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 (13)
Movies (88)
The Help
Elaine Stein
The Proposal
Grace Paxton
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Emma Wheeler
I Am Sam
Dr. Blake
Nightmare Alley
Mrs. Kimball
Back to the Future Part III
Clara Clayton
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Betty Carver
The Dink
Candace
Four Christmases
Marilyn
Elf
Emily
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Carol
Philadelphia
Belinda Conine
Step Brothers
Nancy Huff
7 Days in Hell
Louisa Poole
Let's Have Kids!
Sue
Happiest Season
Tipper
Parenthood
Karen Buckman
Last Vegas
Diana Boyle
A Walk in the Woods
Jeannie
The Brave One
Carol
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Adrian
The One I Love
Mom (voice)
Inland Empire
Visitor #2
One Magic Christmas
Ginny Grainger
The Butcher's Wife
Stella Keefover
Dead of Winter
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
The Discovery
Interviewer
In the Electric Mist
Bootsie Robicheaux
Time After Time
Amy Robbins
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Maggie Clarke
The Grass Harp
Sister Ida
Book Club
Carol
Powder
Jessie Caldwell
Goin' South
Julia Tate
Life as a House
Colleen Beck
Nixon
Hannah Nixon
Nobel Son
Sarah Michaelson
Hope Springs
Joanie Fisher
The Book of Love
Julia Mureaux
The Dead Girl
Leah's Mother
Numb
Dr. Blaine
The Long Walk Home
Narrator (voice)
My Family
Gloria
Dirty Girl
Peggy
Wish You Were Dead
Sally Rider
Ragtime
Mother
It Runs in the Family
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Elvis & Anabelle
Geneva Leigh
Outlaw Country
Anastasia Lee
Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
Nobody's Baby
Estelle
Last Train to Fortune
Miss Maybelle
The Trumpet of the Swan
Mother (voice)
Melvin and Howard
Lynda Dummar
Pontiac Moon
Katherine Bellamy
Romantic Comedy
Phoebe Craddock
The Whales of August
Young Sarah
Honeydripper
Amanda Winship
I Do... Until I Don't
Cybil Burger
End of the Line
Rose Pickett
Clifford
Sarah Davis
Song One
Karen Ellis
Katie Says Goodbye
Maybelle
Sunshine State
Francine Pinkney
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Marienne Hotchkiss
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mary Steenburgen
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mrs. Yankovic
Flannery
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
The Open Road
Katherine
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Aunt Cly
Miss Firecracker
Elaine Rutledge
Easy's Waltz
2025
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
About Sarah
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Dean
Carol
Casa de los Babys
Gayle
Remembering Ragtime
Mother (archive footage)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies
Picnic
Rosemary Sydney
It Must Be Love
Clem Gazelle
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Mary
Brahmin Bulls
Helen West
Antiquities
Dr. Margot
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
The Conners
Marcy Bellinger · 1 eps
Justified
Katherine Hale · 7 eps
Grace and Frankie
Miriam · 2 eps
The Good Place
Teacher · 1 eps
Becker
Patient (uncredited) · 1 eps
Joan of Arcadia
Helen Girardi · 45 eps
The Last Man on Earth
Gail Klosterman · 67 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Mary / Little Red Riding Hood · 1 eps
A Man on the Inside
Mona Margadoff · 8 eps
Bless the Harts
Crystalynn (voice) · 2 eps
Wilfred
Catherine Newman · 4 eps
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Maggie Clarke · 25 eps
Togetherness
Linda · 2 eps
Mr. Mayor
Adriana · 1 eps
Bored to Death
Josephine · 4 eps
Back to the Future
Clara Clayton (voice) · 27 eps
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Ellen Joy Bonar · 2 eps
Gulliver's Travels
Mary Gulliver · 2 eps
Ink
Kate Montgomery · 26 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Tender Is the Night
Nicole Diver (née Warren) · 6 eps
Noah's Ark
Naamah · 2 eps
Dinner for Five
2 eps
Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (24)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Good Day Live
Self · 1 eps
The Talk
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Stars in the House
Self · 1 eps
Ellen
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 1 eps
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 eps
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
Self · 1 eps
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Self
Clarkworld
Self
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
Tales from the Future
Self
O Lucky Malcolm!
Self
