Mary Ellen Trainor

Acting · Born 1952-07-08 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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".

Known for

• Cake: A Wedding Story (2007)
• Freaky Friday (2003)
• Moonlight Mile (2002)
• Amy's Orgasm (2001)
• Anywhere but Here (1999)
• Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Someone to Love Me (1998)
• Hope (1997)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• A Face to Die For (1996)
• Congo (1995)
• Seduced and Betrayed (1995)
• Greedy (1994)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Little Giants (1994)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Kuffs (1992)
• Ricochet (1991)
• Grand Canyon (1991)
• Rock Hudson (1990)
• Fire Birds (1990)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)