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Elizabeth McGovern
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Actor Born: July 18, 1961 in Evanston, IL 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... Full Biography
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