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