Mary Steenburgen
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.
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Movies (101)
La razón de estar contigo: Una Navidad perfecta
2026 · Claire
Let's Have Kids!
2026 · Sue
Last Train to Fortune
2026 · Miss Maybelle
The Dink: Pasión por el pickleball
2026 · Candace
Easy's Waltz
2025
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023 · Self
Cuando ellas quieren más
2023 · Carol
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022 · Self
El Callejón de Las Almas Perdidas
2021 · Mrs. Kimball
La Extraordinaria Navidad de Zoey
2021 · Maggie Clarke
Feliz Novedad
2020 · Tipper
Best Summer Ever
2020 · Executive Producer
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020 · Mary Steenburgen
Flannery
2019 · Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Antiquities
2019 · Dr. Margot
Cuando ellas quieren
2018 · Carol
Katie Says Goodbye
2018 · Maybelle
I Do... Until I Don't
2017 · Cybil Burger
El descubrimiento
2017 · Interviewer
El libro del amor
2017 · Julia Mureaux
Dean
2016 · Carol
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015 · Aunt Cly
Grandes Amigos
2015 · Jeannie
7 días en el infierno
2015 · Louisa Poole
The One I Love
2014 · Mom (voice), Thanks
La Vida En Una Canción
2014 · Karen Ellis
Ultimo viaje las vegas
2013 · Diana
Brahmin Bulls
2013 · Helen West
Outlaw Country
2012 · Anastasia Lee
Historias Cruzadas
2011 · Elaine Stein
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011 · Café Patron
Tales from the Future
2010 · Self
Dirty Girl
2010 · Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010 · Mrs. Yankovic
¿Y dónde están los Morgan?
2009 · Emma Wheeler
Clarkworld
2009 · Self
La propuesta
2009 · Grace Paxton
En el centro de la tormenta
2009 · Bootsie Robicheaux
The Open Road
2009 · Katherine
Ni en tu casa ni en la mía
2008 · Marilyn
Hermanastros
2008 · Nancy Huff
Valiente
2007 · Carol
Honeydripper
2007 · Amanda Winship
Numb
2007 · Dr. Blaine
Nobel Son
2007 · Sarah Michaelson
Elvis & Anabelle
2007 · Geneva Leigh
Inland Empire
2006 · Visitor #2
The Dead Girl
2006 · Leah's Mother
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006 · Self
Bye Bye Benjamin
2006 · Executive Producer
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Marienne Hotchkiss
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · Mother (archive footage)
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Self
It Must Be Love
2004 · Clem Gazelle
Elf, el duende
2003 · Emily
Casa de los Babys
2003 · Gayle
Hope Springs
2003 · Joanie Fisher
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003 · Mary
Sunshine State
2002 · Francine Pinkney
Wish You Were Dead
2002 · Sally Rider
Living with the Dead
2002 · Detective Karen Condrin
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002 · Self
Mi nombre es Sam
2001 · Dr. Blake
Life as a House
2001 · Colleen Beck
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001 · Mother (voice)
Nobody's Baby
2001 · Estelle
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Picnic
2000 · Rosemary Sydney
About Sarah
1998 · Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
The Grass Harp
1996 · Sister Ida
Nixon
1995 · Hannah Nixon
Powder
1995 · Jessie Caldwell
My Family
1995 · Gloria
Pontiac Moon
1994 · Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family
1994 · Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Clifford
1994 · Sarah Davis
Philadelphia
1993 · Belinda Conine
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · Betty Carver
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991 · Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
The Butcher's Wife
1991 · Stella Keefover
The Long Walk Home
1990 · Narrator (voice)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990 · Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990 · Self
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Clara Clayton
Parenthood
1989 · Karen Buckman
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self (voice)
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Elaine Rutledge
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · Miep Gies
The Whales of August
1987 · Young Sarah
End of the Line
1987 · Rose Pickett, Executive Producer
Dead of Winter
1987 · Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
One Magic Christmas
1985 · Ginny Grainger
Little Red Riding Hood
1983 · Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Romantic Comedy
1983 · Phoebe Craddock
Cross Creek
1983 · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982 · Adrian
Ragtime
1981 · Mother
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Lynda Dummar
Time After Time
1979 · Amy Robbins
Goin' South
1978 · Julia Tate
TV shows (51)
BULLDOZER
2025 · Kathy
A Man on the Inside
2024 · Mona Margadoff
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
2024 · Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Señor Alcalde
2021 · Adriana
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
La extraordinaria playlist de Zoey
2020 · Maggie Clarke
Bless the Harts
2019 · Crystalynn (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Llegar a ser Dios en Florida
2019 · Ellen Joy Bonar
The Conners
2018 · Marcy Bellinger
El Buen Lugar
2016 · Teacher
Grace and Frankie
2015 · Miriam
El último hombre en la Tierra
2015 · Gail Klosterman
Togetherness
2015 · Linda
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · Delia Powell
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Self
Wilfred
2011 · Catherine Newman
The Talk
2010 · Self
Justified: La ley de Raylan
2010 · Katherine Hale
Bored to Death
2009 · Josephine
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
30 Rock
2006 · Diana Jessup
American Dad!
2005 · (voice), Dr. Fay Petit (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · Helen Girardi
E!'s 101
2003 · Self
Living with the Dead
2002 · Detective Karen Condrin
Good Day Live
2001 · Self
Dinner for Five
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Mary Steenburgen
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Grace Rinato
Noah's Ark
1999 · Naamah
Becker
1998 · Patient (uncredited)
The View
1997 · Self
Ink
1996 · Kate Montgomery, Producer
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · Mary Gulliver
Ellen
1994 · Self (uncredited)
Frasier
1993 · Marjorie (voice)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Back to the Future
1991 · Clara Clayton (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Tender Is the Night
1985 · Nicole Diver (née Warren)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Happiness Isn't Everything
· Audrey Veill
Southern Discomfort
· Mary Lou Dobson