Mary Ellen Trainor, a veteran actress likely best remembered for appearing in all four Lethal Weapon movies, passed away on May 20 at her home in Montecito, California. She was 62 years old. Kathleen Kennedy, a long-time friend of the star’s and the President of Lucasfilm, confirmed the sad news to The Hollywood Reporter today, though no cause of death has been verified. Trainor married director Robert Zemeckis in 1980 and made her big big screen debut as the character of Elaine in Romancing the Stone. She and her husband later also worked together on Back to the Future Part II (1989), Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994). They divorced in 2000. Trainor played Los Angeles police psychiatrist Dr. Stephanie Woods in the quartet of Lethal Weapon films and also made a memorable appeared in The Goonies. Among others, she is survived Alex and his girlfriend Kat; her mother Jane; and siblings Ned, Jack, Barbara and Carolyn. View Slideshow: Celebrities We Lost in 2015
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Mary Ellen Trainor Dies; Veteran Actress Was 62
