Mary Steenburgen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 8 February 1953 · Newport, Arkansas, USA
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.
Known for
Acting 107
- 2026A Dog’s Perfect Christmas as Claire
- 2026Let's Have Kids! as Sue
- 2026The Dink as Candace
- 2025Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition as Emily
- 2025Last Train to Fortune as Miss Maybelle
- 2025Easy's Waltz
- 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2023Book Club: The Next Chapter as Carol
- 2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2021Nightmare Alley as Mrs. Kimball
- 2021Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas as Maggie Clarke
- 2020Happiest Season as Tipper
- 202030 Rock: A One-Time Special as Mary Steenburgen
- 2019Flannery as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019Antiquities as Dr. Margot
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest · 2 episodes
- 2018Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition as Emily
- 2018Book Club as Carol
- 2018Katie Says Goodbye as Maybelle
- 2017I Do... Until I Don't as Cybil Burger
- 2017The Discovery as Interviewer
- 2017The Book of Love as Julia Mureaux
- 2016Dean as Carol
- 2015Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow as Aunt Cly
- 2015A Walk in the Woods as Jeannie
- 20157 Days in Hell as Louisa Poole
- 2014The One I Love as Mom (voice)
- 2014Song One as Karen Ellis
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest · 2 episodes
- 2013Last Vegas as Diana Boyle
- 2013Brahmin Bulls as Helen West
- 2012Outlaw Country as Anastasia Lee
- 2011Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division as Self
- 2011The Help as Elaine Stein
- 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
- 2010Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010Dirty Girl as Peggy
- 2010Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mrs. Yankovic
- 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Emma Wheeler
- 2009Clarkworld as Self
- 2009The Proposal as Grace Paxton
- 2009In the Electric Mist as Bootsie Robicheaux
- 2009The Open Road as Katherine
- 2008Four Christmases as Marilyn
- 2008Step Brothers as Nancy Huff
- 2007The Brave One as Carol
- 2007Honeydripper as Amanda Winship
- 2007Numb as Dr. Blaine
- 2007Nobel Son as Sarah Michaelson
- 2007Elvis & Anabelle as Geneva Leigh
- 2007Reinventing the Wheelers as Claire Wheeler
- 2006Inland Empire as Visitor #2
- 2006The Dead Girl as Leah's Mother
- 2006O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
- 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Marienne Hotchkiss
- 2005American Dad! as Dr. Fay Petit (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2004Elf: That's a Wrap as Self
- 2004Remembering Ragtime as Mother (archive footage)
- 2004It Must Be Love as Clem Gazelle
- 2003Elf as Emily
- 2003Casa de los Babys as Gayle
- 2003Hope Springs as Joanie Fisher
- 2003Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood as Mary
- 2002Sunshine State as Francine Pinkney
- 2002Wish You Were Dead as Sally Rider
- 2002Living with the Dead as Detective Karen Condrin
- 2002Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' as Self
- 2001I Am Sam as Dr. Blake
- 2001Life as a House as Colleen Beck
- 2001The Trumpet of the Swan as Mother (voice)
- 2001Nobody's Baby as Estelle
- 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
- 2000Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
- 1999Noah's Ark as Naamah
- 1998About Sarah as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1996The Grass Harp as Sister Ida
- 1995Nixon as Hannah Nixon
- 1995Powder as Jessie Caldwell
- 1995My Family as Gloria
- 1994Pontiac Moon as Katherine Bellamy
- 1994It Runs in the Family as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1994Clifford as Sarah Davis
- 1993Philadelphia as Belinda Conine
- 1993What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Betty Carver
- 1992Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1991The Butcher's Wife as Stella Keefover
- 1990The Long Walk Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1990The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Self
- 1990Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton
- 1989Parenthood as Karen Buckman
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- 1989Miss Firecracker as Elaine Rutledge
- 1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Miep Gies
- 1987The Whales of August as Young Sarah
- 1987End of the Line as Rose Pickett
- 1987Dead of Winter as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985One Magic Christmas as Ginny Grainger
- 1983Little Red Riding Hood as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1983Romantic Comedy as Phoebe Craddock
- 1983Cross Creek as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Adrian
- 1981Ragtime as Mother
- 1980Melvin and Howard as Lynda Dummar
- 1979Time After Time as Amy Robbins
- 1978Goin' South as Julia Tate
Production 3
- 2020Best Summer Ever · executive producer
- 2006Bye Bye Benjamin · executive producer
- 1987End of the Line · executive producer
crew 1
- 2014The One I Love · thanks