Biography
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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Filmography
all 136
Movies 93
TV Shows 43
self 21
Voice 6
Producer 3
Narrator 1
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023)
Movie
Carol
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
Movie
1
Mrs. Kimball
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Movie
4.33
Maggie Clarke
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
Movie
Adriana
Mr. Mayor (2021)
TV
5
Tipper
Happiest Season (2020)
Movie
Executive Producer
Best Summer Ever (2020)
Movie
Mary Steenburgen
30 Rock: A One-Time Special (2020)
Movie
Self
Reunited Apart (2020)
TV
Maggie
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
TV
Flannery
Flannery (2019)
Movie
Crystalynn (voice)
Bless the Harts (2019)
TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
TV
9.5
Ellen Joy Bonar
On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)
TV
Self - Guest Star
This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy (2019)
TV
Dr. Margot
Antiquities (2019)
Movie
Marcy Bellinger
The Conners (2018)
TV
Carol
Book Club (2018)
Movie
Maybelle
Katie Says Goodbye (2018)
Movie
Self
IMDb Me (2018)
TV
Cybil Burger
I Do... Until I Don't (2017)
Movie
Interviewer
The Discovery (2017)
Movie
3.67
Julia Mureaux
The Book of Love (2017)
Movie
Teacher
The Good Place (2016)
TV
6.74
Carol
Dean (2016)
Movie
6
Aunt Cly
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)
Movie
Jeannie
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
Movie
Louisa Poole
7 Days in Hell (2015)
Movie
6
Miriam
Grace and Frankie (2015)
TV
8.67
Gail Klosterman
The Last Man on Earth (2015)
TV
8
Linda
Togetherness (2015)
TV
3
Mom (voice) / Thanks
The One I Love (2014)
Movie
6
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Karen
Song One (2014)
Movie
The Bamboo Cutter's Wife
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
Movie
5.05
Diana
Last Vegas (2013)
Movie
7.17
Helen West
Brahmin Bulls (2013)
Movie
Delia Powell
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
TV
6.13
Anastasia Lee
Outlaw Country (2012)
Movie
Self
Finding Your Roots (2012)
TV
Elain Stein
The Help (2011)
Movie
7.64
Catherine Newman
Wilfred (2011)
TV
5.55
Café Patron
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
Movie
Self
Tales from the Future (2010)
Movie
Peggy
Dirty Girl (2010)
Movie
5
Mrs. Yankovic
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2010)
Movie
Katherine Hale
Justified (2010)
TV
6.05
Emma Wheeler
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Movie
herself
Clarkworld (2009)
Movie
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
TV
Grace Paxton
The Proposal (2009)
Movie
7.74
Bootsie Robicheaux
In the Electric Mist (2009)
Movie
8
Katherine
The Open Road (2009)
Movie
Marilyn
Four Christmases (2008)
Movie
6.33
Nancy Huff
Step Brothers (2008)
Movie
7.18
Narrator
American Outrage (2008)
Movie
Carol
The Brave One (2007)
Movie
6
Amanda Winship
Honeydripper (2007)
Movie
Dr. Blaine
Numb (2007)
Movie
Sarah Michaelson
Nobel Son (2007)
Movie
6
Geneva
Elvis & Anabelle (2007)
Movie
Visitor #2
Inland Empire (2006)
Movie
5.67
Beverley, Leah's Mother
The Dead Girl (2006)
Movie
Diana Jessup
30 Rock (2006)
TV
6.1
Executive Producer
Bye Bye Benjamin (2006)
Movie
Self
O Lucky Malcolm! (2006)
Movie
Marienne Hotchkiss
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
Movie
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
TV
6.08
Mother (archive footage)
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
TV
Clem Gazelle
It Must Be Love (2004)
Movie
Emily Hobbs
Elf (2003)
Movie
6.76
Helen Girardi
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
TV
5
Gayle
Casa de los Babys (2003)
Movie
6
Self
E!'s 101 (2003)
TV
Joanie Fisher
Hope Springs (2003)
Movie
Francine Pinkney
Sunshine State (2002)
Movie
Sally Rider
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
Movie
Detective Karen Condrin
Living with the Dead (2002)
Movie
6
Detective Karen Condrin
Living with the Dead (2002)
TV
Dr. Blake
I Am Sam (2001)
Movie
10
Colleen Beck
Life as a House (2001)
Movie
Self
Good Day Live (2001)
TV
Dinner for Five (2001)
TV
6
Mother
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Movie
Estelle
Nobody's Baby (2001)
Movie
6
Mary Steenburgen
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
TV
6.07
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Movie
Rosemary Sydney
Picnic (2000)
Movie
Grace Rinato
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Naamah
Noah's Ark (1999)
TV
6
Patient (uncredited)
Becker (1998)
TV
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
About Sarah (1998)
Movie
Self
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Kate Montgomery
Ink (1996)
TV
Mary Gulliver
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
TV
6
Hannah Nixon
Nixon (1995)
Movie
6
Jessie Caldwell
Powder (1995)
Movie
Sister Ida
The Grass Harp (1995)
Movie
Gloria
My Family (1995)
Movie
Katherine Bellamy
Pontiac Moon (1994)
Movie
Mrs. Parker - Mother
It Runs in the Family (1994)
Movie
Sarah Davis
Clifford (1994)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
Ellen (1994)
TV
6
Belinda Conine
Philadelphia (1993)
Movie
5
Betty Carver
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Movie
8.33
Marjorie (voice)
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
Movie
Narrator (Voice)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
TV
Stella Keefover
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
Movie
6
Clara Clayton Brown
Back to the Future (1991)
TV
6
Narrator (voice)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Movie
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
Movie
Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy (1990)
Movie
Clara Clayton
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Movie
5.9
Karen Buckman
Parenthood (1989)
Movie
6.04
Elain Rutledge
Miss Firecracker (1989)
Movie
Miep Gies
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
Movie
Young Sarah
The Whales of August (1987)
Movie
6
Rose Pickett / Executive Producer
End of the Line (1987)
Movie
Julie Rose
Dead of Winter (1987)
Movie
Ginny Grainger
One Magic Christmas (1985)
Movie
Nicole Warren Diver
Tender Is the Night (1985)
TV
Mary
Little Red Riding Hood (1983)
Movie
Phoebe
Romantic Comedy (1983)
Movie
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cross Creek (1983)
Movie
Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
TV
Adrian
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Movie
4
Mother
Ragtime (1981)
Movie
7.5
Lynda Dummar
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Movie
5
Amy Robbins
Time After Time (1979)
Movie
2.67
Julia Tate
Goin' South (1978)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Miep Gies
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
TV
Actress
Last Train to Fortune
Movie
Audrey Veill
Happiness Isn't Everything
TV
Ratings
Average 6.26
Based on 5.37 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
1995
2006
1998
2023
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1953-02-08 (71 years old)
Birth NameMary Nell Steenburgen
Birth PlaceNewport, United States of America
Height173-centimeter
RelationshipsMalcolm McDowell (1980-09-29 - 1990-10-01)
SpouseTed Danson
ChildrenCharlie McDowell
FatherMaurice Steenburgen
MotherNellie Mae Wall
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesArkansas · Manhattan, United States of America
Also Known AsMary Nell Steenburgen, Μάρι Στινμπούργζεν
AwardsArkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
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