Actor
Mary Steenburgen
Born 8 February 1953 · Newport, Arkansas, USA
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.
Films and shows
- 2026
The Dink1h 43mCandace - 2026
Last Train to Fortune1h 34mMiss Maybelle - 2026
A Dog's Perfect Christmas1h 39mClaire - 2026
Let's Have Kids!1h 30mSue - 2025BULLDOZER1 seasonKathy
- 2025
Easy's Waltz - 2024
A Man on the Inside2 seasonsMona Margadoff - 2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter1h 48mCarol - 2021
Nightmare Alley2h 31mMrs. Kimball - 2021
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas1h 40mMaggie Clarke - 2020
Happiest Season1h 42mTipper - 2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist2 seasonsMaggie Clarke - 2019
Flannery1h 37mFlannery O'Connor (voice) - 2019
Antiquities1h 33mDr. Margot - 2018
Book Club1h 44mCarol - 2018
Katie Says Goodbye1h 28mMaybelle - 2017
I Do... Until I Don't1h 43mCybil Burger - 2017
The Book of Love1h 47mJulia Mureaux - 2017
The Discovery1h 42mInterviewer - 2016
Dean1h 34mCarol - 2015
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow1h 27mAunt Cly - 2015
The Last Man on Earth4 seasonsGail Klosterman - 2015
7 Days in Hell43mLouisa Poole - 2015
A Walk in the Woods1h 44mJeannie - 2014
Song One1h 26mKaren Ellis - 2014
The One I Love1h 31mMom (voice) - 2013
Brahmin Bulls1h 36mHelen West - 2013
Last Vegas1h 45mDiana Boyle - 2012
Outlaw Country1h 23mAnastasia Lee - 2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited30mCafé Patron - 2010
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story3mMrs. Yankovic - 2010
Dirty Girl1h 30mPeggy - 2010
Tales from the Future2h 6mSelf - 2009
In the Electric Mist1h 57mBootsie Robicheaux - 2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans?1h 43mEmma Wheeler - 2009
The Proposal1h 48mGrace Paxton - 2009
The Open Road1h 30mKatherine - 2009
Clarkworld1h 12mSelf - 2008
Step Brothers1h 38mNancy Huff - 2008
Four Christmases1h 28mMarilyn - 2007
The Brave One2h 2mCarol - 2007
Elvis & Anabelle1h 46mGeneva Leigh - 2007
Nobel Son1h 50mSarah Michaelson - 2007
Numb1h 33mDr. Blaine - 2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School1h 43mMarienne Hotchkiss - 2006
The Dead Girl1h 34mLeah's Mother - 2006
O Lucky Malcolm!1h 26mSelf - 2006
Bye Bye Benjamin22mExecutive Producer - 2004
It Must Be Love1h 27mClem Gazelle - 2004
Remembering Ragtime18mMother (archive footage) - 2004
Elf: That's a WrapSelf - 2003
Joan of Arcadia2 seasonsHelen Girardi - 2003
Hope Springs1h 30mJoanie Fisher - 2003
Elf1h 37mEmily - 2003
Casa de los Babys1h 36mGayle - 2003
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood1h 52mMary - 2002
Living with the Dead2h 46mDetective Karen Condrin - 2002
Living with the Dead1 seasonDetective Karen Condrin - 2002
Wish You Were Dead1h 40mSally Rider - 2002
Sunshine State2h 21mFrancine Pinkney - 2002
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'Self - 2001
The Trumpet of the Swan1h 15mMother (voice) - 2001
Life as a House2h 5mColleen Beck - 2001
Nobody's Baby1h 50mEstelle - 2001
I Am Sam2h 12mDr. Blake - 2000
Picnic1h 40mRosemary Sydney - 2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story1h 20m - 1999
Noah's Ark2h 46mNaamah - 1999
Noah's Ark1 seasonNaamah - 1998
About Sarah1h 33mSarah Elizabeth McCaffrey - 1996
Ink1 seasonKate Montgomery - 1996
Gulliver's Travels1 seasonMary Gulliver - 1996
The Grass Harp1h 47mSister Ida - 1995
Powder1h 52mJessie Caldwell - 1995
Nixon3h 12mHannah Nixon - 1995
My Family2h 8mGloria - 1994
Pontiac Moon1h 53mKatherine Bellamy - 1994
Clifford1h 29mSarah Davis - 1994
It Runs in the Family1h 25mMrs. Parker (Mother) - 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape1h 58mBetty Carver - 1993
Philadelphia2h 6mBelinda Conine - 1992
Earth and the American Dream1h 18mReader (voice) - 1991
Back to the Future2 seasonsClara Clayton (voice) - 1991
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas24mClara Clayton Brown (voice) - 1991
The Butcher's Wife1h 47mStella Keefover - 1990
Back to the Future Part III1h 59mClara Clayton - 1990
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy21mSelf - 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1hSelf
- 1989
Parenthood2h 4mKaren Buckman - 1989
Miss Firecracker1h 42mElaine Rutledge - 1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank1h 35mMiep Gies - 1987
Dead of Winter1h 40mJulie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn - 1987
The Whales of August1h 30mYoung Sarah - 1987
End of the Line1h 43mRose Pickett - 1985
One Magic Christmas1h 28mGinny Grainger - 1985
Tender Is the Night1 seasonNicole Diver (née Warren) - 1983
Cross Creek2h 7mMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings - 1983
Little Red Riding Hood54mLittle Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary - 1983
Romantic Comedy1h 43mPhoebe Craddock - 1982
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy1h 28mAdrian - 1981
Ragtime2h 35mMother - 1980
Melvin and Howard1h 35mLynda Dummar - 1979
Time After Time1h 52mAmy Robbins - 1978
Goin' South1h 49mJulia Tate - Southern Discomfort1 seasonMary Lou Dobson
- Happiness Isn't Everything1 seasonAudrey Veill
