Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952[1] – May 20, 2015) was an American character actress best known for her roles as LAPD psychiatrist Dr. Stephanie Woods in the Lethal Weapon films, newscaster Gail Wallens in Die Hard and Ricochet, and Irene Walsh in The Goonies.

She also appeared in numerous other well-known films including Romancing the Stone, The Monster Squad, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, and Freaky Friday (2003).

[2] Her first television appearance came in the 1983 Cheers episode "Father Knows Last", and her big-screen debut came the following year in Romancing the Stone.

Trainor was married to director Robert Zemeckis for 20 years,[citation needed] with whom she had a son, Alexander.

[citation needed] She was good friends with producer Kathleen Kennedy,[3] who worked with Steven Spielberg extensively and serves as President of Lucasfilm.