Mary Steenburgen

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

Born: Newport, Arkansas, USA, 1953-02-08

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Goin' South	Julia Tate	58
2	1979	Time After Time	Amy Robbins	68
3	1980	Melvin and Howard	Lynda Dummar	64
4	1981	Ragtime	Mother	70
5	1982	A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy	Adrian	65
6	1983	Cross Creek	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	65
7	1983	Romantic Comedy	Phoebe Craddock	52
8	1983	Little Red Riding Hood	Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary	63
9	1985	One Magic Christmas	Ginny Grainger	58
10	1987	Dead of Winter	Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn	60
11	1987	End of the Line	Rose Pickett	55
12	1987	The Whales of August	Young Sarah	70
13	1988	The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank	Miep Gies	56
14	1989	Miss Firecracker	Elaine Rutledge	56
15	1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre	Herself	0
16	1989	Parenthood	Karen Buckman	67
17	1990	Back to the Future Part III	Clara Clayton	75
18	1990	The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy	Self	55
19	1990	Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret	Self	0
20	1990	The Long Walk Home	Narrator (voice)	76
21	1991	The Butcher's Wife	Stella Keefover	57
22	1992	Earth and the American Dream	Reader (voice)	67
23	1993	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	Betty Carver	77
24	1993	Philadelphia	Belinda Conine	77
25	1994	Clifford	Sarah Davis	50
26	1994	It Runs in the Family	Mrs. Parker (Mother)	53
27	1994	Pontiac Moon	Katherine Bellamy	52
28	1995	My Family	Gloria	76
29	1995	The Grass Harp	Sister Ida	59
30	1995	Powder	Jessie Caldwell	70
31	1995	Nixon	Hannah Nixon	69
32	1998	About Sarah	Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey	60
33	2000	Picnic	Rosemary Sydney	30
34	2000	The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story		0
35	2001	Nobody's Baby	Estelle	54
36	2001	The Trumpet of the Swan	Mother (voice)	55
37	2001	Life as a House	Colleen Beck	71
38	2001	I Am Sam	Dr. Blake	76
39	2002	Living with the Dead	Detective Karen Condrin	54
40	2002	Wish You Were Dead	Sally Rider	56
41	2002	Sunshine State	Francine Pinkney	64
42	2003	Hope Springs	Joanie Fisher	53
43	2003	Casa de los Babys	Gayle	55
44	2003	Elf	Emily	67
45	2004	It Must Be Love		44
46	2004	Remembering Ragtime	Mother (archive footage)	0
47	2006	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Marienne Hotchkiss	58
48	2006	O Lucky Malcolm!	Self	67
49	2006	The Dead Girl	Beverley, Leah's Mother	60
50	2006	Inland Empire	Visitor #2	70
51	2007	Elvis & Anabelle	Geneva Leigh	68
52	2007	Nobel Son	Sarah Michaelson	61
53	2007	Numb	Dr. Blaine	59
54	2007	Honeydripper	Amanda Winship	62
55	2007	The Brave One	Carol	66
56	2008	Step Brothers	Nancy Huff	66
57	2008	Four Christmases	Marilyn	58
58	2009	The Open Road	Katherine	53
59	2009	In the Electric Mist	Bootsie Robicheaux	61
60	2009	The Proposal	Grace Paxton	72
61	2009	Clarkworld	Self	100
62	2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Emma Wheeler	54
63	2010	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Mrs. Yankovic	67
64	2010	Dirty Girl	Peggy	61
65	2010	Tales from the Future	Self	75
66	2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited	Café Patron	66
67	2011	The Help	Elaine Stein	82
68	2011	Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division	Self	0
69	2012	Outlaw Country	Anastasia Lee	64
70	2013	Brahmin Bulls	Helen West	50
71	2013	Last Vegas	Diana Boyle	64
72	2014	Song One	Karen Ellis	57
73	2014	The One I Love	Mom (voice)	69
74	2015	7 Days in Hell	Louisa Poole	65
75	2015	A Walk in the Woods	Jeannie	61
76	2015	Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow	Aunt Cly	54
77	2017	The Discovery	Interviewer	63
78	2017	I Do... Until I Don't	Cybil Burger	50
79	2019	Antiquities	Dr. Margot	47
80	2020	30 Rock: A One-Time Special	Mary Steenburgen	51
81	2021	Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas	Maggie Clarke	65
82	2023	Book Club: The Next Chapter	Carol	63
83		Last Train to Fortune		0
84	2016	Dean	Carol	59
85	2017	The Book of Love	Julia Mureaux	64
86	2019	Flannery	Flannery O'Connor (voice)	0
87	2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic	Self	75
88		Let's Have Kids!		0
89	2018	Katie Says Goodbye	Maybelle	66
90	2018	Book Club	Carol	62
91	2020	Happiest Season	Tipper	72
92	2021	Nightmare Alley	Mrs. Kimball	70
93		The Dink		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
2	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Mary / Little Red Riding Hood	82
3	1985	Tender Is the Night	Nicole Warren Diver	64
4	1991	Back to the Future	Clara Clayton (voice)	63
5	1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Narrator (Voice)	100
6	1993	Frasier	Marjorie (voice)	77
7	1994	Ellen	Self (uncredited)	63
8	1996	Gulliver's Travels	Mary Gulliver	71
9	1996	Ink	Kate Montgomery	40
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	1998	Becker	Patient (uncredited)	72
12	1999	Noah's Ark	Naamah	42
13	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Grace Rinato	79
14	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Mary Steenburgen	80
15	2001	Dinner for Five		82
16	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
17	2002	Living with the Dead	Detective Karen Condrin	0
18	2003	E!'s 101	Self	0
19	2003	Joan of Arcadia	Helen Girardi	73
20	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
21	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
22	2006	30 Rock	Diana Jessup	74
23	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
24	2010	Justified	Katherine Hale	79
25	2011	Wilfred	Catherine Newman	76
26	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
27	2013	Orange Is the New Black	Delia Powell	77
28	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	54
29	2015	Togetherness	Linda	68
30	2015	The Last Man on Earth	Gail Klosterman	69
31	2015	Grace and Frankie	Miriam	77
32	2016	The Good Place	Teacher	80
33	2018	The Conners	Marcy Bellinger	69
34	2019	On Becoming a God in Central Florida	Ellen Joy Bonar	65
35	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	63
36	2019	Bless the Harts	Crystalynn (voice)	67
37	2020	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Maggie Clarke	76
38	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
39	2020	Reunited Apart	Self	55
40	2021	Mr. Mayor	Adriana	65
41		Happiness Isn't Everything	Audrey Veill	0
42	2025	BULLDOZER	Kathy	0