Goonies actress Mary Ellen Trainor dies aged 62

Goonies actress Mary Ellen Trainor has died at home aged 62.

Trainor played Mikey Walsh's mum in the 1980s classic and also appeared in all the Lethal Weapon movies.

A statement from Trainor's long-time friend Kathleen Kennedy confirmed her death in California.

She said: "Mary and I have been close since our days together as college room-mates and she even provided the introduction to Steven Spielberg that jump-started my career. She was a great actress, warm friend and generous spirit."

Trainor got her start in the film business as a producer's assistant on a number of movies including the 1979 Steven Spielberg film 1941, which her eventual husband, director Robert Zemeckis, wrote.

After the couple married in 1980, Zemeckis cast Trainor in her first film, Romancing The Stone, as the kidnapped sister of Kathleen Turner's character.

She made a number of cameos in Zemeckis's films, including Forrest Gump and Back To The Future.

Trainor also became a regular fixture in some of the biggest films of the 1980s such as Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and The Goonies.

Zemeckis and Trainor, who divorced in 2000, had one child, Alex Zemeckis.

A memorial service will be held on June 19.