Mary Steenburgen
February 8, 1953 (73 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
- 2026 · The Dink as Candace
- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic 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 · 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 - Guest
- 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 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 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 · The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 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
- 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
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2005 · American Dad! as (voice)
- 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
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2003 · Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 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 · Dinner for Five as
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 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 · Ink as Kate Montgomery
- 1996 · The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1996 · Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- 1995 · Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995 · Powder as Jessie Caldwell
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 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 · 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 Self (voice)
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 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
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
- 1983 · Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1983 · Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2025 · Last Train to Fortune as
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2021 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 2019 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007 · Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2004 · Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2004 · It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003 · Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 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
- 2000 · Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1998 · About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991 · Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1987 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 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 · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as