Mary Ellen Trainor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-07-08 (63 years old)

Deathday

2015-05-20

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mary Ellen Trainor

Biography

Mary Ellen Trainor was an actress well-known for roles in a variety of 80s movies including Romancing the Stone, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon (and its sequels), The Monster Squad, Action Jackson, Die Hard, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, and Back to the Future 2, among other things. One of her most iconic roles was that of the greedy wife in the famous killer Santa episode of Tales From the Crypt "And All Through the House".

Acting

1989

Lethal Weapon 2

as Police Psychiatrist

1998

Lethal Weapon 4

as Dr. Stephanie Woods

1987

Lethal Weapon

as Psychologist

1992

Lethal Weapon 3

as Stephanie Woods

1988

Die Hard

as Gail Wallens

1996

1995

Congo

as Moira

2002

Moonlight Mile

as Mrs. Meyerson

1990

Rock Hudson

as Female Agent

1996

A Face to Die For

as Nora Gilmore

1994

Greedy

as Nora

1991

Ricochet

as Gail Wallens

1985

The Goonies

as Mrs. Walsh

1988

Scrooged

as Ted

1987

1989

Ghostbusters II

as Brownstone Mother

1995

2007

Cake: A Wedding Story

as Jane Andrews

1984

1989

Back to the Future Part II

as Officer Reese (uncredited)

1994

Forrest Gump

as Jenny's Babysitter (uncredited)

2003

Freaky Friday

as Diary Reading Patient

1994

Little Giants

as Karen O'Shea

1992

Death Becomes Her

as Vivian Adams

1998

Someone to Love Me

as Jocelyn Hart

1988

Action Jackson

as Secretary

1999

Anywhere but Here

as Homeowner

1997

Hope

as Maize Burns

1991

Grand Canyon

as Ms. Green

2001

Amy's Orgasm

as Amy's Mom

1984

The Stone Boy

as Doris Simms

1990

Fire Birds

as Janet Little

1992

Kuffs

as Nikki Allyn

1989

Fear Stalk

as Jennifer

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