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
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
2021
- Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
- Mr. Mayor as Adriana
- Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- Happiest Season as Tipper
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Maggie Clarke
- Best Summer Ever ... (Executive Producer)
- 30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- Reunited Apart as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- Bless the Harts as Crystalynn (voice)
- On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Ellen Joy Bonar
- Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
2018
- The Conners as Marcy Bellinger
- Book Club as Carol
- Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
2017
- The Discovery as Interviewer
- The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 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
- 7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- Togetherness as Linda
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 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
- Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
2010
- Justified as Katherine Hale
- Dirty Girl as Peggy
- Tales from the Future as Self
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Proposal as Grace Paxton
- In the Electric Mist as Bootsie Robicheaux
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- Clarkworld as Self
- The Open Road as Katherine
2008
- Step Brothers as Nancy Huff
- Four Christmases as Marilyn
2007
- Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- Numb as Dr. Blaine
- Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- The Brave One as Carol
2006
- 30 Rock as Diana Jessup
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- Bye Bye Benjamin ... (Executive Producer)
2005
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
2003
- Elf as Emily
- Joan of Arcadia as Helen Girardi
- Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- E!'s 101 as Self
- Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
2002
- Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
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)
- Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- Dinner for Five
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen
- Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
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
- Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver
- The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- Ink as Kate Montgomery
1994
- Ellen as Self (uncredited)
- Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- Clifford as Sarah Davis
- It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
1993
- Frasier as Marjorie (voice)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Betty Carver
- Philadelphia as Belinda Conine
1992
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (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
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 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
- Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- End of the Line as Rose Pickett
1985
- One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
1983
- Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
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