Acting
Mary Steenburgen
EN cinema · 101 credits
Born
8 February 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Also known as Mary Nell Steenburgen
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
Filmography
Last Train to Fortune
as Miss Maybelle
The Dink
as Candace
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Maggie Clarke
Nightmare Alley
as Mrs. Kimball
Happiest Season
as Tipper
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
as Mary Steenburgen
Best Summer Ever
Executive Producer
Antiquities
as Dr. Margot
Flannery
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Katie Says Goodbye
as Maybelle
Book Club
as Carol
The Book of Love
as Julia Mureaux
I Do... Until I Don't
as Cybil Burger
The Discovery
as Interviewer
Dean
as Carol
7 Days in Hell
as Louisa Poole
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
as Aunt Cly
A Walk in the Woods
as Jeannie
Song One
as Karen Ellis
The One I Love
as Mom (voice), Thanks
Brahmin Bulls
as Helen West
Last Vegas
as Diana
Outlaw Country
as Anastasia Lee
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Café Patron
The Help
as Elaine Stein
Dirty Girl
as Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Mrs. Yankovic
In the Electric Mist
as Bootsie Robicheaux
The Proposal
as Grace Paxton
Clarkworld
as Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Emma Wheeler
The Open Road
as Katherine
Step Brothers
as Nancy Huff
Four Christmases
as Marilyn
The Brave One
as Carol
Nobel Son
as Sarah Michaelson
Numb
as Dr. Blaine
Elvis & Anabelle
as Geneva Leigh
Honeydripper
as Amanda Winship
The Dead Girl
as Leah's Mother
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Marienne Hotchkiss
O Lucky Malcolm!
as Self
Inland Empire
as Visitor #2
Bye Bye Benjamin
Executive Producer
Remembering Ragtime
as Mother (archive footage)
It Must Be Love
as Clem Gazelle
Elf
as Emily
Hope Springs
as Joanie Fisher
Casa de los Babys
as Gayle
Wish You Were Dead
as Sally Rider
Living with the Dead
as Detective Karen Condrin
Sunshine State
as Francine Pinkney
Nobody's Baby
as Estelle
The Trumpet of the Swan
as Mother (voice)
Life as a House
as Colleen Beck
I Am Sam
as Dr. Blake
Picnic
as Rosemary Sydney
About Sarah
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
The Grass Harp
as Sister Ida
Nixon
as Hannah Nixon
Powder
as Jessie Caldwell
My Family
as Gloria
Clifford
as Sarah Davis
Pontiac Moon
as Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Betty Carver
Philadelphia
as Belinda Conine
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
The Butcher's Wife
as Stella Keefover
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
Back to the Future Part III
as Clara Clayton
The Long Walk Home
as Narrator (voice)
Parenthood
as Karen Buckman
Miss Firecracker
as Elaine Rutledge
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Miep Gies
The Whales of August
as Young Sarah
End of the Line
as Rose Pickett, Executive Producer
Dead of Winter
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
One Magic Christmas
as Ginny Grainger
Romantic Comedy
as Phoebe Craddock
Cross Creek
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Ragtime
as Mother
Melvin and Howard
as Lynda Dummar
Time After Time
as Amy Robbins
Goin' South
as Julia Tate