Mary Steenburgen
Known for: Acting
Born: February 8, 1953
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
Powder
1995
One Magic Christmas
1985
Dead of Winter
1987
Living with the Dead
2002
Outlaw Country
2012
Cross Creek
1983
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
Flannery
2019
Parenthood
1989
Goin' South
1978
Melvin and Howard
1980
Pontiac Moon
1994
Romantic Comedy
1983
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006
About Sarah
1998
It Must Be Love
2004
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
The Dink
2026
Noah's Ark
1999
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Clifford
1994
Time After Time
1979
It Runs in the Family
1994
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
Brahmin Bulls
2013
Song One
2014
Miss Firecracker
1989
Last Train to Fortune
2025
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
Happiest Season
2020
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
The Butcher's Wife
1991
Hope Springs
2003
Wish You Were Dead
2002
Step Brothers
2008
In the Electric Mist
2009
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
Dirty Girl
2010
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Clarkworld
2009
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
Philadelphia
1993
Dean
2016
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
The Book of Love
2017
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
Book Club
2018
Elf
2003
The Brave One
2007
Four Christmases
2008
Casa de los Babys
2003
The Proposal
2009
Last Vegas
2013
Life as a House
2001
The Open Road
2009
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
Antiquities
2019
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
Nobel Son
2007
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002
Numb
2007
The Whales of August
1987
Let's Have Kids!
Picnic
2000
Nightmare Alley
2021
Nobody's Baby
2001
7 Days in Hell
2015
Nixon
1995
Tales from the Future
2010
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
Ragtime
1981
End of the Line
1987
Sunshine State
2002
Remembering Ragtime
2004
The Discovery
2017
My Family
1995
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
The Dead Girl
2006
The One I Love
2014
Earth and the American Dream
1992
The Grass Harp
1996
A Walk in the Woods
2015
I Am Sam
2001
Easy's Waltz
2025
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
The Help
2011
Honeydripper
2007
Inland Empire
2006
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
The Long Walk Home
1990
Ink
1996
Dinner for Five
2001
Ellen
1994
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Joan of Arcadia
2003
The View
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Frasier
1993
Finding Your Roots
2012
Becker
1998
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Back to the Future
1991
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Wilfred
2011
Bless the Harts
2019
The Oscars
1953
Good Day Live
2001
E!'s 101
2003
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Last Man on Earth
2015
30 Rock
2006
Tender Is the Night
1985
Justified
2010
Mr. Mayor
2021
Gulliver's Travels
1996
Noah's Ark
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Happiness Isn't Everything
The Conners
2018
Stars in the House
2020
Living with the Dead
2002
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019
Togetherness
2015
The Good Place
2016
Reunited Apart
2020
Grace and Frankie
2015
BULLDOZER
2025
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
2024
A Man on the Inside
2024
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Dad!
2005
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Southern Discomfort
The Talk
2010
Bored to Death
2009