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
- 2025 · Last Train to Fortune as Miss Maybelle
- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff
- 2024 · In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self
- 2023 · Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
- 2021 · Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 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 · Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 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
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Delia Powell
- 2012 · Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 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 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · The Talk as Self
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2010 · Justified as Katherine Hale
- 2009 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2009 · Bored to Death as Josephine
- 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 · 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 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 · American Dad! as Dr. Fay Petit (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 · Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 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)
- 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 · 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
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 1994 · Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 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 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (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 · Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1989 · Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- 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
- 1982 · A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1981 · Ragtime as Mother
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- Future · Southern Discomfort as Mary Lou Dobson
- 2025 · Easy's Waltz as
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2022 · Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2015 · Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2010 · Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
- 2009 · Clarkworld as Self
- 2006 · O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2004 · Elf: That's a Wrap 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 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2002 · Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' as Self
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 2000 · Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as Naamah
- 1998 · About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1994 · It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1991 · Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (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
- 1989 · Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1987 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- Future · A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as Claire
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self