Mary Steenburgen
February 8, 1953 (72 years old) in Newport, Arkansas, USA
Mary Nell Steenburgen 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
- 2023 · Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 2022 · Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl 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
- 2019 · On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Ellen Joy Bonar
- 2018 · The Conners as Marcy Bellinger
- 2018 · Book Club as Carol
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 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 · 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
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
- 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 · 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
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 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
- 2002 · Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- 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
- 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 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as
- 2021 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 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 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2011 · Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 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 · It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003 · Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as Naamah
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 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 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Herself
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1987 · The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2020 · 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 2019 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2003 · Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 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
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1990 · The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1987 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Warren Diver
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Dink as
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill