About
Mary Steenburgen
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Actor | Carol | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Actor | Mrs. Kimball | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Actor | Maggie Clarke | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Happiest Season | Actor | Tipper | 68 Fair |
| 2020 | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Actor | Mary Steenburgen | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Actor | Maggie Clarke | 75 Good |
| 2019 | Flannery | Actor | Flannery O'Connor (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Antiquities | Actor | Dr. Margot | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Book Club | Actor | Carol | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Katie Says Goodbye | Actor | Maybelle | 59 Average |
| 2017 | I Do... Until I Don't | Actor | Cybil Burger | 57 Average |
| 2017 | The Discovery | Actor | Interviewer | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | The Book of Love | Actor | Julia Mureaux | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Dean | Actor | Carol | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Actor | Aunt Cly | 58 Average |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Actor | Jeannie | 60 Fair |
| 2015 | 7 Days in Hell | Actor | Louisa Poole | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | The Last Man on Earth | Actor | Gail Klosterman | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | The One I Love | Actor | Mom (voice) | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Song One | Actor | Karen Ellis | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Actor | Diana Boyle | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Brahmin Bulls | Actor | Helen West | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Outlaw Country | Actor | Anastasia Lee | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | The Help | Actor | Elaine Stein | 80 Very good |
| 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Actor | Café Patron | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Tales from the Future | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Dirty Girl | Actor | Peggy | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Actor | Mrs. Yankovic | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Actor | Emma Wheeler | 55 Average |
| 2009 | Clarkworld | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Proposal | Actor | Grace Paxton | 70 Good |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Actor | Bootsie Robicheaux | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Open Road | Actor | Katherine | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Actor | Marilyn | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Actor | Nancy Huff | 64 Fair |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Actor | Carol | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | Honeydripper | Actor | Amanda Winship | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Numb | Actor | Dr. Blaine | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Actor | Sarah Michaelson | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Elvis & Anabelle | Actor | Geneva Leigh | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Actor | Visitor #2 | 66 Fair |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Actor | Beverley, Leah's Mother | 59 Average |
| 2006 | O Lucky Malcolm! | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Actor | Marienne Hotchkiss | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | Actor | Mother (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | It Must Be Love | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2003 | Elf | Actor | Emily | 66 Fair |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Actor | Helen Girardi | 71 Good |
| 2003 | Casa de los Babys | Actor | Gayle | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Hope Springs | Actor | Joanie Fisher | 57 Average |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Actor | Francine Pinkney | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Actor | Sally Rider | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Actor | Detective Karen Condrin | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Actor | Detective Karen Condrin | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Actor | Dr. Blake | 72 Good |
| 2001 | Life as a House | Actor | Colleen Beck | 64 Fair |
| 2001 | The Trumpet of the Swan | Actor | Mother (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby | Actor | Estelle | 58 Average |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2000 | Picnic | Actor | Rosemary Sydney | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark | Actor | Naamah | 60 Fair |
| 1998 | About Sarah | Actor | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Ink | Actor | Kate Montgomery | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Actor | Mary Gulliver | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Actor | Mary Gulliver | 70 Good |
| 1995 | Nixon | Actor | Hannah Nixon | 63 Fair |
| 1995 | Powder | Actor | Jessie Caldwell | 64 Fair |
| 1995 | The Grass Harp | Actor | Sister Ida | 58 Average |
| 1995 | My Family | Actor | Gloria | 61 Fair |
| 1994 | Pontiac Moon | Actor | Katherine Bellamy | 58 Average |
| 1994 | It Runs in the Family | Actor | Mrs. Parker (Mother) | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Clifford | Actor | Sarah Davis | 57 Average |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Actor | Belinda Conine | 75 Good |
| 1993 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Actor | Betty Carver | 74 Good |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Actor | Reader (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Actor | Stella Keefover | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Back to the Future | Actor | Clara Clayton (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 1990 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Actor | Clara Clayton | 74 Good |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Actor | Karen Buckman | 63 Fair |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Actor | Elaine Rutledge | 58 Average |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Actor | Miep Gies | 59 Average |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Actor | Young Sarah | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Actor | Rose Pickett | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter | Actor | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn | 59 Average |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Actor | Ginny Grainger | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Actor | Nicole Warren Diver | 69 Fair |
| 1983 | Little Red Riding Hood | Actor | Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Romantic Comedy | Actor | Phoebe Craddock | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Actor | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 59 Average |
| 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Actor | Adrian | 61 Fair |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Actor | Mother | 61 Fair |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Actor | Lynda Dummar | 59 Average |
| 1979 | Time After Time | Actor | Amy Robbins | 62 Fair |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Actor | Julia Tate | 58 Average |
| The Dink | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Proposal | Actor | Grace Paxton | N/A N/A |
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| Last Train to Fortune | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Let's Have Kids! | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Happiness Isn't Everything | Actor | Audrey Veill | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2020 | Best Summer Ever | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Ink | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
Crew |
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| 2014 | The One I Love | Crew | Thanks | 64 Fair |