Mary Steenburgen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Newport, Arkansas, USA
Biography
Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film Goin' South (1978). Steenburgen went on to earn critical acclaim for her role in Time After Time (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film Melvin and Howard (1980), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Filmography
Happiness Isn't Everything
TV · as Audrey Veill · 1 ep
Southern Discomfort
TV · as Mary Lou Dobson · 1 ep
Last Train to Fortune
Movie · as Miss Maybelle
Let's Have Kids!
Movie · as Sue
The Dink
Movie · as Candace
A Dog's Perfect Christmas
Movie · as Claire
Easy's Waltz
Movie
BULLDOZER
TV · as Kathy · 1 ep
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Man on the Inside
TV · as Mona Margadoff · 8 eps
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Movie · as Carol
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Movie · as Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Movie · as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Movie · as Maggie Clarke
Nightmare Alley
Movie · as Mrs. Kimball
Mr. Mayor
TV · as Adriana · 1 ep
Happiest Season
Movie · as Tipper
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Movie · as Mary Steenburgen
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
TV · as Maggie Clarke · 25 eps
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Antiquities
Movie · as Dr. Margot
Flannery
Movie · as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Bless the Harts
TV · as Crystalynn (voice) · 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
TV · as Ellen Joy Bonar · 2 eps
Katie Says Goodbye
Movie · as Maybelle
Book Club
Movie · as Carol
The Conners
TV · as Marcy Bellinger · 1 ep
The Book of Love
Movie · as Julia Mureaux
I Do... Until I Don't
Movie · as Cybil Burger
The Discovery
Movie · as Interviewer
Dean
Movie · as Carol
The Good Place
TV · as Teacher · 1 ep
7 Days in Hell
Movie · as Louisa Poole
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Movie · as Aunt Cly
A Walk in the Woods
Movie · as Jeannie
The Last Man on Earth
TV · as Gail Klosterman · 67 eps
Togetherness
TV · as Linda · 2 eps
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Miriam · 2 eps
Song One
Movie · as Karen Ellis
The One I Love
Movie · as Mom (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Brahmin Bulls
Movie · as Helen West
Last Vegas
Movie · as Diana
Orange Is the New Black
TV · as Delia Powell · 6 eps
Outlaw Country
Movie · as Anastasia Lee
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie · as Café Patron
The Help
Movie · as Elaine Stein
Wilfred
TV · as Catherine Newman · 4 eps
Dirty Girl
Movie · as Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Movie · as Mrs. Yankovic
Tales from the Future
Movie · as Self
Justified
TV · as Katherine Hale · 7 eps
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
In the Electric Mist
Movie · as Bootsie Robicheaux
The Proposal
Movie · as Grace Paxton
Clarkworld
Movie · as Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie · as Emma Wheeler
The Open Road
Movie · as Katherine
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Bored to Death
TV · as Josephine · 4 eps
Step Brothers
Movie · as Nancy Huff
Four Christmases
Movie · as Marilyn
The Brave One
Movie · as Carol
Nobel Son
Movie · as Sarah Michaelson
Numb
Movie · as Dr. Blaine
Elvis & Anabelle
Movie · as Geneva Leigh
Honeydripper
Movie · as Amanda Winship
The Dead Girl
Movie · as Leah's Mother
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie · as Marienne Hotchkiss
O Lucky Malcolm!
Movie · as Self
Inland Empire
Movie · as Visitor #2
30 Rock
TV · as Diana Jessup · 5 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as (voice), Dr. Fay Petit (voice) · 1 ep
Remembering Ragtime
Movie · as Mother (archive footage)
It Must Be Love
Movie · as Clem Gazelle
Elf: That's a Wrap
Movie · as Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Elf
Movie · as Emily
Hope Springs
Movie · as Joanie Fisher
Casa de los Babys
Movie · as Gayle
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Mary
Joan of Arcadia
TV · as Helen Girardi · 45 eps
E!'s 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wish You Were Dead
Movie · as Sally Rider
Living with the Dead
Movie · as Detective Karen Condrin
Sunshine State
Movie · as Francine Pinkney
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Movie · as Self
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
Movie · as Self - Clara Clayton
Living with the Dead
TV · as Detective Karen Condrin · 2 eps
Nobody's Baby
Movie · as Estelle
The Trumpet of the Swan
Movie · as Mother (voice)
Life as a House
Movie · as Colleen Beck
I Am Sam
Movie · as Dr. Blake
Dinner for Five
TV · 2 eps
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Picnic
Movie · as Rosemary Sydney
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Movie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Mary Steenburgen · 6 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Grace Rinato · 1 ep
Noah's Ark
TV · as Naamah · 2 eps
About Sarah
Movie · as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Becker
TV · as Patient (uncredited) · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Grass Harp
Movie · as Sister Ida
Ink
TV · as Kate Montgomery · 26 eps
Gulliver's Travels
TV · as Mary Gulliver · 2 eps
Nixon
Movie · as Hannah Nixon
Powder
Movie · as Jessie Caldwell
My Family
Movie · as Gloria
Clifford
Movie · as Sarah Davis
Pontiac Moon
Movie · as Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family
Movie · as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Ellen
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Movie · as Betty Carver
Philadelphia
Movie · as Belinda Conine
Frasier
TV · as Marjorie (voice) · 1 ep
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Butcher's Wife
Movie · as Stella Keefover
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Movie · as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
Back to the Future
TV · as Clara Clayton (voice) · 27 eps
Back to the Future Part III
Movie · as Clara Clayton
The Long Walk Home
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Movie · as Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Movie · as Self
Parenthood
Movie · as Karen Buckman
Miss Firecracker
Movie · as Elaine Rutledge
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Movie · as Miep Gies
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Whales of August
Movie · as Young Sarah
End of the Line
Movie · as Rose Pickett
Dead of Winter
Movie · as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
One Magic Christmas
Movie · as Ginny Grainger
Tender Is the Night
TV · as Nicole Diver (née Warren) · 6 eps
Romantic Comedy
Movie · as Phoebe Craddock
Cross Creek
Movie · as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Movie · as Adrian
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood · 1 ep
Ragtime
Movie · as Mother
Melvin and Howard
Movie · as Lynda Dummar
Time After Time
Movie · as Amy Robbins
Goin' South
Movie · as Julia Tate
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps