Mary Steenburgen
February 8, 1953 (72 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 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 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
- 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
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 2015 · A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Miriam
- 2015 · The Last Man on Earth as Gail Klosterman
- 2015 · Togetherness as Linda
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 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 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 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 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Beverley, Leah's Mother
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 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
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
- 2001 · Life As A House as Colleen Beck
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 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 · 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
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Warren Diver
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 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
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2014 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2011 · Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- 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 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2009 · The Open Road as Katherine
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · 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 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Herself
- 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
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Future · The Dink as
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as