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Mary Steenburgen
Born · February 8, 1953 (71 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Newport, Arkansas, USA
Bio
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.
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
7.5
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Carol
6.3
2023
Nightmare Alley
Mrs. Kimball
7.0
2021
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Maggie Clarke
6.5
2021
The Book of Love
Julia Mureaux
6.4
2017
Dean
Carol
5.9
2016
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Aunt Cly
5.4
2015
7 Days in Hell
Louisa Poole
6.5
2015
Song One
Karen Ellis
5.7
2014
Last Vegas
Diana Boyle
6.4
2013
Brahmin Bulls
Helen West
5.0
2013
Outlaw Country
Anastasia Lee
6.4
2012
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
6.6
2011
Dirty Girl
Peggy
6.1
2010
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Emma Wheeler
5.4
2009
Clarkworld
Self
10.0
2009
The Proposal
Grace Paxton
7.2
2009
In the Electric Mist
Bootsie Robicheaux
6.1
2009
Four Christmases
Marilyn
5.8
2008
Step Brothers
Nancy Huff
6.6
2008
The Brave One
Carol
6.6
2007
Numb
Dr. Blaine
5.8
2007
Nobel Son
Sarah Michaelson
6.1
2007
Elvis & Anabelle
Geneva Leigh
6.8
2007
The Dead Girl
Beverley, Leah's Mother
6.0
2006
O Lucky Malcolm!
Self
6.8
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Marienne Hotchkiss
5.8
2006
Remembering Ragtime
Mother (archive footage)
0.0
2004
It Must Be Love
4.4
2004
Elf
Emily
6.7
2003
Casa de los Babys
Gayle
5.5
2003
Hope Springs
Joanie Fisher
5.3
2003
Sunshine State
Francine Pinkney
6.3
2002
Wish You Were Dead
Sally Rider
5.6
2002
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin
5.5
2002
Life as a House
Colleen Beck
7.1
2001
The Trumpet of the Swan
Mother (voice)
5.5
2001
Nobody's Baby
Estelle
5.4
2001
Picnic
Rosemary Sydney
3.0
2000
About Sarah
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
6.0
1998
Nixon
Hannah Nixon
6.9
1995
Powder
Jessie Caldwell
7.0
1995
The Grass Harp
Sister Ida
5.9
1995
Pontiac Moon
Katherine Bellamy
5.2
1994
It Runs in the Family
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
5.3
1994
Clifford
Sarah Davis
4.9
1994
Philadelphia
Belinda Conine
7.7
1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Betty Carver
7.7
1993
The Butcher's Wife
Stella Keefover
5.7
1991
The Long Walk Home
Narrator (voice)
7.6
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
0.0
1990
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
5.6
1990
Back to the Future Part III
Clara Clayton
7.5
1990
Parenthood
Karen Buckman
6.7
1989
Miss Firecracker
Elaine Rutledge
5.6
1989
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies
5.6
1988
The Whales of August
Young Sarah
7.0
1987
End of the Line
Rose Pickett
5.5
1987
Dead of Winter
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
6.0
1987
One Magic Christmas
Ginny Grainger
5.8
1985
Romantic Comedy
Phoebe Craddock
5.2
1983
Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
6.5
1983
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Adrian
6.5
1982
Ragtime
Mother
7.0
1981
Melvin and Howard
Lynda Dummar
6.4
1980
Time After Time
Amy Robbins
6.8
1979
Goin' South
Julia Tate
5.8
1978
Last Train to Fortune
0.0
A Walk in the Woods
Jeannie
6.1
2015
Let's Have Kids!
0.0
Happiest Season
Tipper
7.2
2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mary Steenburgen
5.1
2020
Flannery
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
0.0
2019
Antiquities
Dr. Margot
4.7
2019
Book Club
Carol
6.2
2018
Katie Says Goodbye
Maybelle
6.6
2018
I Do... Until I Don't
Cybil Burger
5.0
2017
The Discovery
Interviewer
6.3
2017
The One I Love
Mom (voice)
6.9
2014
Finding Your Roots
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2012
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Self
0.0
2011
The Help
Elaine Stein
8.2
2011
Tales from the Future
Self
7.5
2010
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mrs. Yankovic
6.7
2010
The Open Road
Katherine
5.3
2009
Honeydripper
Amanda Winship
6.2
2007
Inland Empire
Visitor #2
7.0
2006
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.1
2004
Joan of Arcadia
Helen Girardi · (45 episodes)
7.3
2003
I Am Sam
Dr. Blake
7.6
2001
Dinner for Five
(2 episodes)
8.2
2001
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
0.0
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grace Rinato · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Becker
Patient (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.2
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
Ink
Kate Montgomery · (26 episodes)
4.0
1996
My Family
Gloria
7.6
1995
Ellen
Self (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.4
1994
Frasier
Marjorie (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
6.7
1992
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
6.3
1983
The Dink
0.0
Mr. Mayor
Adriana · (1 episode)
6.5
2021
Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2020
Stars in the House
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Maggie Clarke · (25 episodes)
7.7
2020
Bless the Harts
Crystalynn (voice) · (2 episodes)
6.7
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
2019
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Ellen Joy Bonar · (2 episodes)
6.5
2019
The Conners
Marcy Bellinger · (1 episode)
6.9
2018
The Good Place
Teacher · (1 episode)
8.0
2016
Grace and Frankie
Miriam · (2 episodes)
7.7
2015
The Last Man on Earth
Gail Klosterman · (67 episodes)
6.9
2015
Togetherness
Linda · (2 episodes)
6.8
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
Orange Is the New Black
Delia Powell · (6 episodes)
7.7
2013
Wilfred
Catherine Newman · (4 episodes)
7.6
2011
Justified
Katherine Hale · (7 episodes)
7.9
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.0
2009
30 Rock
Diana Jessup · (5 episodes)
7.4
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
E!'s 101
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2003
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin · (2 episodes)
0.0
2002
Good Day Live
Self · (1 episode)
3.0
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mary Steenburgen · (6 episodes)
8.0
2000
Noah's Ark
Naamah · (2 episodes)
4.2
1999
Gulliver's Travels
Mary Gulliver · (2 episodes)
7.1
1996
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
1992
Back to the Future
Clara Clayton (voice) · (27 episodes)
6.3
1991
Tender Is the Night
Nicole Warren Diver · (6 episodes)
6.4
1985
Faerie Tale Theatre
Mary / Little Red Riding Hood · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953
Happiness Isn't Everything
Audrey Veill · (1 episode)
0.0