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Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Actor · Born February 8, 1953 · Newport, Arkansas, USA

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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.

Acted in 117

2010s

  1. 2019

    Flannery

    Flannery O'Connor (voice)

  2. Antiquities

    Dr. Margot

  3. 2018
  4. 2017

    I Do... Until I Don't

    Cybil Burger

  5. 2016
  6. Dean

    Carol

  7. 2015

    Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

    Aunt Cly

  8. 2014
  9. 2013
  10. Brahmin Bulls

    Helen West

  11. 2012

    Outlaw Country

    Anastasia Lee

  12. 2011
  13. Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Café Patron

  14. 2010
  15. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    Mrs. Yankovic

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. The Open Road

    Katherine

  3. 2008
  4. 2007
  5. Honeydripper

    Amanda Winship

  6. 2006
  7. 2005
  8. 2004

    Remembering Ragtime

    Mother (archive footage)

  9. It Must Be Love

    Clem Gazelle

  10. 2003
  11. Casa de los Babys

    Gayle

  12. Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood

    Mary

  13. 2002
  14. 2001
  15. Dinner for Five

    TV

  16. The Trumpet of the Swan

    Mother (voice)

  17. 2000
  18. The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    Movie

  19. Picnic

    Rosemary Sydney

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. Noah's Ark

    Naamah · 2 episodes

  3. 1998
  4. About Sarah

    Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey

  5. 1996

    Ink

    Kate Montgomery · 26 episodes

  6. 1995
  7. 1994

    Pontiac Moon

    Katherine Bellamy

  8. It Runs in the Family

    Mrs. Parker (Mother)

  9. 1993
  10. 1992

    Earth and the American Dream

    Reader (voice)

  11. 1991

    Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas

    Clara Clayton Brown (voice)

  12. 1990

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1988

    The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

    Miep Gies

  3. 1987
  4. 1985
  5. Tender Is the Night

    Nicole Diver (née Warren) · 6 episodes

  6. 1983

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary

  7. 1982
  8. 1981
  9. 1980

    Melvin and Howard

    Lynda Dummar

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    Goin' South

    Julia Tate

Produced 4

2020s

  1. 2020

    Best Summer Ever

    Executive Producer

2000s

  1. 2006

    Bye Bye Benjamin

    Executive Producer

1990s

  1. 1996

    Ink

    Producer

Appearances26
Thanked in the credits1