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Elizabeth McGovern

Name in Native Language: "Elizabeth Lee McGovern" (English/EN)
Actress / Singer-songwriter / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 07/18/1961 (62) | Evanston, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American-British actress. She has received many awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination. Born in Evanston, Illinois, McGovern spent most of her early life in Los Angeles. After attending the American Conservatory Theater and the Juilliard School, she made her feature film debut in Ordinary People (1980). For her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the musical film Ragtime (1981), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently had lead roles in a number of major studio films, including Once Upon a Time in America (1984), She's Having a Baby (1987), The Bedroom Window (1987), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), and ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that wil ...

Downton Abbey

PG

2019 | 3.6/5 | 2h 2min
Drama, Romance / Love, History
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Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth ...

Ordinary People

R

1980 | 3.7/5 | 2h 4min
Drama
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In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility. ...

The Handmaid's Tale

R

1990 | 3.1/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Science Fiction
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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. ...

Once Upon a Time in America

R

1984 | 4.2/5 | 3h 49min
Drama, Crime
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A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierar ...

Downton Abbey

TV-PG

2010 | 4.1/5 | 1h 6min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Elizabeth McGovern

Theatre World Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Elizabeth McGovern as Actress(54)

2023 And Mrs
as Cora Crawley2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Staring2019 JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
as Norma2019 The Chaperone
as Cora Crawley2019 Downton Abbey
as Karen MacCauley2018 The Commuter
as Elaine Mozell2018 The Wife
as Narrator2016 The Queen At 90
as Shirley2016 Showing Roots
as Carolyn2015 Unexpected
as Dolly Adams2015 Swung
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper2015 Woman in Gold
as Mrs. Thatcham2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Narrator2012 Screen Goddesses
as Jane2011 Angels Crest
as Mrs. Lizewski2010 Kick-Ass
as Marmara2010 Clash of the Titans
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams2008 Inconceivable
as Mrs Honeychurch2007 A Room with a View
as Ellen Doubleday2007 Daphne
as Donna2006 The Truth
as Candice Hopper2003 Thursday the 12th
as Mrs. Berman2002 Buffalo Soldiers
2001 Hawkins
as Edna Lee2001 The Flamingo Rising
as Mrs. Carry Fisher2000 The House of Mirth
as Elizabeth2000 Manila
as Till Turner1998 The Misadventures of Margaret
as Diane1998 Twice Upon a Yesterday
as Sara Kate1997 Clover
as Susan Stringham1997 The Wings of the Dove
as Celia Rayburn1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Noëlle Guillaumet1996 Wings of Courage
as Margaret Hyman1996 Broken Glass
as Janice Dillon1995 Broken Trust
as Emily1994 The Favor
as Beatrice-Joanna1993 The Changeling
as Lydia1993 King of the Hill
as Fanny1993 Me and Veronica
as Helen Schwartz1992 Tales from Hollywood
as Moira1990 The Handmaid's Tale
as Elena Quince1990 Tune in Tomorrow...
as Stella Anderson1990 A Shock to the System
as Vicki1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Donna McCarty1989 Johnny Handsome
as Kristy Briggs1988 She's Having a Baby
as Denise1987 The Bedroom Window
as Mary Dalton1986 Native Son
as Deborah Gelly1984 Once Upon a Time in America
as Snow White1984 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Caddie Winger1984 Racing with the Moon
as Chloe Allen1983 Lovesick
as Evelyn Nesbit1981 Ragtime
as Jeannine Pratt1980 Ordinary People

TV Shows/Series with Elizabeth McGovern as Actress(23)

as Helen Brown2019 War of the Worlds
as herself2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as herself2014 The Kumars
as Narrator (voice)2014 Civil War: The Untold Story
as Cora Crawley2010 Downton Abbey
as California Mom (archive footage)2009 Modern Family
2008 Freezing
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
2006 Three Moons Over Milford
as Self - Guest2004 Big Fat Quiz
2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
as Marguerite Blakeney1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel
as herself1999 Loose Women
as Faith Sutton1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1995 If Not for You
as Beatrice-Joanna1991 Performance
as Dame Celia Westholme1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 Tales from the Crypt
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Snow White1982 Faerie Tale Theatre
1979 California Fever
as Celia??? Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Edna Lee??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Elizabeth McGovern as Crew(2)

Production/Producer2019 The Chaperone
Writing/Writer2010 Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

TV Shows/Series with Elizabeth McGovern as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer2024 Dinosaur

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Born: Tuesday, 07/18 1961 (July) in Evanston, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 62 years + 277 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Oakwood School, Los Angeles, North Hollywood High School
Spouses (current/former): Simon Curtis
Siblings: Cammie McGovern
Father: William McGovern
Mother: Katharine Wolcott Watts
Related to: William Montgomery McGovern
Other names for Elizabeth McGovern (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Элизабет Макговерн"
Elizabeth McGovern frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Richard Thomas (8x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
Julian Fellowes (7x, Actor)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
John Lithgow (6x, Actor)
Hugh Grant (6x, Actor)
Ellen Burstyn (6x, Actress)
Bernadette Peters (6x, Actress)
Terry Serpico (6x, Actor)
Thomas Huhn (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1191, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/07/2024