Mary Steenburgen
February 8, 1953 (72 years old) in Newport, Arkansas, USA
Mary Nell Steenburgen 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
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017 · I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2017 · The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016 · Dean as Carol
- 2013 · Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2011 · Fight for Your Right Revisited as CafĂ© Patron
- 2010 · Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2009 · The Open Road as Katherine
- 2007 · Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Beverley, Leah's Mother
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 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 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2001 · The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2001 · Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 1995 · My Family as Gloria
- 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
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Nicole Warren Diver
- 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
- 1979 · Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- Future · Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Kathy
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 2017 · The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2016 · The Good Place as Teacher
- 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
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 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
- 2008 · Four Christmases as Marilyn
- 2008 · Step Brothers as Nancy Huff
- 2007 · The Brave One as Carol
- 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
- 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 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 2001 · I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
- 2001 · Life as a House as Colleen Beck
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1983 · Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1978 · Goin' South as Julia Tate
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Dink as
- Future · Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- Future · Last Train to Fortune as