'Lethal Weapon' and 'The Goonies' actress dies at 62

She was 62 years old.

Trainor, who also distinguished herself as housewife Mrs. Walsh in The Goonies (1985), died May 20 at his home in Montecito, Calif., said Kathleen Kennedy, a lifelong friend, San Diego State University alumna and Lucasfilm president.

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Trainor married Zemeckis in 1980 and made her big-screen debut, at the suggestion of Michael Douglas, in the central role of Elaine, the kidnapped sister of Kathleen Turner's character, in the director's film. The romance of stone (1984). She and her husband later collaborated on Back to the Future 2 (1989), Death suits him so well (1992) and winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture Forrest Gump (1994) before divorcing in 2000.

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Trainor played LAPD psychiatrist Dr. Stephanie Woods in the quartet Deadly weapon films and teamed up with director Richard Donner on The Goonies And Scrooged (1988) also.

Asked in a 2013 interview what she remembered most about working on The Gooniesshe said, “The shenanigans of children [Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Josh Brolin, Jonathan Ke Quan, et al]They all fell in love with each other. And Dick Donner encouraged them in this.

She played the role of Gail Wallens, a television news anchor in crystal trap (1988) and appeared in other films such as Ghostbusters II (1989), Action Jackson (1988), Grand Canyon (1991), Little Giants (1994), Congo (1995), Executive decision (1996), Amy's Orgasm (2001), The Moonlit Mile (2002) and Horrible Friday (2003).

On television, Trainor had regular roles on the Fox sitcom. Parker Lewis Can't LoseABC's drama Relativity and the UPN-WB drama Roswell.

Known affectionately as “Mare” to family and friends, she was born in San Francisco and studied broadcast journalism at the University of San Diego (where she met Kennedy). Trainor landed a job as an on-air personality at radio station KSDO, then worked as a news editor at KCBS-TV and as a production assistant in Los Angeles. She later served as an assistant producer on Steven Spielberg’s film 1941written by her future husband.

She is survived by her son Alex and his girlfriend Kat, her mother Jane and her siblings Ned, Jack, Barbara and Carolyn.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 19 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project.