
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)