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