Personal Info
Known Credits
93
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1953-02-08 (72 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Also Known For
Mary Nell SteenburgenΜάρι Στινμπούργζεν
Mary Steenburgen
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. ...
Known For
Acting
2023 --
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
| Self
2023 --
Book Club: The Next Chapter
| Carol
2021 --
Nightmare Alley
| Mrs. Kimball
2021 --
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
| Maggie Clarke
2020 --
Happiest Season
| Tipper
2020 --
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
| Mary Steenburgen
2019 --
Flannery
| Flannery O'Connor (voice)
2019 --
Antiquities
| Dr. Margot
2018 --
Book Club
| Carol
2018 --
Katie Says Goodbye
| Maybelle
2017 --
I Do... Until I Don't
| Cybil Burger
2017 --
The Discovery
| Interviewer
2017 --
The Book of Love
| Julia Mureaux
2016 --
Dean
| Carol
2015 --
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
| Aunt Cly
2015 --
A Walk in the Woods
| Jeannie
2015 --
7 Days in Hell
| Louisa Poole
2014 --
The One I Love
| Mom (voice)
2014 --
Song One
| Karen Ellis
2013 --
Last Vegas
| Diana Boyle
2013 --
Brahmin Bulls
| Helen West
2012 --
Outlaw Country
| Anastasia Lee
2011 --
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
| Self
2011 --
The Help
| Elaine Stein
2011 --
Fight for Your Right Revisited
| Café Patron
2010 --
Tales from the Future
| Self
2010 --
Dirty Girl
| Peggy
2010 --
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
| Mrs. Yankovic
2009 --
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
| Emma Wheeler
2009 --
Clarkworld
| Self
2009 --
The Proposal
| Grace Paxton
2009 --
In the Electric Mist
| Bootsie Robicheaux
2009 --
The Open Road
| Katherine
2008 --
Four Christmases
| Marilyn
2008 --
Step Brothers
| Nancy Huff
2007 --
The Brave One
| Carol
2007 --
Honeydripper
| Amanda Winship
2007 --
Numb
| Dr. Blaine
2007 --
Nobel Son
| Sarah Michaelson
2007 --
Elvis & Anabelle
| Geneva Leigh
2006 --
Inland Empire
| Visitor #2
2006 --
The Dead Girl
| Beverley, Leah's Mother
2006 --
O Lucky Malcolm!
| Self
2006 --
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
| Marienne Hotchkiss
2004 --
Remembering Ragtime
| Mother (archive footage)
2004 --
It Must Be Love
|
2003 --
Elf
| Emily
2003 --
Casa de los Babys
| Gayle
2003 --
Hope Springs
| Joanie Fisher
2002 --
Sunshine State
| Francine Pinkney
2002 --
Wish You Were Dead
| Sally Rider
2002 --
Living with the Dead
| Detective Karen Condrin
2001 --
I Am Sam
| Dr. Blake
2001 --
Life as a House
| Colleen Beck
2001 --
The Trumpet of the Swan
| Mother (voice)
2001 --
Nobody's Baby
| Estelle
2000 --
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
|
2000 --
Picnic
| Rosemary Sydney
1998 --
About Sarah
| Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
1995 --
Nixon
| Hannah Nixon
1995 --
Powder
| Jessie Caldwell
1995 --
The Grass Harp
| Sister Ida
1995 --
My Family
| Gloria
1994 --
Pontiac Moon
| Katherine Bellamy
1994 --
It Runs in the Family
| Mrs. Parker (Mother)
1994 --
Clifford
| Sarah Davis
1993 --
Philadelphia
| Belinda Conine
1993 --
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
| Betty Carver
1992 --
Earth and the American Dream
| Reader (voice)
1991 --
The Butcher's Wife
| Stella Keefover
1990 --
The Long Walk Home
| Narrator (voice)
1990 --
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
| Self
1990 --
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
| Self
1990 --
Back to the Future Part III
| Clara Clayton
1989 --
Parenthood
| Karen Buckman
1989 --
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
| Herself
1989 --
Miss Firecracker
| Elaine Rutledge
1988 --
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
| Miep Gies
1987 --
The Whales of August
| Young Sarah
1987 --
End of the Line
| Rose Pickett
1987 --
Dead of Winter
| Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
1985 --
One Magic Christmas
| Ginny Grainger
1983 --
Little Red Riding Hood
| Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
1983 --
Romantic Comedy
| Phoebe Craddock
1983 --
Cross Creek
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1982 --
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
| Adrian
1981 --
Ragtime
| Mother
1980 --
Melvin and Howard
| Lynda Dummar
1979 --
Time After Time
| Amy Robbins
1978 --
Goin' South
| Julia Tate