Mary Steenburgen
Acting
Born: February 8, 1953 (age 73) · Newport, Arkansas, USA
Highest Rated
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
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Help
2011
The Proposal
2009
Philadelphia
1993
Elf
2003
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Step Brothers
2008
Nightmare Alley
2021
Orange Is the New Black
2013
I Am Sam
2001
American Dad!
2005
Photos (12)
Movies (87)
The Help
Elaine Stein
The Proposal
Grace Paxton
Back to the Future Part III
Clara Clayton
The Dink
Candace
Elf
Emily
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Betty Carver
Nightmare Alley
Mrs. Kimball
I Am Sam
Dr. Blake
Philadelphia
Belinda Conine
Step Brothers
Nancy Huff
Last Vegas
Diana Boyle
Powder
Jessie Caldwell
Inland Empire
Visitor #2
The Brave One
Carol
Book Club
Carol
Life as a House
Colleen Beck
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Carol
Nixon
Hannah Nixon
Happiest Season
Tipper
Parenthood
Karen Buckman
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Emma Wheeler
The Discovery
Interviewer
The Dead Girl
Leah's Mother
Four Christmases
Marilyn
In the Electric Mist
Bootsie Robicheaux
The One I Love
Mom (voice)
Time After Time
Amy Robbins
A Walk in the Woods
Jeannie
Nobel Son
Sarah Michaelson
The Long Walk Home
Narrator (voice)
The Book of Love
Julia Mureaux
The Grass Harp
Sister Ida
Dirty Girl
Peggy
Last Train to Fortune
Miss Maybelle
The Trumpet of the Swan
Mother (voice)
The Butcher's Wife
Stella Keefover
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Adrian
Goin' South
Julia Tate
Numb
Dr. Blaine
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Marienne Hotchkiss
My Family
Gloria
One Magic Christmas
Ginny Grainger
7 Days in Hell
Louisa Poole
Honeydripper
Amanda Winship
Katie Says Goodbye
Maybelle
Elvis & Anabelle
Geneva Leigh
Hope Springs
Joanie Fisher
Romantic Comedy
Phoebe Craddock
Sunshine State
Francine Pinkney
I Do... Until I Don't
Cybil Burger
Melvin and Howard
Lynda Dummar
Song One
Karen Ellis
Dead of Winter
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
Ragtime
Mother
Clifford
Sarah Davis
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mrs. Yankovic
The Whales of August
Young Sarah
The Open Road
Katherine
Dean
Carol
Flannery
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Miss Firecracker
Elaine Rutledge
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin
Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Maggie Clarke
End of the Line
Rose Pickett
Outlaw Country
Anastasia Lee
Wish You Were Dead
Sally Rider
Nobody's Baby
Estelle
It Runs in the Family
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Easy's Waltz
2025
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mary Steenburgen
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
It Must Be Love
Clem Gazelle
Remembering Ragtime
Mother (archive footage)
Pontiac Moon
Katherine Bellamy
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Casa de los Babys
Gayle
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Aunt Cly
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Picnic
Rosemary Sydney
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Mary
Brahmin Bulls
Helen West
Antiquities
Dr. Margot
About Sarah
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
TV Shows (31)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grace Rinato · 1 eps
American Dad!
(voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Dr. Fay Petit (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Marjorie (voice) · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mary Steenburgen · 6 eps
Orange Is the New Black
Delia Powell · 6 eps
30 Rock
Diana Jessup · 5 eps
Justified
Katherine Hale · 7 eps
Grace and Frankie
Miriam · 2 eps
The Good Place
Teacher · 1 eps
Joan of Arcadia
Helen Girardi · 45 eps
Becker
Patient (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Last Man on Earth
Gail Klosterman · 67 eps
The Conners
Marcy Bellinger · 1 eps
A Man on the Inside
Mona Margadoff · 8 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Mary / Little Red Riding Hood · 1 eps
Wilfred
Catherine Newman · 4 eps
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Maggie Clarke · 25 eps
Bless the Harts
Crystalynn (voice) · 2 eps
Bored to Death
Josephine · 4 eps
Back to the Future
Clara Clayton (voice) · 27 eps
Togetherness
Linda · 2 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Mr. Mayor
Adriana · 1 eps
Ink
Kate Montgomery · 26 eps
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Ellen Joy Bonar · 2 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Mary Gulliver · 2 eps
Tender Is the Night
Nicole Diver (née Warren) · 6 eps
Noah's Ark
Naamah · 2 eps
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin · 2 eps
Dinner for Five
2 eps
Self / Appearances (23)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Talk
Self · 1 eps
Ellen
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 1 eps
Stars in the House
Self · 1 eps
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 eps
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
Self · 1 eps
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
Clarkworld
Self
Tales from the Future
Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
Self
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Self
O Lucky Malcolm!
Self
