Birthday: July 18, 1961
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 ...more- 1981
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- New Star of the Year
- Ragtime
- nom
- 1981
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Supporting Actress
- Ragtime
- nom
- 2008
- Inconceivable
- Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams
- 2007
- Daphne
- Ellen Doubleday
- 2006
- Three Moons Over Milford (TV Series)
- Laura Davis
- 2003
- The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (TV Series)
- Helen Shaw
- 2001
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Mrs. Berman












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