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 · A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff
- 2023 · Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 2022 · Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · Bless the Harts as Crystalynn (voice)
- 2019 · On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Ellen Joy Bonar
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- 2015 · Togetherness as Linda
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2011 · Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2004 · It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 2002 · Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1998 · About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (voice)
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1987 · The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- 1987 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
- 2021 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 2021 · Mr. Mayor as Adriana
- 2020 · Happiest Season as Tipper
- 2020 · 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2020 · Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Maggie Clarke
- 2019 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2018 · The Conners as Marcy Bellinger
- 2018 · Book Club as Carol
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2015 · A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Miriam
- 2015 · The Last Man on Earth as Gail Klosterman
- 2014 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 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 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 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 · 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 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 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 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 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
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 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 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1995 · Powder as Jessie Caldwell
- 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 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- Future · Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition as Emily
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- Future · The Dink as
- Future · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as