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
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2021 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 2019 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2015 · A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- 2014 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2009 · In the Electric Mist as Bootsie Robicheaux
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 2001 · Life as a House as Colleen Beck
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 1996 · Ink as Kate Montgomery
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · Clifford as Sarah Davis
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 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
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2025 · Last Train to Fortune as
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 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
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
- 2021 · Mr. Mayor as Adriana
- 2020 · Happiest Season as Tipper
- 2020 · 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 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 · Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition as Emily
- 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 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 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 - 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 · Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- 2011 · The Help as Elaine Stein
- 2011 · Wilfred as Catherine Newman
- 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 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · The Proposal as Grace Paxton
- 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 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 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
- 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 · 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 · I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
- 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 · Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · Powder as Jessie Caldwell
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 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)
- 1991 · Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (voice)
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1987 · The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- Future · The Dink as
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 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
- 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
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as