Lisa Banes

Lisa Banes was an American actress who appeared in more than 80 film and television roles. Born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and raised in Colorado Springs, she began acting professionally at 15 and studied at Juilliard in the 1970s. On stage she won a 1981 Theatre World Award as Alison Porter in Look Back in Anger and earned a 1984 Drama Desk nomination for Isn't It Romantic. Her Broadway work included Rumors, Arcadia, High Society, Accent on Youth, and Present Laughter. Her first film role was Mrs. Berry in The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), and she played Bonnie in Cocktail (1988). Later films included Dragonfly (2002), Pumpkin (2002), and Gone Girl (2014) as Marybeth Elliott, the role she became best known for. She also appeared in A Cure for Wellness (2017) and had TV roles on The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, Royal Pains, and Son of the Beach. She died in 2021.