| BIOGRAPHY
The daughter of educators, Elizabeth McGovern moved from her
home town of Evanston, Illinois to Los Angeles when her father,
a law professor at Northwestern, transferred to UCLA.
Discovered for the movies while appearing in a high-school play,
McGovern made an impressive screen debut as the girlfriend of
emotionally disturbed teenager Timothy Hutton in the Oscar-winning
Ordinary People (1980).
The following year, she earned an Academy Award nomination for
her portrayal of notorious turn-of-the-century "kept lady"
Evelyn Nesbit Shaw in Ragtime.
She honed her acting skills at Julliard and the American Conservatory
Theatre, then made her off-Broadway debut in a 1981 production
of To Be Young, Gifted and Black; her later stage credits include
Painting Churches and The Hitch-hiker.
Carefully avoiding the make-work roles usually reserved for actresses
of her generation, McGovern has opted for offbeat characterizations
in such films as Racing with the Moon (1984) and Once Upon a Time
in America.
She seems unconcerned with the size of her roles, so long as
she can make a lasting impression as witness The Handmaid's Tale
(1991) in which she deftly handles her role with such formidable
co-stars as Natasha Richardson and Robert Duvall with her brief
appearance as self-deprecating lesbian prostitute Moira.
Elizabeth also starred in the 1995 TV sitcom If Not for You. |
FILMOGRAPHY
• Buffalo Soldiers (2003)
• The Flamingo Rising (2001)
• The House of Mirth (2000)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1998)
• The Misadventures of Margaret (1997)
• The Wings of the Dove (1997)
• The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
• Broken Trust (1995)
• Wings of Courage (1995)
• The Favor (1994)
• King of the Hill (1993)
• Me & Veronica (1993)
• The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
• Johnny Handsome (1990)
• A Shock to the System (1990)
• She's Having a Baby (1988)
• The Bedroom Window (1987)
• Native Son (1987)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Racing With the Moon (1984)
• Lovesick (1983)
• Ragtime (1981) |
