Elizabeth McGovern
Acting
🎂 1961-07-18
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.
Cast credits(88)
Self
2019
Self - Guest
2009
Faith Sutton
1999
1988
Self
2019
California Mom (archive footage)
2009
Dame Celia Westholme
1989
Cora Crawley
2010
Self
1967
Helen Brown
2019
Snow White
1982
Laura Kendall
1989
Self
1999
Celia
1951
Edna Lee
1951
Helen Schwartz
1991
Margaret Hyman
1991
Beatrice-Joanna
1991
Self - Guest
2004
2009
2008
Narrator (voice)
2014
Deborah Gelly
1984
2006
Marmara
2010
Mrs. Lizewski
2010
Cora Crawley
2022
Karen MacCauley
2018
Cora Crawley
2025
Cora Crawley
2019
Dolly Adams
2015
Helen
Jessie Kent
1995
Marguerite Blakeney
1999
Moira
1990
1979
2003
Aileen Somerville
1991
Jeannine Pratt
1980
Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
2015
Self
2014
Kristy Briggs
1988
Elaine Mozell
2018
Margaret
2024
Stella Anderson
1990
Donna McCarty
1989
Evelyn Nesbit
1981
Caddie Winger
1984
Susan Stringham
1997
Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
2008
Denise
1987
Diane
1998
Mrs. Berman
2002
Mrs. Carry Fisher
2000
Emily
1994
Norma
2019
Carolyn
2015
Lydia
1993
Mrs. Thatcham
2012
Ellen Doubleday
2007
Jane
2011
Mary Dalton
1986
Fanny
1993
Elizabeth
2000
Chloe Allen
1983
Vicki
1990
Janice Dillon
1995
Snow White
1984
Till Turner
1998
Helen Schwartz
1992
Shirley
2016
Celia Rayburn
1996
Edna Lee
2001
Elena Quince
1990
Noëlle Guillaumet
1995
Candice Hopper
2003
Mrs Honeychurch
2007
Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
2004
Beatrice-Joanna
1993
Margaret Hyman
1996
Sara Kate
1997
Narrator
2016
Narrator
2012
Donna
2006
Wallis Simpson (Voice)
2011
Susie Hawkins
2001
Staring
2019