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
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- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff
- 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 · 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 Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 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
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Delia Powell
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division 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 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 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
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 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 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grace Rinato
- 1998 · Becker as Patient (uncredited)
- 1998 · About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 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 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as
- 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)
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- 2015 · Togetherness as Linda
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 2003 · Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
- 2000 · Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as Naamah
- 1996 · Ink as Kate Montgomery
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (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
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 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
- 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
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 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 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2009 · The Open Road as Katherine
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2004 · It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003 · Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 2002 · Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 1994 · Clifford as Sarah Davis
- 1991 · Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1990 · The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1987 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
- 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
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- Future · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as
- Future · The Dink as