Biography for
Mary Ellen Trainor More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

8 July 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse

Robert Zemeckis

(26 July 1980 - 2000) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Was once married to director Robert Zemeckis. Appeared in four of his films while they were married: Romancing the Stone (1984), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994).

Frequently cast in Richard Donner's films.

Son, Alexander Zemeckis, with Robert Zemeckis.

Appeared in all four Lethal Weapon movies, as police psychiatrist Dr Stephanie Woods.

Appeared in two different movies - Die Hard (1988) and Ricochet (1991) - as the same news reporter, Gail Wallens. The character in Ricochet (1991) continually covered Denzel Washington's character, until the final scene when he shuts off the camera and tells Gail to kiss his ass. In Die Hard (1988), she is the co-anchor at the news station reporting the terrorist-hostage takeover.