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Mary Ellen Trainor

Mary Ellen Trainor

Acting • 1952-07-08 • 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".

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Roswell7.7

Roswell

1999

Lethal Weapon 36.7

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

Parker Lewis Can't Lose7.4

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

1990

Romancing the Stone6.8

Romancing the Stone

1984

Ricochet6.1

Ricochet

1991

Death Becomes Her6.8

Death Becomes Her

1992

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