Mary Ellen Trainor is an American actress best remembered as either Dr. Stephanie Woods in Lethal Weapon or as Harriet Walsh in The Goonies. Trainor was born in Chicago, Illinois. She played Diane Evans on the TV series Roswell between 1999 and 2002, and Judy Lewis, the mother to the title character in Fox's Parker Lewis Can't Lose from 1989-1991. She frequently appears in the films of Richard Donner and Robert Zemeckis; the latter being her ex-husband, with whom she had a son, Alexander. Many other film characters she plays include Romancing the Stone, as Elaine. The Monster Squad, Die... Hard and Ricochet, as Gail Wallens. Scrooged, as Ted. Ghostbusters II, as the mother Ms. Brownstone who hires the group in the opening scene for her son's birthday. Back to the Future Part II, as the investigating officer Reese from the future that answers to the house alarm. Death Becomes Her, as Vivian Adams Forrest Gump, as Jenny's babysitter. Congo, as Moira Anywhere But Here, as a misalliances homeowner.
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