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.
Acted in
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
as Self
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Carol
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Mrs. Kimball
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
as Maggie Clarke
Mr. Mayor
2021
as Adriana
Happiest Season
2020
as Tipper
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
as Mary Steenburgen
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020
as Maggie Clarke
Flannery
2019
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Bless the Harts
2019
as Crystalynn (voice)
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019
as Ellen Joy Bonar
Antiquities
2019
as Dr. Margot
The Conners
2018
as Marcy Bellinger
Book Club
2018
as Carol
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
as Maybelle
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
as Cybil Burger
The Discovery
2017
as Interviewer
The Book of Love
2017
as Julia Mureaux
The Good Place
2016
as Teacher
Dean
2016
as Carol
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015
as Aunt Cly
A Walk in the Woods
2015
as Jeannie
7 Days in Hell
2015
as Louisa Poole
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Miriam
The Last Man on Earth
2015
as Gail Klosterman
Togetherness
2015
as Linda
The One I Love
2014
as Mom (voice)
Song One
2014
as Karen Ellis
Last Vegas
2013
as Diana Boyle
Brahmin Bulls
2013
as Helen West
Orange Is the New Black
2013
as Delia Powell
Outlaw Country
2012
as Anastasia Lee
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011
as Self
The Help
2011
as Elaine Stein
Wilfred
2011
as Catherine Newman
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Café Patron
Tales from the Future
2010
as Self
Dirty Girl
2010
as Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
as Mrs. Yankovic
Justified
2010
as Katherine Hale
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Emma Wheeler
Clarkworld
2009
as Self
The Proposal
2009
as Grace Paxton
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Bootsie Robicheaux
The Open Road
2009
as Katherine
Four Christmases
2008
as Marilyn
Step Brothers
2008
as Nancy Huff
The Brave One
2007
as Carol
Honeydripper
2007
as Amanda Winship
Numb
2007
as Dr. Blaine
Nobel Son
2007
as Sarah Michaelson
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
as Geneva Leigh
Inland Empire
2006
as Visitor #2
The Dead Girl
2006
as Beverley, Leah's Mother
30 Rock
2006
as Diana Jessup
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006
as Self
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Marienne Hotchkiss
Remembering Ragtime
2004
as Mother (archive footage)
It Must Be Love
2004
Elf
2003
as Emily
Joan of Arcadia
2003
as Helen Girardi
Casa de los Babys
2003
as Gayle
E!'s 101
2003
as Self
Hope Springs
2003
as Joanie Fisher
Sunshine State
2002
as Francine Pinkney
Wish You Were Dead
2002
as Sally Rider
Living with the Dead
2002
as Detective Karen Condrin
Living with the Dead
2002
as Detective Karen Condrin
I Am Sam
2001
as Dr. Blake
Life as a House
2001
as Colleen Beck
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
as Mother (voice)
Nobody's Baby
2001
as Estelle
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Mary Steenburgen
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Picnic
2000
as Rosemary Sydney
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Grace Rinato
Noah's Ark
1999
as Naamah
Becker
1998
as Patient (uncredited)
About Sarah
1998
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Ink
1996
as Kate Montgomery
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Mary Gulliver
Nixon
1995
as Hannah Nixon
Powder
1995
as Jessie Caldwell
The Grass Harp
1995
as Sister Ida
My Family
1995
as Gloria
Pontiac Moon
1994
as Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family
1994
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Clifford
1994
as Sarah Davis
Philadelphia
1993
as Belinda Conine
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
as Betty Carver
Frasier
1993
as Marjorie (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (Voice)
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Stella Keefover
Back to the Future
1991
as Clara Clayton (voice)
The Long Walk Home
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
as Self
Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Clara Clayton
Parenthood
1989
as Karen Buckman
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Elaine Rutledge
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
as Miep Gies
The Whales of August
1987
as Young Sarah
End of the Line
1987
as Rose Pickett
Dead of Winter
1987
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Ginny Grainger
Tender Is the Night
1985
as Nicole Warren Diver
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Romantic Comedy
1983
as Phoebe Craddock
Cross Creek
1983
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Adrian
Ragtime
1981
as Mother
Melvin and Howard
1980
as Lynda Dummar
Time After Time
1979
as Amy Robbins
Goin' South
1978
as Julia Tate
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
Last Train to Fortune
Let's Have Kids!
The Dink
Happiness Isn't Everything
as Audrey Veill