Actor

Mary Ellen Trainor

32 credited titles on WatchWise

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".

Mary Ellen Trainor in one minute

Strongest genre

Thriller

$125M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Lethal Weapon 3

$322M

Standout efficiency

9.2x

Lethal Weapon 3 · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$277M

Combined reported budget

$89M

Gross / budget

3.1x

Bankability Index

38 / 100

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