Mary Steenburgen
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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
Credits
The Proposal (2009)
as Grace Paxton
The Help (2011)
as Elaine Stein
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
as Clara Clayton
Step Brothers (2008)
as Nancy Huff
Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Mrs. Kimball
The Dink (2026)
as Candace
Elf (2003)
as Emily
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
as Betty Carver
The Brave One (2007)
as Carol
Last Vegas (2013)
as Diana Boyle
I Am Sam (2001)
as Dr. Blake
Inland Empire (2006)
as Visitor #2
Philadelphia (1993)
as Belinda Conine
Four Christmases (2008)
as Marilyn
Happiest Season (2020)
as Tipper
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
as Carol
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Bootsie Robicheaux
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Emma Wheeler
Book Club (2018)
as Carol
Powder (1995)
as Jessie Caldwell
Life as a House (2001)
as Colleen Beck
The One I Love (2014)
as Mom (voice)
7 Days in Hell (2015)
as Louisa Poole
Nixon (1995)
as Hannah Nixon
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
as Jeannie
Parenthood (1989)
as Karen Buckman
The Book of Love (2017)
as Julia Mureaux
The Discovery (2017)
as Interviewer
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
as Adrian
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
as Maggie Clarke
The Long Walk Home (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
My Family (1995)
as Gloria
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
as Stella Keefover
Time After Time (1979)
as Amy Robbins
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Leah's Mother
Last Train to Fortune (2026)
as Miss Maybelle
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
as Mother (voice)
Goin' South (1978)
as Julia Tate
Dirty Girl (2010)
as Peggy
Let's Have Kids! (2026)
as Sue
Numb (2007)
as Dr. Blaine
Song One (2014)
as Karen Ellis
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023)
as Self
One Magic Christmas (1985)
as Ginny Grainger
Nobel Son (2007)
as Sarah Michaelson
The Whales of August (1987)
as Young Sarah
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
as Café Patron
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
as Marienne Hotchkiss
Living with the Dead (2002)
as Detective Karen Condrin
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Sister Ida
End of the Line (1987)
as Rose Pickett
I Do... Until I Don't (2017)
as Cybil Burger
30 Rock: A One-Time Special (2020)
as Mary Steenburgen
Hope Springs (2003)
as Joanie Fisher
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
as Sally Rider
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2010)
as Mrs. Yankovic
Ragtime (1981)
as Mother
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)
as Aunt Cly
Honeydripper (2007)
as Amanda Winship
Dead of Winter (1987)
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
Casa de los Babys (2003)
as Gayle
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
as Self
Clifford (1994)
as Sarah Davis
It Runs in the Family (1994)
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Actor
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (2022)
as Self
Elvis & Anabelle (2007)
as Geneva Leigh
Katie Says Goodbye (2018)
as Maybelle
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Cross Creek (1983)
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Tales from the Future (2010)
as Self
Nobody's Baby (2001)
as Estelle
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Elaine Rutledge
Elf: That's a Wrap (2004)
as Self
Little Red Riding Hood (1983)
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (2026)
as Claire
Melvin and Howard (1980)
as Lynda Dummar
The Open Road (2009)
as Katherine
Flannery (2019)
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Easy's Waltz (2025)
Actor
Romantic Comedy (1983)
as Phoebe Craddock
It Must Be Love (2004)
as Clem Gazelle
Dean (2016)
as Carol
Sunshine State (2002)
as Francine Pinkney
Pontiac Moon (1994)
as Katherine Bellamy
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy (1990)
as Self
Outlaw Country (2012)
as Anastasia Lee
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' (2002)
as Self
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Miep Gies
About Sarah (1998)
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas (1991)
as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood (2003)
as Mary
Clarkworld (2009)
as Self
Picnic (2000)
as Rosemary Sydney
Brahmin Bulls (2013)
as Helen West
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
as Mother (archive footage)
Antiquities (2019)
as Dr. Margot
O Lucky Malcolm! (2006)
as Self