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

  1. 2026The Dink1h 43mCandace
  2. 2026Last Train to Fortune1h 34mMiss Maybelle
  3. 2026A Dog's Perfect Christmas1h 39mClaire
  4. 2026Let's Have Kids!1h 30mSue
  5. 2025BULLDOZER1 seasonKathy
  6. 2025Easy's Waltz
  7. 2024A Man on the Inside2 seasonsMona Margadoff
  8. 2023Book Club: The Next Chapter1h 48mCarol
  9. 2021Nightmare Alley2h 31mMrs. Kimball
  10. 2021Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas1h 40mMaggie Clarke
  11. 2020Happiest Season1h 42mTipper
  12. 2020Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist2 seasonsMaggie Clarke
  13. 2019Flannery1h 37mFlannery O'Connor (voice)
  14. 2019Antiquities1h 33mDr. Margot
  15. 2018Book Club1h 44mCarol
  16. 2018Katie Says Goodbye1h 28mMaybelle
  17. 2017I Do... Until I Don't1h 43mCybil Burger
  18. 2017The Book of Love1h 47mJulia Mureaux
  19. 2017The Discovery1h 42mInterviewer
  20. 2016Dean1h 34mCarol
  21. 2015Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow1h 27mAunt Cly
  22. 2015The Last Man on Earth4 seasonsGail Klosterman
  23. 20157 Days in Hell43mLouisa Poole
  24. 2015A Walk in the Woods1h 44mJeannie
  25. 2014Song One1h 26mKaren Ellis
  26. 2014The One I Love1h 31mMom (voice)
  27. 2013Brahmin Bulls1h 36mHelen West
  28. 2013Last Vegas1h 45mDiana Boyle
  29. 2012Outlaw Country1h 23mAnastasia Lee
  30. 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited30mCafé Patron
  31. 2010Weird: The Al Yankovic Story3mMrs. Yankovic
  32. 2010Dirty Girl1h 30mPeggy
  33. 2010Tales from the Future2h 6mSelf
  34. 2009In the Electric Mist1h 57mBootsie Robicheaux
  35. 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?1h 43mEmma Wheeler
  36. 2009The Proposal1h 48mGrace Paxton
  37. 2009The Open Road1h 30mKatherine
  38. 2009Clarkworld1h 12mSelf
  39. 2008Step Brothers1h 38mNancy Huff
  40. 2008Four Christmases1h 28mMarilyn
  41. 2007The Brave One2h 2mCarol
  42. 2007Elvis & Anabelle1h 46mGeneva Leigh
  43. 2007Nobel Son1h 50mSarah Michaelson
  44. 2007Numb1h 33mDr. Blaine
  45. 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School1h 43mMarienne Hotchkiss
  46. 2006The Dead Girl1h 34mLeah's Mother
  47. 2006O Lucky Malcolm!1h 26mSelf
  48. 2006Bye Bye Benjamin22mExecutive Producer
  49. 2004It Must Be Love1h 27mClem Gazelle
  50. 2004Remembering Ragtime18mMother (archive footage)
  51. 2004Elf: That's a WrapSelf
  52. 2003Joan of Arcadia2 seasonsHelen Girardi
  53. 2003Hope Springs1h 30mJoanie Fisher
  54. 2003Elf1h 37mEmily
  55. 2003Casa de los Babys1h 36mGayle
  56. 2003Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood1h 52mMary
  57. 2002Living with the Dead2h 46mDetective Karen Condrin
  58. 2002Living with the Dead1 seasonDetective Karen Condrin
  59. 2002Wish You Were Dead1h 40mSally Rider
  60. 2002Sunshine State2h 21mFrancine Pinkney
  61. 2002Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'Self
  62. 2001The Trumpet of the Swan1h 15mMother (voice)
  63. 2001Life as a House2h 5mColleen Beck
  64. 2001Nobody's Baby1h 50mEstelle
  65. 2001I Am Sam2h 12mDr. Blake
  66. 2000Picnic1h 40mRosemary Sydney
  67. 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story1h 20m
  68. 1999Noah's Ark2h 46mNaamah
  69. 1999Noah's Ark1 seasonNaamah
  70. 1998About Sarah1h 33mSarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
  71. 1996Ink1 seasonKate Montgomery
  72. 1996Gulliver's Travels1 seasonMary Gulliver
  73. 1996The Grass Harp1h 47mSister Ida
  74. 1995Powder1h 52mJessie Caldwell
  75. 1995Nixon3h 12mHannah Nixon
  76. 1995My Family2h 8mGloria
  77. 1994Pontiac Moon1h 53mKatherine Bellamy
  78. 1994Clifford1h 29mSarah Davis
  79. 1994It Runs in the Family1h 25mMrs. Parker (Mother)
  80. 1993What's Eating Gilbert Grape1h 58mBetty Carver
  81. 1993Philadelphia2h 6mBelinda Conine
  82. 1992Earth and the American Dream1h 18mReader (voice)
  83. 1991Back to the Future2 seasonsClara Clayton (voice)
  84. 1991Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas24mClara Clayton Brown (voice)
  85. 1991The Butcher's Wife1h 47mStella Keefover
  86. 1990Back to the Future Part III1h 59mClara Clayton
  87. 1990The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy21mSelf
  88. 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1hSelf
  89. 1989Parenthood2h 4mKaren Buckman
  90. 1989Miss Firecracker1h 42mElaine Rutledge
  91. 1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank1h 35mMiep Gies
  92. 1987Dead of Winter1h 40mJulie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
  93. 1987The Whales of August1h 30mYoung Sarah
  94. 1987End of the Line1h 43mRose Pickett
  95. 1985One Magic Christmas1h 28mGinny Grainger
  96. 1985Tender Is the Night1 seasonNicole Diver (née Warren)
  97. 1983Cross Creek2h 7mMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  98. 1983Little Red Riding Hood54mLittle Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
  99. 1983Romantic Comedy1h 43mPhoebe Craddock
  100. 1982A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy1h 28mAdrian
  101. 1981Ragtime2h 35mMother
  102. 1980Melvin and Howard1h 35mLynda Dummar
  103. 1979Time After Time1h 52mAmy Robbins
  104. 1978Goin' South1h 49mJulia Tate
  105. Southern Discomfort1 seasonMary Lou Dobson
  106. Happiness Isn't Everything1 seasonAudrey Veill