5.6Acting
Mary Steenburgen
- Born
- 1953-02-08
- Birthplace
- Newport, Arkansas, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
152 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
A Dog's Perfect Christmas
2026 · Movie
Claire
Last Train to Fortune
2026 · Movie
Miss Maybelle
Let's Have Kids!
2026 · Movie
Sue
The Dink
2026 · Movie
Candace
BULLDOZER
2025 · TV Show
Kathy
Easy's Waltz
2025 · Movie
Cast
A Man on the Inside
2024 · TV Show
Mona Margadoff
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
2024 · TV Show
Self
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023 · Movie
Carol
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023 · Movie
Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022 · Movie
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Mr. Mayor
2021 · TV Show
Adriana
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Movie
Mrs. Kimball
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021 · Movie
Maggie Clarke
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020 · Movie
Mary Steenburgen
Best Summer Ever
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
Happiest Season
2020 · Movie
Tipper
Reunited Apart
2020 · TV Show
Self
Stars in the House
2020 · TV Show
Self
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020 · TV Show
Maggie Clarke
Antiquities
2019 · Movie
Dr. Margot
Bless the Harts
2019 · TV Show
Crystalynn (voice)
Flannery
2019 · Movie
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · TV Show
Ellen Joy Bonar
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Book Club
2018 · Movie
Carol
Katie Says Goodbye
2018 · Movie
Maybelle
The Conners
2018 · TV Show
Marcy Bellinger
I Do... Until I Don't
2017 · Movie
Cybil Burger
The Book of Love
2017 · Movie
Julia Mureaux
The Discovery
2017 · Movie
Interviewer
Dean
2016 · Movie
Carol
The Good Place
2016 · TV Show
Teacher
7 Days in Hell
2015 · Movie
Louisa Poole
A Walk in the Woods
2015 · Movie
Jeannie
Grace and Frankie
2015 · TV Show
Miriam
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015 · Movie
Aunt Cly
The Last Man on Earth
2015 · TV Show
Gail Klosterman
Togetherness
2015 · TV Show
Linda
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Song One
2014 · Movie
Karen Ellis
The One I Love
2014 · Movie
Mom (voice) · Thanks
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Brahmin Bulls
2013 · Movie
Helen West
Last Vegas
2013 · Movie
Diana Boyle
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · TV Show
Delia Powell
Finding Your Roots
2012 · TV Show
Self
Outlaw Country
2012 · Movie
Anastasia Lee
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011 · Movie
Café Patron
The Help
2011 · Movie
Elaine Stein
Wilfred
2011 · TV Show
Catherine Newman
Dirty Girl
2010 · Movie
Peggy
Justified
2010 · TV Show
Katherine Hale
Tales from the Future
2010 · Movie
Self
The Talk
2010 · TV Show
Self
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010 · Movie
Mrs. Yankovic
Bored to Death
2009 · TV Show
Josephine
Clarkworld
2009 · Movie
Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009 · Movie
Emma Wheeler
In the Electric Mist
2009 · Movie
Bootsie Robicheaux
The Open Road
2009 · Movie
Katherine
The Proposal
2009 · Movie
Grace Paxton
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Four Christmases
2008 · Movie
Marilyn
Step Brothers
2008 · Movie
Nancy Huff
Elvis & Anabelle
2007 · Movie
Geneva Leigh
Honeydripper
2007 · Movie
Amanda Winship
Nobel Son
2007 · Movie
Sarah Michaelson
Numb
2007 · Movie
Dr. Blaine
The Brave One
2007 · Movie
Carol
30 Rock
2006 · TV Show
Diana Jessup
Bye Bye Benjamin
2006 · Movie
Executive Producer
Inland Empire
2006 · Movie
Visitor #2
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Movie
Marienne Hotchkiss
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006 · Movie
Self
The Dead Girl
2006 · Movie
Leah's Mother
American Dad!
2005 · TV Show
(voice) · Dr. Fay Petit (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Movie
Self
It Must Be Love
2004 · Movie
Clem Gazelle
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · Movie
Mother (archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Casa de los Babys
2003 · Movie
Gayle
E!'s 101
2003 · TV Show
Self
Elf
2003 · Movie
Emily
Hope Springs
2003 · Movie
Joanie Fisher
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · TV Show
Helen Girardi
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003 · Movie
Mary
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002 · Movie
Self
Living with the Dead
2002 · Movie
Detective Karen Condrin
Living with the Dead
2002 · TV Show
Detective Karen Condrin
Sunshine State
2002 · Movie
Francine Pinkney
Wish You Were Dead
2002 · Movie
Sally Rider
Dinner for Five
2001 · TV Show
Cast
Good Day Live
2001 · TV Show
Self
I Am Sam
2001 · Movie
Dr. Blake
Life as a House
2001 · Movie
Colleen Beck
Nobody's Baby
2001 · Movie
Estelle
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001 · Movie
Mother (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · TV Show
Mary Steenburgen
Picnic
2000 · Movie
Rosemary Sydney
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · Movie
Cast
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
Grace Rinato
Noah's Ark
1999 · TV Show
Naamah
About Sarah
1998 · Movie
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Becker
1998 · TV Show
Patient (uncredited)
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · TV Show
Mary Gulliver
Ink
1996 · TV Show
Kate Montgomery · Producer
The Grass Harp
1996 · Movie
Sister Ida
My Family
1995 · Movie
Gloria
Nixon
1995 · Movie
Hannah Nixon
Powder
1995 · Movie
Jessie Caldwell
Clifford
1994 · Movie
Sarah Davis
Ellen
1994 · TV Show
Self (uncredited)
It Runs in the Family
1994 · Movie
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Pontiac Moon
1994 · Movie
Katherine Bellamy
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
Marjorie (voice)
Philadelphia
1993 · Movie
Belinda Conine
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · Movie
Betty Carver
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Movie
Reader (voice)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
Back to the Future
1991 · TV Show
Clara Clayton (voice)
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991 · Movie
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
The Butcher's Wife
1991 · Movie
Stella Keefover
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Movie
Clara Clayton
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990 · Movie
Self
The Long Walk Home
1990 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990 · Movie
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Movie
Self (voice)
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Movie
Elaine Rutledge
Parenthood
1989 · Movie
Karen Buckman
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · Movie
Miep Gies
Dead of Winter
1987 · Movie
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
End of the Line
1987 · Movie
Rose Pickett · Executive Producer
The Whales of August
1987 · Movie
Young Sarah
One Magic Christmas
1985 · Movie
Ginny Grainger
Tender Is the Night
1985 · TV Show
Nicole Diver (née Warren)
Cross Creek
1983 · Movie
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Little Red Riding Hood
1983 · Movie
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Romantic Comedy
1983 · Movie
Phoebe Craddock
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982 · Movie
Adrian
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
Ragtime
1981 · Movie
Mother
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Movie
Lynda Dummar
Time After Time
1979 · Movie
Amy Robbins
Goin' South
1978 · Movie
Julia Tate
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Happiness Isn't Everything
Date unknown · TV Show
Audrey Veill
Southern Discomfort
Date unknown · TV Show
Mary Lou Dobson