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.
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Films (61)
Seasons
2027
Downton Abbey III : Le Grand Final
2025 · Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 · Self
Unis Même Après La Mort
2024 · Margaret
Downton Abbey II : Une nouvelle ère
2022 · Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey: La película
2019 · Cora Crawley
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Chaperone
2019 · Norma, Producer
The Passenger
2018 · Karen MacCauley
L'épouse
2017 · Elaine Mozell
Une amitié contre les préjugés
2016 · Shirley
The Queen At 90
2016 · Narrator
Unexpected
2015 · Carolyn
Swung
2015 · Dolly Adams
La Femme au tableau
2015 · Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
Screen Goddesses
2012 · Narrator
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012 · Mrs. Thatcham
Angels Crest
2011 · Jane
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
2011 · Wallis Simpson (Voice)
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010 · Writer
Kick-Ass
2010 · Mrs. Lizewski
Le Choc des Titans
2010 · Marmara
Inconceivable
2008 · Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
A Room with a View
2007 · Mrs Honeychurch
Daphne
2007 · Ellen Doubleday
The Truth
2006 · Donna
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
Thursday the 12th
2003 · Candice Hopper
Código Traición
2002 · Mrs. Berman
Hawkins
2001 · Susie Hawkins
The Flamingo Rising
2001 · Edna Lee
Chez les heureux du monde
2000 · Mrs. Carry Fisher
Manila
2000 · Elizabeth
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998 · Till Turner
If only
1998 · Diane
Clover
1997 · Sara Kate
Les Ailes de la colombe
1997 · Susan Stringham
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996 · Celia Rayburn
Broken Glass
1996 · Margaret Hyman
Broken Trust
1995 · Janice Dillon
Guillaumet, les ailes du courage
1995 · Noëlle Guillaumet
The favor
1994 · Emily
The Changeling
1993 · Beatrice-Joanna
Me and Veronica
1993 · Fanny
King of the Hill
1993 · Lydia
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Helen Schwartz
Tante Julia et le scribouillard
1990 · Elena Quince
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990 · Vicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Business oblige
1990 · Stella Anderson
La Servante écarlate
1990 · Moira
Johnny Handsome
1989 · Donna McCarty
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Kristy Briggs
The Bedroom Window
1987 · Denise
Native Son
1986 · Mary Dalton
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984 · Snow White
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Deborah
Racing with the Moon
1984 · Caddie Winger
Lovesick
1983 · Chloe Allen
Ragtime
1981 · Evelyn Nesbit
Chytilová Versus Forman
1981 · Self
Ordinary People
1980 · Jeannine Pratt
Séries (29)
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025 · Helen
La Guerre des mondes
2019 · Helen Brown
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Civil War: The Untold Story
2014 · Narrator (voice)
The Kumars
2014 · Self
Downton Abbey
2010 · Cora Crawley
10 Minute Tales
2009 · Ex-Wife
Famille moderne
2009 · California Mom (archive footage)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
A Room with a View
2008 · Mrs Honeychurch
Freezing
2008
Three Moons Over Milford
2006
Big Fat Quiz
2004 · Self - Guest
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003 · Helen Shaw
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Faith Sutton
Loose Women
1999 · Self
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999 · Marguerite Blakeney
If Not for You
1995 · Jessie Kent
Ashenden
1991 · Aileen Somerville
Performance
1991 · Helen Schwartz, Margaret Hyman, Beatrice-Joanna
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Laura Kendall
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Dame Celia Westholme
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self, Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Snow White
American Playhouse
1982 · Mary Dalton, Helen Schwartz
California Fever
1979
Omnibus
1967 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Celia, Edna Lee