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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 18, 1961
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Элизабет Макговерн
- 伊麗莎白·麥高文
- الیزابت مک گاورن
Elizabeth McGovern
2.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.7
Helen
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
7.2
Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
1.0
Self
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
5.4
Margaret
And Mrs.
2024
7.2
Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
7.3
Helen Brown
War of the Worlds
2019
3.6
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
7.1
Cora Crawley
Downton Abbey
2019
6.3
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
0.0
Self (archive footage)
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
2019
Credits
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Helen
2025
6.7
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Cora Crawley
2025
7.2
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
2025
1.0
And Mrs.
as Margaret
2024
5.4
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Cora Crawley
2022
7.2
War of the Worlds
as Helen Brown
2019
7.3
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
2019
7.1
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
The Chaperone
as Norma
2019
6.2
The Wife
as Elaine Mozell
2018
7.1
The Commuter
as Karen MacCauley
2018
6.4
Showing Roots
as Shirley
2016
5.6
The Queen At 90
as Narrator
2016
0.0
Unexpected
as Carolyn
2015
5.7
Swung
as Dolly Adams
2015
5.4
Woman in Gold
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
2015
7.3
🎬
Civil War: The Untold Story
as Narrator (voice)
2014
5.0
🎬
The Kumars
as Self
2014
5.0
Screen Goddesses
as Narrator
2012
0.0
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Mrs. Thatcham
2012
5.4
Angels Crest
as Jane
2011
5.6
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
2011
0.0
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
2010
8.1
Kick-Ass
as Mrs. Lizewski
2010
7.1
Clash of the Titans
as Marmara
2010
5.9
10 Minute Tales
2009
7.5
Modern Family
as California Mom (archive footage)
2009
7.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Inconceivable
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
2008
5.8
Freezing
2008
5.7
A Room with a View
as Mrs Honeychurch
2007
5.3
Daphne
as Ellen Doubleday
2007
5.8
Three Moons Over Milford
2006
0.0
The Truth
as Donna
2006
0.0
Big Fat Quiz
as Self - Guest
2004
7.7
Remembering Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit (archive footage)
2004
0.0
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
0.0
Thursday the 12th
as Candice Hopper
2003
0.0
Buffalo Soldiers
as Mrs. Berman
2002
6.3
Hawkins
as Susie Hawkins
2001
0.0
The Flamingo Rising
as Edna Lee
2001
4.4
The House of Mirth
as Mrs. Carry Fisher
2000
6.1
Manila
as Elizabeth
2000
5.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Faith Sutton
1999
7.9
Loose Women
as Self
1999
3.2
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Marguerite Blakeney
1999
7.2
The Misadventures of Margaret
as Till Turner
1998
4.7
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Diane
1998
4.9
Clover
as Sara Kate
1997
4.5
The Wings of the Dove
as Susan Stringham
1997
6.6
The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Celia Rayburn
1996
5.7
Broken Glass
as Margaret Hyman
1996
0.0
🎬
If Not for You
as Jessie Kent
1995
3.0
Broken Trust
as Janice Dillon
1995
5.2
Wings of Courage
as Noëlle Guillaumet
1995
6.5
The Favor
as Emily
1994
4.8
The Changeling
as Beatrice-Joanna
1993
0.0
Me and Veronica
as Fanny
1993
1.0
King of the Hill
as Lydia
1993
6.8
Tales from Hollywood
as Helen Schwartz
1992
1.0
🎬
Ashenden
as Aileen Somerville
1991
6.0
Performance
as Helen Schwartz
1991
6.0
Performance
as Margaret Hyman
1991
6.0
Performance
as Beatrice-Joanna
1991
6.0
Tune in Tomorrow...
as Elena Quince
1990
5.2
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Vicki
1990
4.1
A Shock to the System
as Stella Anderson
1990
6.4
The Handmaid's Tale
as Moira
1990
6.1
Johnny Handsome
as Donna McCarty
1989
6.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Laura Kendall
1989
7.9
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dame Celia Westholme
1989
8.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
She's Having a Baby
as Kristy Briggs
1988
5.9
The Bedroom Window
as Denise
1987
6.3
Native Son
as Mary Dalton
1986
5.0
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Snow White
1984
6.0
Once Upon a Time in America
as Deborah Gelly
1984
8.4
Racing with the Moon
as Caddie Winger
1984
6.2
Lovesick
as Chloe Allen
1983
5.5
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Snow White
1982
8.1
Ragtime
as Evelyn Nesbit
1981
7.0
Ordinary People
as Jeannine Pratt
1980
7.5
California Fever
1979
5.0
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Celia
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Edna Lee
1951
8.6
🎬
Switzerland
N/A
0.0