Mary Steenburgen
Birthdate
February 8, 1953 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
February 8, 1953 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Mary Steenburgen's LGBTQ+ Titles
Happiest Season
Tipper
Philadelphia
Belinda Conine
Acting (141)
Happiness Isn't Everything as Audrey Veill (1 episode)
Last Train to Fortune
Let's Have Kids! as Sue
The Dink
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
2025
Easy's Waltz
2025
BULLDOZER as Kathy (1 episode)
2024
A Man on the Inside as Mona Margadoff (8 episodes)
2024
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin as Self (1 episode)
2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
2021
Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
2021
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
2021
Mr. Mayor as Adriana (1 episode)
2020
Happiest Season as Tipper
2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
2020
Reunited Apart as Self (1 episode)
2020
Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Maggie Clarke (25 episodes)
2019
Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
2019
Bless the Harts as Crystalynn (voice) (2 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (2 episodes)
2019
On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Ellen Joy Bonar (2 episodes)
2019
Antiquities as Dr. Margot
2018
The Conners as Marcy Bellinger (1 episode)
2018
Book Club as Carol
2018
Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
2017
I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
2017
The Discovery as Interviewer
2017
The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
2016
The Good Place as Teacher (1 episode)
2016
Dean as Carol
2015
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
2015
A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
2015
7 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
2015
Grace and Frankie as Miriam (2 episodes)
2015
The Last Man on Earth as Gail Klosterman (67 episodes)
2015
Togetherness as Linda (2 episodes)
2014
The One I Love as Mom (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
Song One as Karen Ellis
2013
Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
2013
Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
2013
Orange Is the New Black as Delia Powell (6 episodes)
2012
Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self (1 episode)
2011
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
2011
The Help as Elaine Stein
2011
Wilfred as Catherine Newman (4 episodes)
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
2010
Tales from the Future as Self
2010
Dirty Girl as Peggy
2010
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
2010
Justified as Katherine Hale (7 episodes)
2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
2009
Clarkworld as Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2009
The Proposal as Grace Paxton
2009
In the Electric Mist as Bootsie Robicheaux
2009
The Open Road as Katherine
2008
Four Christmases as Marilyn
2008
Step Brothers as Nancy Huff
2007
The Brave One as Carol
2007
Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
2007
Numb as Dr. Blaine
2007
Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
2007
Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
2006
Inland Empire as Visitor #2
2006
The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
2006
30 Rock as Diana Jessup (5 episodes)
2006
O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2004
It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
2003
Elf as Emily
2003
Joan of Arcadia as Helen Girardi (45 episodes)
2003
Casa de los Babys as Gayle
2003
E!'s 101 as Self (1 episode)
2003
Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
2003
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
2002
Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
2002
Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
2002
Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
2002
Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin (2 episodes)
2001
I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
2001
Life as a House as Colleen Beck
2001
Good Day Live as Self (1 episode)
2001
Dinner for Five (2 episodes)
2001
The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
2001
Nobody's Baby as Estelle
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mary Steenburgen (6 episodes)
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grace Rinato (1 episode)
1999
Noah's Ark as Naamah (2 episodes)
1998
Becker as Patient (uncredited) (1 episode)
1998
About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1996
Ink as Kate Montgomery (26 episodes)
1996
The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
1996
Gulliver's Travels as Mary Gulliver (2 episodes)
1995
Nixon as Hannah Nixon
1995
Powder as Jessie Caldwell
1995
My Family as Gloria
1994
Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
1994
It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
1994
Clifford as Sarah Davis
1994
Ellen as Self (uncredited) (1 episode)
1993
Philadelphia as Belinda Conine
1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Betty Carver
1993
Frasier as Marjorie (voice) (1 episode)
1992
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice) (1 episode)
1991
The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
1991
Back to the Future as Clara Clayton (voice) (27 episodes)
1990
The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1990
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
1990
Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
1989
Parenthood as Karen Buckman
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Herself
1989
Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
1987
The Whales of August as Young Sarah
1987
End of the Line as Rose Pickett
1987
Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
1985
One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
1985
Tender Is the Night as Nicole Diver (née Warren) (6 episodes)
1983
Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
1983
Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
1983
Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood (1 episode)
1982
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
1981
Ragtime as Mother
1980
Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
1979
Time After Time as Amy Robbins
1978
Goin' South as Julia Tate
1953
The Oscars as Self (2 episodes)
Production (4)
2020
Best Summer Ever
• Executive Producer
2006
Bye Bye Benjamin
• Executive Producer
1996
Ink (26 episodes)
• Producer (26 episodes)
1987
End of the Line
• Executive Producer
Crew (1)
2014
The One I Love
• Thanks