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
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- 2026 · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as Claire
- 2026 · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 2026 · Last Train to Fortune as Miss Maybelle
- 2026 · The Dink as Candace
- 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
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 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)
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- 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
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- Future · Southern Discomfort as Mary Lou Dobson
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- 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 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 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
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2018 · The Conners as Marcy Bellinger
- 2018 · Book Club as Carol
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 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 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 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
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · The Talk as Self
- 2010 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
- 2010 · Justified as Katherine Hale
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2009 · Bored to Death as Josephine
- 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
- 2009 · The Open Road as Katherine
- 2008 · Four Christmases as Marilyn
- 2008 · Step Brothers as Nancy Huff
- 2007 · The Brave One as Carol
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2005 · American Dad! as (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Dr. Fay Petit (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Elf: That's a Wrap as Self
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003 · Elf as Emily
- 2003 · Joan of Arcadia as Helen Girardi
- 2003 · Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2003 · Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
- 2002 · Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- 2002 · Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' as Self
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
- 2001 · Life as a House as Colleen Beck
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 2000 · Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grace Rinato
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as Naamah
- 1998 · Becker as Patient (uncredited)
- 1998 · About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 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 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1994 · Clifford as Sarah Davis
- 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 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1991 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (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
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self