Mary Ellen Trainor
Date of birth: 1952-07-08
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: مری الن ترینور
Biography
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".
Movie Credits
Lethal Weapon 2
1989-07-07
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in cri
Lethal Weapon 4
1998-07-10
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chines
Lethal Weapon
1987-03-06
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in orde
Lethal Weapon 3
1992-05-15
Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies t
Die Hard
1988-07-15
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when,
Executive Decision
1996-03-15
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader
Congo
1995-06-09
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, wher
Moonlight Mile
2002-09-09
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what h
Rock Hudson
1990-01-08
Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by
A Face to Die For
1996-03-11
A scarred, unattractive young woman is conned into helping with a robbery of her employer. As a resu
Greedy
1994-03-04
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead
Ricochet
1991-10-04
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
The Goonies
1985-06-07
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure
Scrooged
1988-11-22
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature
The Monster Squad
1987-08-14
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the
Ghostbusters II
1989-06-16
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff
Seduced and Betrayed
1995-04-24
A beautiful but equally dangerous widow won't take "no" for an answer as she draws a dedicated famil
Cake: A Wedding Story
2007-10-05
When two star-crossed lovers, set on eloping, are forced into having a big wedding, the bride develo
Romancing the Stone
1984-03-30
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. T
Back to the Future Part II
1989-11-22
Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes i
Forrest Gump
1994-06-23
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant hi
Freaky Friday
2003-08-05
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to
Little Giants
1994-10-14
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides
Death Becomes Her
1992-07-30
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a m
Someone to Love Me
1998-09-14
Cayley is still recovering from her father's sudden death when she begins attending a new school. Lo
Action Jackson
1988-02-12
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's syste
Anywhere but Here
1999-11-12
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her
Hope
1997-10-19
The story of a town's secret, a family's crisis, and a young girl's struggle to reveal the truth.
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999-09-07
In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series
Grand Canyon
1991-12-25
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in mode
Amy's Orgasm
2001-03-08
Amy is a single 29 year old Jewish woman. She wrote a successful self-help book about how women can'
The Stone Boy
1984-04-04
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in
Fire Birds
1990-05-25
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been
Kuffs
1992-01-10
George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnan
Fear Stalk
1989-12-17
A producer from Beverly Hills is shocked when someone steals all of her belongings out of her purse.