Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 8, 1953
Place of Birth:
Newport, Arkansas, USA
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Mary Steenburgen
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Carol |
| 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self |
| 2022 | Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | Self |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Maggie Clarke |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Mrs. Kimball |
| 2020 | Happiest Season | Tipper |
| 2020 | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen |
| 2019 | Antiquities | Dr. Margot |
| 2019 | Flannery | Flannery O'Connor (voice) |
| 2018 | Katie Says Goodbye | Maybelle |
| 2018 | Book Club | Carol |
| 2017 | The Book of Love | Julia Mureaux |
| 2017 | I Do... Until I Don't | Cybil Burger |
| 2017 | The Discovery | Interviewer |
| 2016 | Dean | Carol |
| 2015 | 7 Days in Hell | Louisa Poole |
| 2015 | Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Aunt Cly |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Jeannie |
| 2014 | Song One | Karen Ellis |
| 2014 | The One I Love | Mom (voice) |
| 2013 | Brahmin Bulls | Helen West |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Diana Boyle |
| 2012 | Outlaw Country | Anastasia Lee |
| 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Café Patron |
| 2011 | The Help | Elaine Stein |
| 2011 | Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division | Self |
| 2010 | Dirty Girl | Peggy |
| 2010 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Mrs. Yankovic |
| 2010 | Tales from the Future | Self |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Bootsie Robicheaux |
| 2009 | The Proposal | Grace Paxton |
| 2009 | Clarkworld | Self |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Emma Wheeler |
| 2009 | The Open Road | Katherine |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Nancy Huff |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Marilyn |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Carol |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Sarah Michaelson |
| 2007 | Numb | Dr. Blaine |
| 2007 | Elvis & Anabelle | Geneva Leigh |
| 2007 | Honeydripper | Amanda Winship |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Beverley, Leah's Mother |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Marienne Hotchkiss |
| 2006 | O Lucky Malcolm! | Self |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Visitor #2 |
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | Mother (archive footage) |
| 2004 | It Must Be Love | Clem Gazelle |
| 2003 | Elf | Emily |
| 2003 | Hope Springs | Joanie Fisher |
| 2003 | Casa de los Babys | Gayle |
| 2003 | Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood | Mary |
| 2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Sally Rider |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Francine Pinkney |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby | Estelle |
| 2001 | The Trumpet of the Swan | Mother (voice) |
| 2001 | Life as a House | Colleen Beck |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Dr. Blake |
| 2000 | Picnic | Rosemary Sydney |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | |
| 1998 | About Sarah | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Sister Ida |
| 1995 | Nixon | Hannah Nixon |
| 1995 | Powder | Jessie Caldwell |
| 1995 | My Family | Gloria |
| 1994 | Clifford | Sarah Davis |
| 1994 | Pontiac Moon | Katherine Bellamy |
| 1994 | It Runs in the Family | Mrs. Parker (Mother) |
| 1993 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Betty Carver |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Belinda Conine |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) |
| 1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Stella Keefover |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Clara Clayton |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Self |
| 1990 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Karen Buckman |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Elaine Rutledge |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Herself |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Miep Gies |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Young Sarah |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Rose Pickett |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Ginny Grainger |
| 1983 | Romantic Comedy | Phoebe Craddock |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| 1983 | Little Red Riding Hood | Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary |
| 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Adrian |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Mother |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar |
| 1979 | Time After Time | Amy Robbins |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Julia Tate |
| Last Train to Fortune | ||
| Let's Have Kids! | Sue | |
| The Dink |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BULLDOZER | Kathy |
| 2024 | In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin | Self |
| 2021 | Mr. Mayor | Adriana |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Maggie Clarke |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts | Crystalynn (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Ellen Joy Bonar |
| 2018 | The Conners | Marcy Bellinger |
| 2016 | The Good Place | Teacher |
| 2015 | The Last Man on Earth | Gail Klosterman |
| 2015 | Togetherness | Linda |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Miriam |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black | Delia Powell |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 2011 | Wilfred | Catherine Newman |
| 2010 | Justified | Katherine Hale |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Diana Jessup |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Helen Girardi |
| 2003 | E!'s 101 | Self |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin |
| 2001 | Dinner for Five | |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Mary Steenburgen |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Grace Rinato |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark | Naamah |
| 1998 | Becker | Patient (uncredited) |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | Ink | Kate Montgomery |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Mary Gulliver |
| 1994 | Ellen | Self (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Frasier | Marjorie (voice) |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (Voice) |
| 1991 | Back to the Future | Clara Clayton (voice) |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Nicole Warren Diver |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mary / Little Red Riding Hood |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| Happiness Isn't Everything | Audrey Veill |