Mary Steenburgen
Actor · Producer · CrewMary 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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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR100
The Dink
2026
Candace
Last Train to Fortune
2025
Miss Maybelle
Easy's Waltz
2025
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
Carol
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
Self
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
Maggie Clarke
Nightmare Alley
2021
Mrs. Kimball
Happiest Season
2020
Tipper
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
Mary Steenburgen
Antiquities
2019
Dr. Margot
Flannery
2019
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
Maybelle
Book Club
2018
Carol
The Book of Love
2017
Julia Mureaux
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
Cybil Burger
The Discovery
2017
Interviewer
Dean
2016
Carol
7 Days in Hell
2015
Louisa Poole
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015
Aunt Cly
A Walk in the Woods
2015
Jeannie
Song One
2014
Karen Ellis
The One I Love
2014
Mom (voice)
Brahmin Bulls
2013
Helen West
Last Vegas
2013
Diana Boyle
Outlaw Country
2012
Anastasia Lee
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Café Patron
The Help
2011
Elaine Stein
Dirty Girl
2010
Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
Mrs. Yankovic
Tales from the Future
2010
Self
In the Electric Mist
2009
Bootsie Robicheaux
The Proposal
2009
Grace Paxton
Clarkworld
2009
Self
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
Emma Wheeler
The Open Road
2009
Katherine
Step Brothers
2008
Nancy Huff
Four Christmases
2008
Marilyn
The Brave One
2007
Carol
Nobel Son
2007
Sarah Michaelson
Numb
2007
Dr. Blaine
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
Geneva Leigh
Honeydripper
2007
Amanda Winship
The Dead Girl
2006
Leah's Mother
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Marienne Hotchkiss
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006
Self
Inland Empire
2006
Visitor #2
Remembering Ragtime
2004
Mother (archive footage)
It Must Be Love
2004
Clem Gazelle
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004
Self
Elf
2003
Emily
Hope Springs
2003
Joanie Fisher
Casa de los Babys
2003
Gayle
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003
Mary
Wish You Were Dead
2002
Sally Rider
Living with the Dead
2002
Detective Karen Condrin
Sunshine State
2002
Francine Pinkney
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002
Self
Nobody's Baby
2001
Estelle
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
Mother (voice)
Life as a House
2001
Colleen Beck
I Am Sam
2001
Dr. Blake
Picnic
2000
Rosemary Sydney
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Noah's Ark
1999
Naamah
About Sarah
1998
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
The Grass Harp
1996
Sister Ida
Nixon
1995
Hannah Nixon
Powder
1995
Jessie Caldwell
My Family
1995
Gloria
Clifford
1994
Sarah Davis
Pontiac Moon
1994
Katherine Bellamy
It Runs in the Family
1994
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
Betty Carver
Philadelphia
1993
Belinda Conine
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
The Butcher's Wife
1991
Stella Keefover
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Clara Clayton
The Long Walk Home
1990
Narrator (voice)
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
Self
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Self
Parenthood
1989
Karen Buckman
Miss Firecracker
1989
Elaine Rutledge
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Self (voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
Miep Gies
The Whales of August
1987
Young Sarah
End of the Line
1987
Rose Pickett
Dead of Winter
1987
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
One Magic Christmas
1985
Ginny Grainger
Romantic Comedy
1983
Phoebe Craddock
Cross Creek
1983
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
Adrian
Ragtime
1981
Mother
Melvin and Howard
1980
Lynda Dummar
Time After Time
1979
Amy Robbins
Goin' South
1978
Julia Tate
Let's Have Kids!
Sue
- A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
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