Mary Steenburgen
Born February 08, 1953 (Age: 73)
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Newport, Arkansas, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
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as Carol
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Age: 70
Nightmare Alley
2021
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as Mrs. Kimball
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Age: 68
Happiest Season
2020
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as Tipper
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Age: 67
Book Club
2018
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as Carol
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Age: 65
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
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as Cybil Burger
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Age: 64
Dean
2016
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as Carol
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Age: 63
A Walk in the Woods
2015
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as Jeannie
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Age: 62
The One I Love
2014
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as Mom (voice)
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Age: 61
Song One
2014
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as Karen Ellis
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Age: 60
Last Vegas
2013
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as Diana Boyle
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Age: 60
No Image
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011
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as Self
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Age: 58
The Help
2011
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as Elaine Stein
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Age: 58
Tales from the Future
2010
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as Self
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Age: 57
Dirty Girl
2010
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as Peggy
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Age: 57
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
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as Emma Wheeler
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Age: 56
The Proposal
2009
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as Grace Paxton
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Age: 56
Four Christmases
2008
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as Marilyn
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Age: 55
Step Brothers
2008
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as Nancy Huff
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Age: 55
The Brave One
2007
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as Carol
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Age: 54
Nobel Son
2007
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as Sarah Michaelson
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Age: 54
Inland Empire
2006
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as Visitor #2
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Age: 53
The Dead Girl
2006
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as Leah's Mother
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Age: 53
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
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as Marienne Hotchkiss
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Age: 52
Remembering Ragtime
2004
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as Mother (archive footage)
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Age: 51
It Must Be Love
2004
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as Clem Gazelle
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Age: 51
Elf
2003
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as Emily
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Age: 50
Hope Springs
2003
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as Joanie Fisher
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Age: 50
Sunshine State
2002
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as Francine Pinkney
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Age: 49
Wish You Were Dead
2002
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as Sally Rider
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Age: 49
Living with the Dead
2002
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as Detective Karen Condrin
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Age: 49
I Am Sam
2001
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as Dr. Blake
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Age: 48
Life as a House
2001
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as Colleen Beck
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Age: 48
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
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as Mother (voice)
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Age: 48
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
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as
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Age: 47
Picnic
2000
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as Rosemary Sydney
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Age: 47
About Sarah
1998
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as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
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Age: 45
The Grass Harp
1996
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as Sister Ida
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Age: 43
Nixon
1995
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as Hannah Nixon
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Age: 42
Powder
1995
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as Jessie Caldwell
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Age: 42
My Family
1995
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as Gloria
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Age: 42
It Runs in the Family
1994
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as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
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Age: 41
Clifford
1994
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as Sarah Davis
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Age: 41
Philadelphia
1993
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as Belinda Conine
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Age: 40
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
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as Betty Carver
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Age: 40
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 39
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991
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as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
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Age: 38
The Butcher's Wife
1991
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as Stella Keefover
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Age: 38
The Long Walk Home
1990
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 37
No Image
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 37
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
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as Self
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Age: 37
Back to the Future Part III
1990
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as Clara Clayton
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Age: 37
Parenthood
1989
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as Karen Buckman
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Age: 36
Miss Firecracker
1989
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as Elaine Rutledge
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Age: 36
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
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as Miep Gies
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Age: 35
The Whales of August
1987
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as Young Sarah
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Age: 34
End of the Line
1987
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as Rose Pickett
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Age: 34
Dead of Winter
1987
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as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
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Age: 33
One Magic Christmas
1985
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as Ginny Grainger
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Age: 32
Romantic Comedy
1983
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as Phoebe Craddock
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Age: 30
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
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as Adrian
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Age: 29
Ragtime
1981
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as Mother
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Age: 28
Melvin and Howard
1980
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as Lynda Dummar
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Age: 27
Time After Time
1979
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as Amy Robbins
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Age: 26
Goin' South
1978
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as Julia Tate
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Age: 25