Mary Steenburgen
Born
2/8/1953
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.
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 For90 Movies
The Help
2011
★8.2
The Proposal
2009
★7.2
Back to the Future Part III
1990
★7.5
Elf
2003
★7.1
The Dink
2026
★6.2
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
★7.7
Nightmare Alley
2021
★6.9
I Am Sam
2001
★7.6
Philadelphia
1993
★7.7
Step Brothers
2008
★6.6
Last Vegas
2013
★6.4
Powder
1995
★7.1
Inland Empire
2006
★7.0
The Brave One
2007
★6.7
The Discovery
2017
★6.3
In the Electric Mist
2009
★6.1
Four Christmases
2008
★5.8
Nixon
1995
★6.8
Happiest Season
2020
★7.1
Time After Time
1979
★6.8
Book Club
2018
★6.2
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
★6.3
Parenthood
1989
★6.7
A Walk in the Woods
2015
★6.1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
★5.4
The Dead Girl
2006
★6.0
Life as a House
2001
★7.1
The One I Love
2014
★6.9
Nobel Son
2007
★6.0
The Long Walk Home
1990
★7.6
Dirty Girl
2010
★6.0
Last Train to Fortune
2025
★5.5
One Magic Christmas
1985
★5.9
Numb
2007
★5.9
The Butcher's Wife
1991
★5.7
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
★5.9
Goin' South
1978
★5.8
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001
★5.6
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
★6.5
The Book of Love
2017
★6.5
Hope Springs
2003
★5.3
Clifford
1994
★5.1
7 Days in Hell
2015
★6.5
My Family
1995
★7.4
Song One
2014
★5.7
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
★6.5
Ragtime
1981
★7.0
The Grass Harp
1996
★5.9
The Whales of August
1987
★7.0
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
★4.7
Dead of Winter
1987
★6.2
Cross Creek
1983
★6.6
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
★7.0
Elvis & Anabelle
2007
★6.8
Outlaw Country
2012
★6.0
Romantic Comedy
1983
★5.1
The Open Road
2009
★5.2
Melvin and Howard
1980
★6.5
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021
★6.3
Nobody's Baby
2001
★5.2
Wish You Were Dead
2002
★5.0
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
★5.0
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
★6.6
Honeydripper
2007
★5.9
It Runs in the Family
1994
★5.4
Living with the Dead
2002
★5.5
End of the Line
1987
★5.2
Sunshine State
2002
★6.4
Earth and the American Dream
1992
★6.7
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
★7.0
Tales from the Future
2010
★6.2
Miss Firecracker
1989
★5.8
Picnic
2000
★5.3
Pontiac Moon
1994
★5.5
Dean
2016
★5.8
Clarkworld
2009
★10.0
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991
★6.0
Easy's Waltz
2025
★2.0
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020
★6.3
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015
★5.6
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
★6.6
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
★9.0
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
★7.1
About Sarah
1998
★6.8
Casa de los Babys
2003
★5.6
Little Red Riding Hood
1983
★5.8
It Must Be Love
2004
★4.9
O Lucky Malcolm!
2006
★6.1
Brahmin Bulls
2013
★5.0
Antiquities
2019
★4.3