Mary Steenburgen
February 8, 1953 (73 years old) in Newport, Arkansas, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
- 2021 · Mr. Mayor as Adriana
- 2020 · Happiest Season as Tipper
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2020 · Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Maggie Clarke
- 2019 · Bless the Harts as Crystalynn (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- 2019 · On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Ellen Joy Bonar
- 2018 · The Conners as Marcy Bellinger
- 2018 · Book Club as Carol
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2015 · A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Miriam
- 2015 · The Last Man on Earth as Gail Klosterman
- 2015 · Togetherness as Linda
- 2014 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Delia Powell
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · The Help as Elaine Stein
- 2011 · Wilfred as Catherine Newman
- 2010 · Justified as Katherine Hale
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · The Proposal as Grace Paxton
- 2009 · In the Electric Mist as Bootsie Robicheaux
- 2008 · Four Christmases as Marilyn
- 2008 · Step Brothers as Nancy Huff
- 2007 · The Brave One as Carol
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 2005 · American Dad! as (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Elf as Emily
- 2003 · Joan of Arcadia as Helen Girardi
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
- 2001 · Life as a House as Colleen Beck
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grace Rinato
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as Naamah
- 1998 · Becker as Patient (uncredited)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Ink as Kate Montgomery
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · Powder as Jessie Caldwell
- 1994 · Ellen as Self (uncredited)
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Belinda Conine
- 1993 · What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Betty Carver
- 1993 · Frasier as Marjorie (voice)
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (voice)
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2026 · The Dink as Candace
- 2025 · Last Train to Fortune as
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2023 · Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 2022 · Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2021 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 2020 · 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 2019 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2010 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2009 · The Open Road as Katherine
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2004 · It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003 · Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 2003 · Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
- 2002 · Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 2000 · Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1998 · About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1994 · Clifford as Sarah Davis
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991 · Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1991 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1990 · The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1987 · The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- 1987 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- Future · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate