Cast
Mary Steenburgen
Acting
Cast
Mary Steenburgen
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-02-08
From
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Also known as Mary Nell 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.
The Proposal
as Grace Paxton
The Help
as Elaine Stein
Elf
as Emily
Back to the Future Part III
as Clara Clayton
I Am Sam
as Dr. Blake
Step Brothers
as Nancy Huff
Nightmare Alley
as Mrs. Kimball
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Betty Carver
Philadelphia
as Belinda Conine
Last Vegas
as Diana Boyle
Inland Empire
as Visitor #2
Powder
as Jessie Caldwell
Nixon
as Hannah Nixon
Parenthood
as Karen Buckman
The Brave One
as Carol
Ragtime
as Mother
Book Club
as Carol
Four Christmases
as Marilyn
Happiest Season
as Tipper
Clifford
as Sarah Davis
In the Electric Mist
as Bootsie Robicheaux
The Discovery
as Interviewer
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Carol
Nobel Son
as Sarah Michaelson
Life as a House
as Colleen Beck
Picnic
as Rosemary Sydney
Song One
as Karen Ellis
Last Train to Fortune
as Miss Maybelle
Hope Springs
as Joanie Fisher
The Long Walk Home
as Narrator (voice)
A Walk in the Woods
as Jeannie
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
as Mary Steenburgen
Goin' South
as Julia Tate
Antiquities
as Dr. Margot
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Emma Wheeler
The Butcher's Wife
as Stella Keefover
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
The One I Love
as Mom (voice)
Time After Time
as Amy Robbins
Elvis & Anabelle
as Geneva Leigh
Pontiac Moon
as Katherine Bellamy
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
The Dead Girl
as Leah's Mother
Dirty Girl
as Peggy
Cross Creek
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Café Patron
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Marienne Hotchkiss
One Magic Christmas
as Ginny Grainger
End of the Line
as Rose Pickett
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
as Maggie Clarke
Dean
as Carol
Melvin and Howard
as Lynda Dummar
My Family
as Gloria
The Trumpet of the Swan
as Mother (voice)
Honeydripper
as Amanda Winship
Numb
as Dr. Blaine
The Book of Love
as Julia Mureaux
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
as Adrian
The Whales of August
as Young Sarah
Sunshine State
as Francine Pinkney
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
Dead of Winter
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
The Dink
as Candace
The Grass Harp
as Sister Ida
Living with the Dead
as Detective Karen Condrin
7 Days in Hell
as Louisa Poole
Nobody's Baby
as Estelle
Miss Firecracker
as Elaine Rutledge
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
Katie Says Goodbye
as Maybelle
Outlaw Country
as Anastasia Lee
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
as Aunt Cly
Brahmin Bulls
as Helen West
Wish You Were Dead
as Sally Rider
I Do... Until I Don't
as Cybil Burger
The Open Road
as Katherine
Flannery
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Mrs. Yankovic
Casa de los Babys
as Gayle
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Romantic Comedy
as Phoebe Craddock
It Runs in the Family
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Tales from the Future
as Self
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Miep Gies
Clarkworld
as Self
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
as Mary
Easy's Waltz
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
as Self
Let's Have Kids!
as Sue
About Sarah
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Remembering Ragtime
as Mother (archive footage)
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
It Must Be Love
as Clem Gazelle
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
as Claire
Noah's Ark
as Naamah
O Lucky Malcolm!
as Self
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)