Mary Steenburgen
Department: Acting
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
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
Parenthood
1989
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
Elf
2003
Clifford
1994
The Brave One
2007
The Butcher's Wife
1991
Nixon
1995
Picnic
2000
Hope Springs
2003
Wish You Were Dead
2002
Time After Time
1979
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
Step Brothers
2008
Four Christmases
2008
Ragtime
1981
The Long Walk Home
1990
Powder
1995
Goin' South
1978
One Magic Christmas
1985
The Dead Girl
2006
In the Electric Mist
2009
Nightmare Alley
2021
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Nobel Son
2007
Casa de los Babys
2003
Melvin and Howard
1980
Numb
2007
The Grass Harp
1996
Nobody's Baby
2001
The Proposal
2009
The Whales of August
1987
End of the Line
1987
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
Pontiac Moon
1994
It Runs in the Family
1994
Dirty Girl
2010
Dead of Winter
1987
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Clarkworld
2009
Living with the Dead
2002
Sunshine State
2002
Romantic Comedy
1983
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006
Outlaw Country
2012
Brahmin Bulls
2013
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
Cross Creek
1983
Last Vegas
2013
Remembering Ragtime
2004
About Sarah
1998
It Must Be Love
2004
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
Song One
2014
Miss Firecracker
1989
Philadelphia
1993
7 Days in Hell
2015
Last Train to Fortune
2025
Dean
2016
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
Life as a House
2001
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
The Book of Love
2017
A Walk in the Woods
2015
Let's Have Kids!
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
The Open Road
2009
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
The Help
2011
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
Inland Empire
2006
I Am Sam
2001
The Discovery
2017
Honeydripper
2007
Book Club
2018
Antiquities
2019
My Family
1995
Flannery
2019
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Tales from the Future
2010
Happiest Season
2020
The One I Love
2014
Earth and the American Dream
1992
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
The Dink
2026
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003
Easy's Waltz
2025
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
—
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991
Noah's Ark
1999
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