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