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
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2021 · Mr. Mayor as Adriana
- 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
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 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 · Orange Is the New Black as Delia Powell
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Wilfred as Catherine Newman
- 2010 · Justified as Katherine Hale
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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 · Joan of Arcadia as Helen Girardi
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 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 · Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- 1994 · Ellen as Self (uncredited)
- 1993 · Frasier as Marjorie (voice)
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice)
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (voice)
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Warren Diver
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 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 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 2020 · Happiest Season as Tipper
- 2020 · 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 2019 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2018 · Book Club as Carol
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 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
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2011 · Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- 2011 · The Help as Elaine Stein
- 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
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 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 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Beverley, Leah's Mother
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2004 · It Must Be Love as
- 2003 · Elf as Emily
- 2003 · Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 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 · Life as a House as Colleen Beck
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 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
- 1996 · Ink as Kate Montgomery
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · Powder as Jessie Caldwell
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1994 · Clifford as Sarah Davis
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Belinda Conine
- 1993 · What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Betty Carver
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991 · The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 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 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Herself
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 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 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 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 · 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
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Dink as
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as