
Highest rated as cast or director
Parenthood
1989
Philadelphia
1993
A Man on the Inside
Since 2024 · 2 Seasons
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · 2 Seasons
Time After Time
1979
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
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Easy's Waltz
Movie
- 2024
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mary Steenburgen
2010s
- 2019
Flannery
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Antiquities
Dr. Margot
- 2018
- 2017
I Do... Until I Don't
Cybil Burger
- 2016
Dean
Carol
- 2015
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Aunt Cly
- 2014
- 2013
Brahmin Bulls
Helen West
- 2012
Outlaw Country
Anastasia Lee
- 2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
- 2010
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mrs. Yankovic
2000s
- 2009
The Open Road
Katherine
- 2008
- 2007
Honeydripper
Amanda Winship
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
Remembering Ragtime
Mother (archive footage)
It Must Be Love
Clem Gazelle
- 2003
72Elf
Emily
Casa de los Babys
Gayle
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Mary
- 2002
- 2001
Dinner for Five
TV
The Trumpet of the Swan
Mother (voice)
- 2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Movie
Picnic
Rosemary Sydney
1990s
- 1999
Noah's Ark
Naamah · 2 episodes
- 1998
About Sarah
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1996
Ink
Kate Montgomery · 26 episodes
- 1995
- 1994
Pontiac Moon
Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1993
- 1992
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
- 1991
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies
- 1987
- 1985
Tender Is the Night
Nicole Diver (née Warren) · 6 episodes
- 1983
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
Melvin and Howard
Lynda Dummar
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Goin' South
Julia Tate
Produced 4
2020s
- 2020
Best Summer Ever
Executive Producer
2000s
- 2006
Bye Bye Benjamin
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1996
Ink
Producer
1980s
- 1987
Appearances26
2020s
- 2024
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
Self · 1 episode
- 2023
- 2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2014
- 2012
- 2010
Tales from the Future
Self
2000s
- 2009
Clarkworld
Self
- 2006
O Lucky Malcolm!
Self
- 2005
- 2004
Elf: That's a Wrap
Self
- 2002
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Self
- 2001
1990s
- 1997
- 1994
- 1992
- 1990
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
1950s
- 1953
Thanked in the credits1
2010s
- 2014





