Mary Steenburgen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

140

Gender

Female

Birthday

1953-02-08 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport, Arkansas, USA

Mary Steenburgen

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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Orange Is the New Black

    Orange Is the New Black

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • The View

    The View

  • Justified

    Justified

  • Good Day Live

    Good Day Live

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Becker

    Becker

  • The Good Place

    The Good Place

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • The Conners

    The Conners

  • The Help

    The Help

  • Joan of Arcadia

    Joan of Arcadia

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

  • The Proposal

    The Proposal

  • The Last Man on Earth

    The Last Man on Earth

  • Back to the Future Part III

    Back to the Future Part III

  • A Man on the Inside

    A Man on the Inside

  • Book Club: The Next Chapter

    Book Club: The Next Chapter

  • Step Brothers

    Step Brothers

  • Elf

    Elf

  • Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

    Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

  • Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley

  • Mr. Mayor

    Mr. Mayor

  • Four Christmases

    Four Christmases

  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    What's Eating Gilbert Grape

  • I Am Sam

    I Am Sam

  • The Whales of August

    The Whales of August

  • 7 Days in Hell

    7 Days in Hell

  • Dead of Winter

    Dead of Winter

  • Wilfred

    Wilfred

  • Nobel Son

    Nobel Son

  • Bless the Harts

    Bless the Harts

  • Powder

    Powder

  • Book Club

    Book Club

  • Last Vegas

    Last Vegas

  • Melvin and Howard

    Melvin and Howard

  • Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

  • Life as a House

    Life as a House

  • Inland Empire

    Inland Empire

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

  • Back to the Future

    Back to the Future

  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • Philadelphia

    Philadelphia

  • Happiest Season

    Happiest Season

  • Togetherness

    Togetherness

  • Nixon

    Nixon

  • E!'s 101

    E!'s 101

  • Cross Creek

    Cross Creek

  • The Discovery

    The Discovery

  • Parenthood

    Parenthood

  • Remembering Ragtime

    Remembering Ragtime

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • Pontiac Moon

    Pontiac Moon

  • Living with the Dead

    Living with the Dead

  • Antiquities

    Antiquities

  • In the Electric Mist

    In the Electric Mist

  • Clifford

    Clifford

  • Numb

    Numb

  • The Dead Girl

    The Dead Girl

  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

  • The One I Love

    The One I Love

  • Ink

    Ink

  • A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

  • The Trumpet of the Swan

    The Trumpet of the Swan

  • Did You Hear About the Morgans?

    Did You Hear About the Morgans?

  • Hope Springs

    Hope Springs

  • Nobody's Baby

    Nobody's Baby

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • Time After Time

    Time After Time

  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

  • Goin' South

    Goin' South

  • Picnic

    Picnic

  • O Lucky Malcolm!

    O Lucky Malcolm!

  • Casa de los Babys

    Casa de los Babys

  • Wish You Were Dead

    Wish You Were Dead

  • The Book of Love

    The Book of Love

  • Romantic Comedy

    Romantic Comedy

  • Elvis & Anabelle

    Elvis & Anabelle

  • The Dink

    The Dink

  • One Magic Christmas

    One Magic Christmas

  • Ragtime

    Ragtime

  • Outlaw Country

    Outlaw Country

  • The Brave One

    The Brave One

  • Noah's Ark

    Noah's Ark

  • The Butcher's Wife

    The Butcher's Wife

  • The Grass Harp

    The Grass Harp

  • Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

  • My Family

    My Family

  • About Sarah

    About Sarah

  • It Must Be Love

    It Must Be Love

  • The Long Walk Home

    The Long Walk Home

  • Let's Have Kids!

    Let's Have Kids!

  • Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division

    Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division

  • Last Train to Fortune

    Last Train to Fortune

  • End of the Line

    End of the Line

  • Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

    Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

  • Brahmin Bulls

    Brahmin Bulls

  • In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin

    In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin

  • Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • Happiness Isn't Everything

    Happiness Isn't Everything

  • Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

    Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

  • Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

    Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

  • It Runs in the Family

    It Runs in the Family

  • Dirty Girl

    Dirty Girl

  • The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

    The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

  • Honeydripper

    Honeydripper

  • BULLDOZER

    BULLDOZER

  • I Do... Until I Don't

    I Do... Until I Don't

  • The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

    The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

  • Miss Firecracker

    Miss Firecracker

  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

    A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

  • Dinner for Five

    Dinner for Five

  • 30 Rock: A One-Time Special

    30 Rock: A One-Time Special

  • Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

    Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

  • Song One

    Song One

  • Tales from the Future

    Tales from the Future

  • Living with the Dead

    Living with the Dead

  • Dean

    Dean

  • Easy's Waltz

    Easy's Waltz

  • Clarkworld

    Clarkworld

  • Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood

    Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood

  • The Open Road

    The Open Road

  • Katie Says Goodbye

    Katie Says Goodbye

  • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

  • Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Fight for Your Right Revisited

  • The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

  • Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

  • Flannery

    Flannery