice Hopper N/A
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2002 Buffalo Soldiers Actor Mrs. Berman 60
Fair
2001 Hawkins Actor Susie Hawkins N/A
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2001 The Flamingo Rising Actor Edna Lee 58
Average
2000 The House of Mirth Actor Mrs. Carry Fisher 59
Average
2000 Manila Actor Elizabeth 58
Average
1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel Actor Marguerite Blakeney 69
Fair
1998 The Misadventures of Margaret Actor Till Turner 58
Average
1998 The Man with Rain in His Shoes Actor Diane 58
Average
1997 Clover Actor Sara Kate 58
Average
1997 The Wings of the Dove Actor Susan Stringham 60
Fair
1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler Actor Celia Rayburn 59
Average
1996 Broken Glass Actor Margaret Hyman N/A
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1995 If Not for You Actor Jessie Kent 68
Fair
1995 Broken Trust Actor Janice Dillon 58
Average
1995 Wings of Courage Actor Noëlle Guillaumet 59
Average
1994 The Favor Actor Emily 58
Average
1993 The Changeling Actor Beatrice-Joanna N/A
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1993 Me and Veronica Actor Fanny 58
Average
1993 King of the Hill Actor Lydia 61
Fair
1992 Tales from Hollywood Actor Helen Schwartz N/A
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1990 Tune in Tomorrow... Actor Elena Quince 58
Average
1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction Actor Vicki 58
Average
1990 A Shock to the System Actor Stella Anderson 59
Average
1990 The Handmaid's Tale Actor Moira 59
Average
1989 Johnny Handsome Actor Donna McCarty 60
Fair
1988 She's Having a Baby Actor Kristy Briggs 59
Average
1987 The Bedroom Window Actor Denise 59
Average
1986 Native Son Actor Mary Dalton 58
Average
1984 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Actor Snow White 58
Average
1984 Once Upon a Time in America Actor Deborah Gelly 81
Very good
1984 Racing with the Moon Actor Caddie Winger 59
Average
1983 Lovesick Actor Chloe Allen 58
Average
1981 Ragtime Actor Evelyn Nesbit 61
Fair
1980 Ordinary People Actor Jeannine Pratt 67
Fair
Anne Rice's The Talamasca Actor Helen N/A
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Writing
2010 Nature Amazing Places Hawaii Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2019 The Chaperone Production Producer 59
Average