Mary Steenburgen
Born in Newport, Arkansas, USA — Feb 08 1953
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grace Rinato
American Dad!
(voice)
Frasier
Marjorie (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mary Steenburgen
30 Rock
Diana Jessup
Orange Is the New Black
Delia Powell
Grace and Frankie
Miriam
Justified
Katherine Hale
The Conners
Marcy Bellinger
Becker
Patient (uncredited)
Ellen
Self (uncredited)
The Good Place
Teacher
Finding Your Roots
Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
The Oscars
Self
Stars in the House
Self
Joan of Arcadia
Helen Girardi
The Last Man on Earth
Gail Klosterman
A Man on the Inside
Mona Margadoff
Togetherness
Linda
The Help
Elaine Stein
Wilfred
Catherine Newman
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Ellen Joy Bonar
I Am Sam
Dr. Blake
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Maggie Clarke
E!'s 101
Self
Mr. Mayor
Adriana
Back to the Future Part III
Clara Clayton
Bless the Harts
Crystalynn (voice)
Ink
Kate Montgomery
The Proposal
Grace Paxton
Philadelphia
Belinda Conine
Back to the Future
Clara Clayton (voice)
Elf
Emily
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Betty Carver
Nightmare Alley
Mrs. Kimball
Step Brothers
Nancy Huff
Inland Empire
Visitor #2
Gulliver's Travels
Mary Gulliver
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Powder
Jessie Caldwell
Nixon
Hannah Nixon
The Book of Love
Julia Mureaux
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
Self
The Brave One
Carol
The One I Love
Mom (voice)
Happiest Season
Tipper
Time After Time
Amy Robbins
Four Christmases
Marilyn
Last Vegas
Diana Boyle
Ragtime
Mother
Parenthood
Karen Buckman
Book Club
Carol
Tender Is the Night
Nicole Diver (née Warren)
The Discovery
Interviewer
Life as a House
Colleen Beck
Dead of Winter
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
A Walk in the Woods
Jeannie
Melvin and Howard
Lynda Dummar
Elvis & Anabelle
Geneva Leigh
Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
In the Electric Mist
Bootsie Robicheaux
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Carol
Honeydripper
Amanda Winship
One Magic Christmas
Ginny Grainger
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
Clifford
Sarah Davis
Noah's Ark
Naamah
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Emma Wheeler
Dean
Carol
Goin' South
Julia Tate
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Maggie Clarke
Numb
Dr. Blaine
The Long Walk Home
Narrator (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Marienne Hotchkiss
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Dead Girl
Leah's Mother
Song One
Karen Ellis
BULLDOZER
Kathy
7 Days in Hell
Louisa Poole
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
Picnic
Rosemary Sydney
The Grass Harp
Sister Ida
Happiness Isn't Everything
Audrey Veill
Sunshine State
Francine Pinkney
Pontiac Moon
Katherine Bellamy
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin
Dirty Girl
Peggy
The Open Road
Katherine
Romantic Comedy
Phoebe Craddock
The Trumpet of the Swan
Mother (voice)
Outlaw Country
Anastasia Lee
Nobel Son
Sarah Michaelson
Nobody's Baby
Estelle
It Runs in the Family
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Hope Springs
Joanie Fisher
Best Summer Ever
Production
The Butcher's Wife
Stella Keefover
My Family
Gloria
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin
Clarkworld
Self
Tales from the Future
Self
Let's Have Kids!
Sue
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mary Steenburgen
The Dink
Candace
I Do... Until I Don't
Cybil Burger
Brahmin Bulls
Helen West
Easy's Waltz
O Lucky Malcolm!
Self
Remembering Ragtime
Mother (archive footage)
Wish You Were Dead
Sally Rider
Bye Bye Benjamin
Production
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Adrian
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Aunt Cly
About Sarah
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mrs. Yankovic
Antiquities
Dr. Margot
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
The Whales of August
Young Sarah
Miss Firecracker
Elaine Rutledge
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
Casa de los Babys
Gayle
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies
End of the Line
Rose Pickett
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
Flannery
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Katie Says Goodbye
Maybelle
It Must Be Love
Clem Gazelle
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
Last Train to Fortune
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
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