Mary Steenburgen
Birthday
1953/02/08 (71 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Also know as
Mary Nell Steenburgen, Μάρι Στινμπούργζεν
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.
Acting
(1990) Back to the Future Part III
as Clara Clayton
(2021) Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Maggie Clarke
(1989) Parenthood
as Karen Buckman
(1993) What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Betty Carver
(2003) Elf
as Emily
(1994) Clifford
as Sarah Davis
(2007) The Brave One
as Carol
(1991) The Butcher's Wife
as Stella Keefover
(1995) Nixon
as Hannah Nixon
(2000) Picnic
as Rosemary Sydney
(2003) Hope Springs
as Joanie Fisher
(2002) Wish You Were Dead
as Sally Rider
(1979) Time After Time
as Amy Robbins
(1982) A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
as Adrian
(2008) Step Brothers
as Nancy Huff
(2008) Four Christmases
as Marilyn
(1981) Ragtime
as Mother
(1990) The Long Walk Home
as Narrator (voice)
(1995) Powder
as Jessie Caldwell
(1978) Goin' South
as Julia Tate
(1985) One Magic Christmas
as Ginny Grainger
(2006) The Dead Girl
as Beverley, Leah's Mother
(2009) In the Electric Mist
as Bootsie Robicheaux
(2021) Nightmare Alley
as Mrs. Kimball
(2011) Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Café Patron
(2007) Nobel Son
as Sarah Michaelson
(2003) Casa de los Babys
as Gayle
(1980) Melvin and Howard
as Lynda Dummar
(2007) Numb
as Dr. Blaine
(1995) The Grass Harp
as Sister Ida
(2001) Nobody's Baby
as Estelle
(2009) The Proposal
as Grace Paxton
(1987) The Whales of August
as Young Sarah
(1987) End of the Line
as Rose Pickett
(2007) Elvis & Anabelle
as Geneva Leigh
(1994) Pontiac Moon
as Katherine Bellamy
(1994) It Runs in the Family
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
(2010) Dirty Girl
as Peggy
(1987) Dead of Winter
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
(2001) The Trumpet of the Swan
as Mother (voice)
(2006) Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Marienne Hotchkiss
(2009) Clarkworld
as Self
(2002) Living with the Dead
as Detective Karen Condrin
(2002) Sunshine State
as Francine Pinkney
(1983) Romantic Comedy
as Phoebe Craddock
(2006) O Lucky Malcolm!
as Self
(2012) Outlaw Country
as Anastasia Lee
(2013) Brahmin Bulls
as Helen West
(1990) The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
as Self
(1983) Cross Creek
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
(2013) Last Vegas
as Diana Boyle
(2004) Remembering Ragtime
as Mother (archive footage)
(1998) About Sarah
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
(2004) It Must Be Love
as ---
(2023) Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Carol
(2014) Song One
as Karen Ellis
(1989) Miss Firecracker
as Elaine Rutledge
(1993) Philadelphia
as Belinda Conine
(2015) 7 Days in Hell
as Louisa Poole
Last Train to Fortune
as ---
(2016) Dean
as Carol
(2023) Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
(1990) Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
(2009) Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Emma Wheeler
(2001) Life as a House
as Colleen Beck
(2015) Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
as Aunt Cly
(1988) The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Miep Gies
(2017) The Book of Love
as Julia Mureaux
(2015) A Walk in the Woods
as Jeannie
Let's Have Kids!
as ---
(2010) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Mrs. Yankovic
(2009) The Open Road
as Katherine
(2017) I Do... Until I Don't
as Cybil Burger
(2011) The Help
as Elaine Stein
(2018) Katie Says Goodbye
as Maybelle
(1983) Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
(2006) Inland Empire
as Visitor #2
(2001) I Am Sam
as Dr. Blake
(2017) The Discovery
as Interviewer
(2007) Honeydripper
as Amanda Winship
(2018) Book Club
as Carol
(2019) Antiquities
as Dr. Margot
(1995) My Family
as Gloria
(2019) Flannery
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
(2000) The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as ---
(2010) Tales from the Future
as Self
(2020) Happiest Season
as Tipper
(2014) The One I Love
as Mom (voice)
(1992) Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(2020) 30 Rock: A One-Time Special
as Mary Steenburgen
The Dink
as ---
(2011) Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
as Self
(1996) Ink
as Kate Montgomery
(2001) Dinner for Five
as ---
(1994) Ellen
as Self (uncredited)
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
(2003) Joan of Arcadia
as Helen Girardi
(1997) The View
as Self
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Grace Rinato
(1993) Frasier
as Marjorie (voice)
(2012) Finding Your Roots
as Self
(1998) Becker
as Patient (uncredited)
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
(2000) Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Mary Steenburgen
(1991) Back to the Future
as Clara Clayton (voice)
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Delia Powell
(2011) Wilfred
as Catherine Newman
(2019) Bless the Harts
as Crystalynn (voice)
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2001) Good Day Live
as Self
(2003) E!'s 101
as Self
(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(2015) The Last Man on Earth
as Gail Klosterman
(2006) 30 Rock
as Diana Jessup
(1985) Tender Is the Night
as Nicole Warren Diver
(2021) Mr. Mayor
as Adriana
(2010) Justified
as Katherine Hale
(1996) Gulliver's Travels
as Mary Gulliver
(1999) Noah's Ark
as Naamah
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1992) Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (Voice)
Happiness Isn't Everything
as Audrey Veill
(2018) The Conners
as Marcy Bellinger
(2020) Stars in the House
as Self
(2002) Living with the Dead
as Detective Karen Condrin
(2020) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
as Maggie Clarke
(2019) On Becoming a God in Central Florida
as Ellen Joy Bonar
(2015) Togetherness
as Linda
(2016) The Good Place
as Teacher
(2020) Reunited Apart
as Self
(2015) Grace and Frankie
as Miriam
(2025) BULLDOZER
as Kathy