Mary Steenburgen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-02-08 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Newport, Arkansas, USA
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.
Acting
Let's Have Kids!
as Sue
(2023)
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Carol
(2023)
(2022)
(2021)
Nightmare Alley
as Mrs. Kimball
(2021)
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Maggie Clarke
(2020)
Happiest Season
as Tipper
(2020)
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
as Mary Steenburgen
(2019)
Antiquities
as Dr. Margot
(2019)
Flannery
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
(2018)
Book Club
as Carol
(2018)
Katie Says Goodbye
as Maybelle
(2017)
The Discovery
as Interviewer
(2017)
The Book of Love
as Julia Mureaux
(2017)
I Do... Until I Don't
as Cybil Burger
(2016)
Dean
as Carol
(2015)
A Walk in the Woods
as Jeannie
(2015)
7 Days in Hell
as Louisa Poole
(2015)
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
as Aunt Cly
(2014)
The One I Love
as Mom (voice)
(2014)
Song One
as Karen Ellis
(2013)
Last Vegas
as Diana Boyle
(2013)
Brahmin Bulls
as Helen West
(2012)
Outlaw Country
as Anastasia Lee
(2011)
The Help
as Elaine Stein
(2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Café Patron
(2011)
(2010)
Dirty Girl
as Peggy
(2010)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Mrs. Yankovic
(2010)
Tales from the Future
as Self
(2009)
The Proposal
as Grace Paxton
(2009)
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Emma Wheeler
(2009)
In the Electric Mist
as Bootsie Robicheaux
(2009)
The Open Road
as Katherine
(2009)
Clarkworld
as Self
(2008)
Step Brothers
as Nancy Huff
(2008)
Four Christmases
as Marilyn
(2007)
The Brave One
as Carol
(2007)
Numb
as Dr. Blaine
(2007)
Elvis & Anabelle
as Geneva Leigh
(2007)
Nobel Son
as Sarah Michaelson
(2007)
Honeydripper
as Amanda Winship
(2006)
Inland Empire
as Visitor #2
(2006)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Marienne Hotchkiss
(2006)
The Dead Girl
as Beverley, Leah's Mother
(2006)
O Lucky Malcolm!
as Self
(2004)
Remembering Ragtime
as Mother (archive footage)
(2004)
It Must Be Love
as Clem Gazelle
(2003)
Elf
as Emily
(2003)
Hope Springs
as Joanie Fisher
(2003)
Casa de los Babys
as Gayle
(2003)
(2002)
Living with the Dead
as Detective Karen Condrin
(2002)
Sunshine State
as Francine Pinkney
(2002)
Wish You Were Dead
as Sally Rider
(2001)
I Am Sam
as Dr. Blake
(2001)
Life as a House
as Colleen Beck
(2001)
The Trumpet of the Swan
as Mother (voice)
(2001)
Nobody's Baby
as Estelle
(2000)
Picnic
as Rosemary Sydney
(2000)
(1998)
About Sarah
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
(1996)
The Grass Harp
as Sister Ida
(1995)
Powder
as Jessie Caldwell
(1995)
Nixon
as Hannah Nixon
(1995)
My Family
as Gloria
(1994)
Clifford
as Sarah Davis
(1994)
It Runs in the Family
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
(1994)
Pontiac Moon
as Katherine Bellamy
(1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Betty Carver
(1993)
Philadelphia
as Belinda Conine
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1991)
The Butcher's Wife
as Stella Keefover
(1990)
Back to the Future Part III
as Clara Clayton
(1990)
The Long Walk Home
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
Parenthood
as Karen Buckman
(1989)
Miss Firecracker
as Elaine Rutledge
(1989)
(1988)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Miep Gies
(1987)
The Whales of August
as Young Sarah
(1987)
End of the Line
as Rose Pickett
(1987)
Dead of Winter
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
(1985)
One Magic Christmas
as Ginny Grainger
(1983)
Cross Creek
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
(1983)
Romantic Comedy
as Phoebe Craddock
(1983)
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
(1982)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
as Adrian
(1981)
Ragtime
as Mother
(1980)
Melvin and Howard
as Lynda Dummar
(1979)
Time After Time
as Amy Robbins
(1978)
Goin' South
as Julia Tate
Crew
(2020)
Best Summer Ever
Executive Producer
(2014)
The One I Love
Thanks
(2006)
Bye Bye Benjamin
Executive Producer
(1987)
End of the Line
Executive Producer