Acting credits
84
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Elizabeth McGovern
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
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Movies: 60Series: 25Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 4513
IMDb ID: nm0001527
Known for: Acting
Born: July 18, 1961
Age: 65
Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
Wikidata: Q233868
Also known as
Элизабет Макговерн • 伊麗莎白·麥高文 • الیزابت مک گاورن
Other jobs
Producer (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Elizabeth McGovern.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Cora Crawley
2025 Movie
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
as Self
2025 Movie
And Mrs.
as Margaret
2024 Movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Cora Crawley
2022 Movie
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley
2019 Movie
JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
The Chaperone
as Norma
2019 Movie
The Commuter
as Karen MacCauley
2018 Movie
The Wife
as Elaine Mozell
2017 Movie
Showing Roots
as Shirley
2016 Movie
The Queen At 90
as Narrator
2016 Movie
Unexpected
as Carolyn
2015 Movie
Swung
as Dolly Adams
2015 Movie
Woman in Gold
as Judge Florence-Marie Cooper
2015 Movie
Screen Goddesses
as Narrator
2012 Movie
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Mrs. Thatcham
2012 Movie
Angels Crest
as Jane
2011 Movie
Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters
as Wallis Simpson (Voice)
2011 Movie
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Writer
2010 Movie
Kick-Ass
as Mrs. Lizewski
2010 Movie
Clash of the Titans
as Marmara
2010 Movie
Inconceivable
as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
2008 Movie
A Room with a View
as Mrs Honeychurch
2007 Movie
Daphne
as Ellen Doubleday
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Elizabeth McGovern.
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Helen • 6 eps
2025 Series
War of the Worlds
as Helen Brown • 9 eps
2019 Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Civil War: The Untold Story
as Narrator (voice) • 5 eps
2014 Series
Downton Abbey
as Cora Crawley • 47 eps
2010 Series
10 Minute Tales
as Ex-Wife • 1 eps
2009 Series
Modern Family
as California Mom (archive footage) • 1 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Freezing
3 eps
2008 Series
Three Moons Over Milford
8 eps
2006 Series
Big Fat Quiz
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2004 Series
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
as Helen Shaw • 8 eps
2003 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Faith Sutton • 1 eps
1999 Series
Loose Women
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Marguerite Blakeney • 6 eps
1999 Series
Performance
as Helen Schwartz • 1 eps
1991 Series
Tales from the Crypt
as Laura Kendall • 1 eps
1989 Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dame Celia Westholme • 1 eps
1989 Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self • 1 eps
1988 Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Snow White • 1 eps
1982 Series
American Playhouse
as Mary Dalton • 1 eps
1982 Series
California Fever
1 eps
1979 Series
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series