1953-02-08 Newport, Arkansas, USA
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.
Book Club: The Next Chapter | Carol | 2023-05-11 | |
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023-12-21 | |
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Maggie Clarke | 2021-12-01 | |
Nightmare Alley | Mrs. Kimball | 2021-12-02 | |
Happiest Season | Tipper | 2020-11-26 | |
30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen | 2020-07-16 | |
Flannery | Flannery O'Connor (voice) | 2019-10-25 | |
Antiquities | Dr. Margot | 2019-01-25 | |
Katie Says Goodbye | Maybelle | 2018-03-08 | |
Book Club | Carol | 2018-05-18 | |
The Book of Love | Julia Mureaux | 2017-01-13 | |
I Do... Until I Don't | Cybil Burger | 2017-09-01 | |
The Discovery | Interviewer | 2017-03-31 | |
Dean | Carol | 2016-04-16 | |
7 Days in Hell | Louisa Poole | 2015-07-11 | |
A Walk in the Woods | Jeannie | 2015-09-02 | |
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Aunt Cly | 2015-11-21 | |
Song One | Karen Ellis | 2014-01-20 | |
The One I Love | Mom (voice) | 2014-08-08 | |
Brahmin Bulls | Helen West | 2013-10-05 | |
Last Vegas | Diana Boyle | 2013-10-31 | |
Outlaw Country | Anastasia Lee | 2012-08-24 | |
The Help | Elain Stein | 2011-08-09 | |
Fight for Your Right Revisited | Café Patron | 2011-04-22 | |
Dirty Girl | Peggy | 2010-09-12 | |
Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 | |
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Mrs. Yankovic | 2010-03-22 | |
Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Emma Wheeler | 2009-12-17 | |
The Open Road | Katherine | 2009-02-07 | |
In the Electric Mist | Bootsie Robicheaux | 2009-04-15 | |
Clarkworld | herself | 2009-11-03 | |
The Proposal | Grace Paxton | 2009-06-01 | |
Step Brothers | Nancy Huff | 2008-07-25 | |
Four Christmases | Marilyn | 2008-11-26 | |
Numb | Dr. Blaine | 2007-04-30 | |
The Brave One | Carol | 2007-09-12 | |
Honeydripper | Amanda Winship | 2007-09-10 | |
Nobel Son | Sarah Michaelson | 2007-04-28 | |
Elvis & Anabelle | Geneva Leigh | 2007-03-10 | |
O Lucky Malcolm! | Self | 2006-01-01 | |
The Dead Girl | Beverley, Leah's Mother | 2006-11-07 | |
Inland Empire | Visitor #2 | 2006-12-06 | |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Marienne Hotchkiss | 2005-01-24 | |
Remembering Ragtime | Mother (archive footage) | 2004-11-16 | |
It Must Be Love | 2004-02-15 | ||
Casa de los Babys | Gayle | 2003-09-19 | |
Elf | Emily | 2003-10-09 | |
Hope Springs | Joanie Fisher | 2003-05-09 | |
Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin | 2002-04-28 | |
Wish You Were Dead | Sally Rider | 2002-05-21 | |
Sunshine State | Francine Pinkney | 2002-06-21 | |
I Am Sam | Dr. Blake | 2001-12-28 | |
Life as a House | Colleen Beck | 2001-10-25 | |
The Trumpet of the Swan | Mother (voice) | 2001-05-11 | |
Nobody's Baby | Estelle | 2001-01-01 | |
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000-05-31 | ||
Picnic | Rosemary Sydney | 2000-04-16 | |
About Sarah | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey | 1998-10-04 | |
My Family | Gloria | 1995-05-03 | |
The Grass Harp | Sister Ida | 1995-09-10 | |
Nixon | Hannah Nixon | 1995-12-22 | |
Powder | Jessie Caldwell | 1995-10-27 | |
Clifford | Sarah Davis | 1994-04-01 | |
It Runs in the Family | Mrs. Parker (Mother) | 1994-09-23 | |
Pontiac Moon | Katherine Bellamy | 1994-11-03 | |
Philadelphia | Belinda Conine | 1993-12-22 | |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Betty Carver | 1993-12-17 | |
Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 | |
The Butcher's Wife | Stella Keefover | 1991-10-25 | |
Back to the Future Part III | Clara Clayton | 1990-05-25 | |
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Self | 1990-06-12 | |
The Long Walk Home | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-21 | |
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | 1990-08-27 | |
Parenthood | Karen Buckman | 1989-07-31 | |
Miss Firecracker | Elaine Rutledge | 1989-04-28 | |
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Miep Gies | 1988-04-17 | |
The Whales of August | Young Sarah | 1987-10-14 | |
End of the Line | Rose Pickett | 1987-08-28 | |
Dead of Winter | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn | 1987-02-06 | |
One Magic Christmas | Ginny Grainger | 1985-11-22 | |
Romantic Comedy | Phoebe Craddock | 1983-10-07 | |
Cross Creek | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1983-09-21 | |
Little Red Riding Hood | Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary | 1983-11-10 | |
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Adrian | 1982-07-16 | |
Ragtime | Mother | 1981-11-20 | |
Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar | 1980-09-19 | |
Time After Time | Amy Robbins | 1979-09-28 | |
Goin' South | Julia Tate | 1978-10-06 | |
Last Train to Fortune |