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Mary Ellen Trainor

Acting · Born July 8, 1952 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952 – May 20, 2015) 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".

Mary Ellen Trainor movies and shows

  • Cheers1982
  • Golden Globe Awards1944
  • Remington Steele1982
  • Forrest Gump1994
  • Tales from the Crypt1989
  • Roswell1999
  • Amazing Stories1985
  • Die Hard1988
  • Back to the Future Part II1989
  • Parker Lewis Can't Lose1990
  • Crazy like a Fox1984
  • The Goonies1985
  • Lethal Weapon1987
  • Ghostbusters II1989
  • Freaky Friday2003
  • Lethal Weapon 21989
  • Death Becomes Her1992
  • Lethal Weapon 31992
  • Romancing the Stone1984
  • Lethal Weapon 41998
  • Scrooged1988
  • Relativity1996
  • Executive Decision1996
  • Congo1995