Mary Ellen Trainor

Born: 1952-07-08, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 2015-05-20

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".

Filmography

• Remington Steele (1982)
• Cheers (1982)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Roswell (1999)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Amazing Stories (1985)
• Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Freaky Friday (2003)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Crazy like a Fox (1984)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
• Romancing the Stone (1984)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• Congo (1995)
• Scrooged (1988)
• Ricochet (1991)
• Greedy (1994)
• Action Jackson (1988)
• Relativity (1996)
• The Monster Squad (1987)
• Little Giants (1994)
• Anywhere but Here (1999)
• Kuffs (1992)