10.0
10.0
Clarkworld
2009
as Self
Mary Steenburgen
Also known as: Mary Nell Steenburgen
Acting
Born:February 8, 1953(age 73)
Birthplace:Newport, Arkansas, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:5'8" (173 cm)
Education:Hendrix College, North Little Rock High School, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, William Esper Studio
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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.
Filmography (91 movies)
7.7
7.7
Philadelphia
1993
as Belinda Conine
7.7
7.7
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
as Betty Carver
7.6
7.6
I Am Sam
2001
as Dr. Blake
7.5
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Clara Clayton
7.4
7.4
My Family
1995
as Gloria
7.2
7.2
The Proposal
2009
as Grace Paxton
7.1
7.1
Happiest Season
2020
as Tipper
7.1
7.1
Life as a House
2001
as Colleen Beck
7.0
7.0
The Whales of August
1987
as Young Sarah
7.0
7.0
Powder
1995
as Jessie Caldwell
7.0
7.0
Ragtime
1981
as Mother
7.0
7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Mrs. Kimball
6.9
6.9
Nixon
1995
as Hannah Nixon
6.9
6.9
The One I Love
2014
as Mom (voice)
6.8
6.8
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
as Geneva Leigh
6.8
6.8
Time After Time
1979
as Amy Robbins
6.7
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
6.7
6.7
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006
as Self
6.7
6.7
Tales from the Future
2010
as Self
6.7
6.7
Best Summer Ever
2020
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Parenthood
1989
as Karen Buckman
6.7
6.7
Elf
2003
as Emily
6.6
6.6
Cross Creek
1983
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
6.6
6.6
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
as Mrs. Yankovic
6.6
6.6
Step Brothers
2008
as Nancy Huff
6.6
6.6
The Brave One
2007
as Carol
6.6
6.6
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
as Maybelle
6.5
6.5
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Café Patron
6.5
6.5
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
as Miep Gies
6.5
6.5
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Adrian
6.5
6.5
7 Days in Hell
2015
as Louisa Poole
6.5
6.5
The Book of Love
2017
as Julia Mureaux
6.4
6.4
Last Vegas
2013
as Diana Boyle
6.4
6.4
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
as Maggie Clarke
6.4
6.4
Melvin and Howard
1980
as Lynda Dummar
6.3
6.3
Sunshine State
2002
as Francine Pinkney
6.3
6.3
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Carol
6.3
6.3
The Discovery
2017
as Interviewer
6.3
6.3
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
6.2
6.2
Book Club
2018
as Carol
6.2
6.2
The Dink
2026
as Candace
6.1
6.1
A Walk in the Woods
2015
as Jeannie
6.0
6.0
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Bootsie Robicheaux
6.0
6.0
Nobel Son
2007
as Sarah Michaelson
6.0
6.0
The Dead Girl
2006
as Leah's Mother
6.0
6.0
Outlaw Country
2012
as Anastasia Lee
6.0
6.0
About Sarah
1998
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
6.0
6.0
Easy's Waltz
2025
6.0
6.0
Dirty Girl
2010
as Peggy
6.0
6.0
Dead of Winter
1987
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
5.9
5.9
Dean
2016
as Carol
5.8
5.8
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Marienne Hotchkiss
5.8
5.8
Four Christmases
2008
as Marilyn
5.8
5.8
Goin' South
1978
as Julia Tate
5.8
5.8
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Ginny Grainger
5.8
5.8
Numb
2007
as Dr. Blaine
5.8
5.8
The Grass Harp
1996
as Sister Ida
5.7
5.7
Song One
2014
as Karen Ellis
5.7
5.7
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Stella Keefover
5.6
5.6
Miss Firecracker
1989
as Elaine Rutledge
5.5
5.5
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
as Mother (voice)
5.4
5.4
Casa de los Babys
2003
as Gayle
5.4
5.4
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015
as Aunt Cly
5.4
5.4
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Emma Wheeler
5.4
5.4
It Runs in the Family
1994
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
5.3
5.3
Hope Springs
2003
as Joanie Fisher
5.3
5.3
Living with the Dead
2002
as Detective Karen Condrin
5.2
5.2
The Open Road
2009
as Katherine
5.2
5.2
End of the Line
1987
Executive Producer
5.1
5.1
Pontiac Moon
1994
as Katherine Bellamy
5.1
5.1
Nobody's Baby
2001
as Estelle
5.1
5.1
Clifford
1994
as Sarah Davis
5.0
5.0
Romantic Comedy
1983
as Phoebe Craddock
5.0
5.0
Brahmin Bulls
2013
as Helen West
4.9
4.9
Wish You Were Dead
2002
as Sally Rider
4.8
4.8
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
as Cybil Burger
4.8
4.8
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
as Self
4.4
4.4
It Must Be Love
2004
as Clem Gazelle
4.3
4.3
Antiquities
2019
as Dr. Margot
3.7
3.7
Picnic
2000
as Rosemary Sydney
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
TBA
Remembering Ragtime
2004
as Mother (archive footage)
Flannery
2019
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Last Train to Fortune
TBA
Let's Have Kids!
TBA
as Sue
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003
as Mary
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011
as Self
Bye Bye Benjamin
2006
Executive Producer
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