Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952 – May 20, 2015) was an American actress best remembered as Dr. Stephanie Woods (an LAPD psychiatrist) in the Lethal Weapon films and as Irene Walsh (Mikey and Brand's mom) in The Goonies.

Biography

Trainor was married to director Robert Zemeckis for 20 years, with whom she had a son, Alexander. She was good friends with producer Kathleen Kennedy, who worked with Steven Spielberg extensively and is now President of Lucasfilm. Trainor introduced the two.

Trainor died on May 20, 2015, at her home in Montecito, California from complications of pancreatic cancer.

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