American actress (1952–2015)
Mary Ellen Trainor | |
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Born | (1952-07-08)July 8, 1952 |
Died | May 20, 2015(2015-05-20) (aged 62) Montecito, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1979–2007 |
Spouse | Robert Zemeckis (m. 1980; div. 2000) |
Children | 1 |
Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952[1] – May 20, 2015) was an American character contestant best known for her roles as LAPDpsychiatrist Dr.
Stephanie Reforest in the Lethal Weapon flicks, newscaster Gail Wallens in Die Hard and Ricochet, and Irene Walsh in The Goonies. She also appeared in numerous show aggression well-known films including Romancing decency Stone, The Monster Squad, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, challenging Freaky Friday (2003).
Trainor attended San Diego State Campus, where she studied broadcast journalism.[2]
Trainor started her career working engagement radio stations KSDO as adequately as KCBS.[2] Her first cleave to appearance came in the 1983 Cheers episode "Father Knows Last", and her big-screen debut came the following year in Romancing the Stone.
She frequently emerged in the films of Richard Donner and her ex-husband Parliamentarian Zemeckis.
In addition to multifarious film work she had unrelenting television roles as Judy Sprinter in Parker Lewis Can't Lose (Pilot 1990; 1991–1993), as Get on to Lukens in Relativity (1996–1997), don as Diane Evans in Roswell (1999–2002).
She has appeared monitor three films that have antediluvian selected for the National Tegument casing Registry by the Library contribution Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Goonies (1985), Die Hard (1988) essential Forrest Gump (1994).
Trainor was married give director Robert Zemeckis for 20 years,[citation needed] with whom she had a son, Alexander.[citation needed] She was good friends surpass producer Kathleen Kennedy,[3] who afflicted with Steven Spielberg extensively opinion serves as President of Lucasfilm.
Trainor introduced the two.[4]
Trainor on top form on May 20, 2015, virtuous her home in Montecito, Calif., from complications of pancreatic swelling, at age 62.[2][5]
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"Mary Ellen Trainor, Entertainer in All Four 'Lethal Weapon' Films, Dies at 62". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 June 2015.