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 Dink (2026)
as Candace
The Proposal (2009)
as Grace Paxton
The Help (2011)
as Elaine Stein
Elf (2003)
as Emily
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
as Clara Clayton
Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Mrs. Kimball
Step Brothers (2008)
as Nancy Huff
I Am Sam (2001)
as Dr. Blake
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
as Betty Carver
Philadelphia (1993)
as Belinda Conine
Inland Empire (2006)
as Visitor #2
Four Christmases (2008)
as Marilyn
The Brave One (2007)
as Carol
Last Vegas (2013)
as Diana Boyle
Happiest Season (2020)
as Tipper
Book Club (2018)
as Carol
Parenthood (1989)
as Karen Buckman
Powder (1995)
as Jessie Caldwell
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Emma Wheeler
Nixon (1995)
as Hannah Nixon
Life as a House (2001)
as Colleen Beck
The One I Love (2014)
as Mom (voice)
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Leah's Mother
7 Days in Hell (2015)
as Louisa Poole
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
as Carol
Time After Time (1979)
as Amy Robbins
Hope Springs (2003)
as Joanie Fisher
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
as Jeannie
The Discovery (2017)
as Interviewer
The Long Walk Home (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Bootsie Robicheaux
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
as Adrian
Ragtime (1981)
as Mother
Nobel Son (2007)
as Sarah Michaelson
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
as Stella Keefover
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Sister Ida
Goin' South (1978)
as Julia Tate
The Book of Love (2017)
as Julia Mureaux
One Magic Christmas (1985)
as Ginny Grainger
Dirty Girl (2010)
as Peggy
My Family (1995)
as Gloria
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
as Mother (voice)
The Open Road (2009)
as Katherine
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
as Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
as Café Patron
Cross Creek (1983)
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
as Marienne Hotchkiss
Dead of Winter (1987)
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
Elvis & Anabelle (2007)
as Geneva Leigh
Dean (2016)
as Carol
Numb (2007)
as Dr. Blaine
Song One (2014)
as Karen Ellis
Last Train to Fortune (2025)
as Miss Maybelle
Clifford (1994)
as Sarah Davis
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
as Maggie Clarke
Nobody's Baby (2001)
as Estelle
Melvin and Howard (1980)
as Lynda Dummar
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
as Sally Rider
Honeydripper (2007)
as Amanda Winship
It Runs in the Family (1994)
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Katie Says Goodbye (2018)
as Maybelle
I Do... Until I Don't (2017)
as Cybil Burger
Romantic Comedy (1983)
as Phoebe Craddock
30 Rock: A One-Time Special (2020)
as Mary Steenburgen
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023)
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)
End of the Line (1987)
as Rose Pickett
Living with the Dead (2002)
as Detective Karen Condrin
Clarkworld (2009)
as Self
Flannery (2019)
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Tales from the Future (2010)
as Self
The Whales of August (1987)
as Young Sarah
Pontiac Moon (1994)
as Katherine Bellamy
Sunshine State (2002)
as Francine Pinkney
Outlaw Country (2012)
as Anastasia Lee
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Elaine Rutledge
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (—)
as Claire
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)
as Aunt Cly
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (2022)
as Self
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2010)
as Mrs. Yankovic
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy (1990)
as Self
Casa de los Babys (2003)
as Gayle
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Miep Gies
About Sarah (1998)
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
It Must Be Love (2004)
as Clem Gazelle
Easy's Waltz (2025)
Actor
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Actor
Picnic (2000)
as Rosemary Sydney
Let's Have Kids! (—)
as Sue
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas (1991)
as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
Antiquities (2019)
as Dr. Margot
Noah's Ark (1999)
as Naamah
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood (2003)
as Mary
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' (2002)
as Self
O Lucky Malcolm! (2006)
as Self
Elf: That's a Wrap (2004)
as Self
Little Red Riding Hood (1983)
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
as Mother (archive footage)
Brahmin Bulls (2013)
as Helen West