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 · 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
- 2020 · 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2015 · A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- 2014 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 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 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 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 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 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
- 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
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 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 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Delia Powell
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 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 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
- 2010 · Justified as Katherine Hale
- 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
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Beverley, Leah's Mother
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 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
- 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
- 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 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 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
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 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)
- 1991 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (voice)
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Herself
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 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 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Warren Diver
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Dink as
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as