Mary Steenburgen
Known for acting · Born 8 February 1953 · 73 · Newport, Arkansas, USA
155 credits
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
The Last Man on Earth
2015
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Happiest Season
2020
The Proposal
2009
Philadelphia
1993
Elf
2003
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
Powder
1995
Parenthood
1989
Step Brothers
2008
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Last Vegas
2013
Acting (150)
2026The DinkCandaceFilm
2026Last Train to FortuneMiss MaybelleFilm
2026A Dog’s Perfect ChristmasClaireFilm
2025Easy's WaltzFilm
2025BULLDOZERKathySeries
2024A Man on the InsideMona Margadoff · 8 episodesSeries
2024In the Kitchen with Harry HamlinSelfSeries
2023Book Club: The Next ChapterCarolFilm
2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelfFilm
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden GirlSelfFilm
2021Nightmare AlleyMrs. KimballFilm
2021Zoey's Extraordinary ChristmasMaggie ClarkeFilm
2021Mr. MayorAdrianaSeries
2020Happiest SeasonTipperFilm
2020Zoey's Extraordinary PlaylistMaggie Clarke · 25 episodesSeries
202030 Rock: A One-Time SpecialMary SteenburgenFilm
2020Reunited ApartSelfSeries
2020Stars in the HouseSelfSeries
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2019On Becoming a God in Central FloridaEllen Joy Bonar · 2 episodesSeries
2019Bless the HartsCrystalynn (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2019AntiquitiesDr. MargotFilm
2019FlanneryFlannery O'Connor (voice)Film
2018Book ClubCarolFilm
2018The ConnersMarcy BellingerSeries
2018Katie Says GoodbyeMaybelleFilm
2017The DiscoveryInterviewerFilm
2017The Book of LoveJulia MureauxFilm
2017I Do... Until I Don'tCybil BurgerFilm
2016The Good PlaceTeacherSeries
2016DeanCarolFilm
2015The Last Man on EarthGail Klosterman · 67 episodesSeries
2015A Walk in the WoodsJeannieFilm
20157 Days in HellLouisa PooleFilm
2015Grace and FrankieMiriam · 2 episodesSeries
2015TogethernessLinda · 2 episodesSeries
2015Jim Henson's Turkey HollowAunt ClyFilm
2014The One I LoveMom (voice)Film
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - GuestSeries
2014Song OneKaren EllisFilm
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2013Orange Is the New BlackDelia Powell · 6 episodesSeries
2013Last VegasDiana BoyleFilm
2013Brahmin BullsHelen WestFilm
2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
2012Outlaw CountryAnastasia LeeFilm
2011The HelpElaine SteinFilm
2011WilfredCatherine Newman · 4 episodesSeries
2011Fight for Your Right RevisitedCafé PatronFilm
2010JustifiedKatherine Hale · 7 episodesSeries
2010Dirty GirlPeggyFilm
2010Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryMrs. YankovicFilm
2010The TalkSelfSeries
2010Tales from the FutureSelfFilm
2009The ProposalGrace PaxtonFilm
2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?Emma WheelerFilm
2009In the Electric MistBootsie RobicheauxFilm
2009Bored to DeathJosephine · 4 episodesSeries
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2009The Open RoadKatherineFilm
2009ClarkworldSelfFilm
2008Step BrothersNancy HuffFilm
2008Four ChristmasesMarilynFilm
2007The Brave OneCarolFilm
2007Nobel SonSarah MichaelsonFilm
2007NumbDr. BlaineFilm
2007Elvis & AnabelleGeneva LeighFilm
2007HoneydripperAmanda WinshipFilm
2006Inland EmpireVisitor #2Film
200630 RockDiana Jessup · 5 episodesSeries
2006The Dead GirlLeah's MotherFilm
2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolMarienne HotchkissFilm
2006O Lucky Malcolm!SelfFilm
2005American Dad!(voice), Dr. Fay Petit (voice)Series
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelfSeries
2004It Must Be LoveClem GazelleFilm
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2004Remembering RagtimeMother (archive footage)Film
2004Elf: That's a WrapSelfFilm
2003ElfEmilyFilm
2003Hope SpringsJoanie FisherFilm
2003Joan of ArcadiaHelen Girardi · 45 episodesSeries
2003Casa de los BabysGayleFilm
2003Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to HollywoodMaryFilm
2003E!'s 101SelfSeries
2002Sunshine StateFrancine PinkneyFilm
2002Living with the DeadDetective Karen CondrinFilm
2002Wish You Were DeadSally RiderFilm
2002Living with the DeadDetective Karen Condrin · 2 episodesSeries
2002Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'SelfFilm
2001I Am SamDr. BlakeFilm
2001Life as a HouseColleen BeckFilm
2001The Trumpet of the SwanMother (voice)Film
2001Nobody's BabyEstelleFilm
2001Dinner for Five · 2 episodesSeries
2001Good Day LiveSelfSeries
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMary Steenburgen · 6 episodesSeries
2000PicnicRosemary SydneyFilm
2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitGrace RinatoSeries
1999Noah's ArkNaamah · 2 episodesSeries
1998BeckerPatient (uncredited)Series
1998About SarahSarah Elizabeth McCaffreyFilm
1997The ViewSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1996Gulliver's TravelsMary Gulliver · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Grass HarpSister IdaFilm
1996InkKate Montgomery · 26 episodesSeries
1995PowderJessie CaldwellFilm
1995NixonHannah NixonFilm
1995My FamilyGloriaFilm
1994CliffordSarah DavisFilm
1994EllenSelf (uncredited)Series
1994It Runs in the FamilyMrs. Parker (Mother)Film
1994Pontiac MoonKatherine BellamyFilm
1993PhiladelphiaBelinda ConineFilm
1993What's Eating Gilbert GrapeBetty CarverFilm
1993FrasierMarjorie (voice)Series
1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)Film
1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesNarrator (voice)Series
1991The Butcher's WifeStella KeefoverFilm
1991Back to the FutureClara Clayton (voice) · 27 episodesSeries
1991Back to the Future: Dickens of a ChristmasClara Clayton Brown (voice)Film
1990Back to the Future Part IIIClara ClaytonFilm
1990The Long Walk HomeNarrator (voice)Film
1990The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' TrilogySelfFilm
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelfFilm
1989ParenthoodKaren BuckmanFilm
1989Miss FirecrackerElaine RutledgeFilm
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)Film
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - GuestSeries
1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne FrankMiep GiesFilm
1987Dead of WinterJulie Rose / Katie McGovern / EvelynFilm
1987The Whales of AugustYoung SarahFilm
1987End of the LineRose PickettFilm
1985One Magic ChristmasGinny GraingerFilm
1985Tender Is the NightNicole Diver (née Warren) · 6 episodesSeries
1983Romantic ComedyPhoebe CraddockFilm
1983Cross CreekMarjorie Kinnan RawlingsFilm
1983Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood a.k.a. MaryFilm
1982A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyAdrianFilm
1982Faerie Tale TheatreMary / Little Red Riding HoodSeries
1981RagtimeMotherFilm
1980Melvin and HowardLynda DummarFilm
1979Time After TimeAmy RobbinsFilm
1978Goin' SouthJulia TateFilm
1953The OscarsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
—Let's Have Kids!SueFilm
—Happiness Isn't EverythingAudrey VeillSeries
—Southern DiscomfortMary Lou DobsonSeries
Crew (1)
2014The One I LoveThanksFilm
Production (4)
2020Best Summer EverExecutive ProducerFilm
2006Bye Bye BenjaminExecutive ProducerFilm
1996InkProducerSeries
1987End of the LineExecutive ProducerFilm