Mary Steenburgen
Acting·February 8, 1953 — 73 years old·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.
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—Let's Have Kids!Sue—A Dog’s Perfect ChristmasClaire—Happiness Isn't EverythingTVAudrey Veill—Southern DiscomfortTVMary Lou Dobson2026The DinkCandace2025Last Train to FortuneMiss Maybelle2025Easy's Waltz2025BULLDOZERTVKathy2024A Man on the InsideTVMona Margadoff2024In the Kitchen with Harry HamlinTVSelf2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelf2023Book Club: The Next ChapterCarol2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowTVSelf - Guest2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden GirlSelf2021Nightmare AlleyMrs. Kimball2021Zoey's Extraordinary ChristmasMaggie Clarke2021Mr. MayorTVAdriana2020Happiest SeasonTipper2020Best Summer EverExecutive Producer202030 Rock: A One-Time SpecialMary Steenburgen2020Reunited ApartTVSelf2020Stars in the HouseTVSelf2020Zoey's Extraordinary PlaylistTVMaggie Clarke2019FlanneryFlannery O'Connor (voice)2019Bless the HartsTVCrystalynn (voice)2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowTVSelf - Guest2019On Becoming a God in Central FloridaTVEllen Joy Bonar2019AntiquitiesDr. Margot2018The ConnersTVMarcy Bellinger2018Book ClubCarol2018Katie Says GoodbyeMaybelle2017I Do... Until I Don'tCybil Burger2017The DiscoveryInterviewer2017The Book of LoveJulia Mureaux2016The Good PlaceTVTeacher2016DeanCarol2015Jim Henson's Turkey HollowAunt Cly2015A Walk in the WoodsJeannie20157 Days in HellLouisa Poole2015Grace and FrankieTVMiriam2015The Last Man on EarthTVGail Klosterman2015TogethernessTVLinda2014The One I LoveMom (voice) · Thanks2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTVSelf - Guest2014Song OneKaren Ellis2013Last VegasDiana Boyle2013Brahmin BullsHelen West2013Orange Is the New BlackTVDelia Powell2012Outlaw CountryAnastasia Lee2012Finding Your RootsTVSelf2011The HelpElaine Stein2011WilfredTVCatherine Newman2011Fight for Your Right RevisitedCafé Patron2010Tales from the FutureSelf2010The TalkTVSelf2010Dirty GirlPeggy2010Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryMrs. Yankovic2010JustifiedTVKatherine Hale2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?Emma Wheeler2009ClarkworldSelf2009Bored to DeathTVJosephine2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTVSelf - Guest2009The ProposalGrace Paxton2009In the Electric MistBootsie Robicheaux2009The Open RoadKatherine2008Four ChristmasesMarilyn2008Step BrothersNancy Huff2007The Brave OneCarol2007HoneydripperAmanda Winship2007NumbDr. Blaine2007Nobel SonSarah Michaelson2007Elvis & AnabelleGeneva Leigh2006Inland EmpireVisitor #22006The Dead GirlLeah's Mother200630 RockTVDiana Jessup2006O Lucky Malcolm!Self2006Bye Bye BenjaminExecutive Producer2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolMarienne Hotchkiss2005American Dad!TV(voice) · Dr. Fay Petit (voice)2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonTVSelf2004Remembering RagtimeMother (archive footage)2004Elf: That's a WrapSelf2004The Tony Danza ShowTVSelf - Guest2004It Must Be LoveClem Gazelle2003ElfEmily2003Joan of ArcadiaTVHelen Girardi2003Casa de los BabysGayle2003E!'s 101TVSelf2003Hope SpringsJoanie Fisher2003Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to HollywoodMary2002Sunshine StateFrancine Pinkney2002Wish You Were DeadSally Rider2002Living with the DeadDetective Karen Condrin2002Living with the DeadTVDetective Karen Condrin2002Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'Self2001I Am SamDr. Blake2001Life as a HouseColleen Beck2001Good Day LiveTVSelf2001Dinner for FiveTV2001The Trumpet of the SwanMother (voice)2001Nobody's BabyEstelle2000Curb Your EnthusiasmTVMary Steenburgen2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story2000PicnicRosemary Sydney1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTVGrace Rinato1999Noah's ArkTVNaamah1999Noah's ArkNaamah1998BeckerTVPatient (uncredited)1998About SarahSarah Elizabeth McCaffrey1997The ViewTVSelf1996InkTVKate Montgomery · Producer1996The Grass HarpSister Ida1996Gulliver's TravelsTVMary Gulliver1995NixonHannah Nixon1995PowderJessie Caldwell1995My FamilyGloria1994Pontiac MoonKatherine Bellamy1994It Runs in the FamilyMrs. Parker (Mother)1994CliffordSarah Davis1994EllenTVSelf (uncredited)1993PhiladelphiaBelinda Conine1993What's Eating Gilbert GrapeBetty Carver1993FrasierTVMarjorie (voice)1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesTVNarrator (voice)1991Back to the Future: Dickens of a ChristmasClara Clayton Brown (voice)1991The Butcher's WifeStella Keefover1991Back to the FutureTVClara Clayton (voice)1990The Long Walk HomeNarrator (voice)1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf1990The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' TrilogySelf1990Back to the Future Part IIIClara Clayton1989ParenthoodKaren Buckman1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)1989Miss FirecrackerElaine Rutledge1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkTVSelf - Guest1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne FrankMiep Gies1987The Whales of AugustYoung Sarah1987End of the LineRose Pickett · Executive Producer1987Dead of WinterJulie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn1985One Magic ChristmasGinny Grainger1985Tender Is the NightTVNicole Diver (née Warren)1983Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary1983Romantic ComedyPhoebe Craddock1983Cross CreekMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings1982Faerie Tale TheatreTVMary / Little Red Riding Hood1982A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyAdrian1981RagtimeMother1980Melvin and HowardLynda Dummar1979Time After TimeAmy Robbins1978Goin' SouthJulia Tate1953The OscarsTVSelf