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.
Filmography
Last Train to Fortune
2026 · 10.0
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · 9.5
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · 9.0
The Help
2011 · 8.2
Dinner for Five
2001 · 8.2
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1
Let's Have Kids!
2026 · 8.1
Justified
2010 · 8.0
The Good Place
2016 · 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
Grace and Frankie
2015 · 7.7
Frasier
1993 · 7.7
Philadelphia
1993 · 7.7
The Long Walk Home
1990 · 7.7
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · 7.7
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · 7.6
I Am Sam
2001 · 7.6
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020 · 7.5
Wilfred
2011 · 7.5
30 Rock
2006 · 7.5
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · 7.5
A Man on the Inside
2024 · 7.4
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · 7.4
My Family
1995 · 7.4
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · 7.3
Becker
1998 · 7.2
Bored to Death
2009 · 7.2
The Proposal
2009 · 7.2
Life as a House
2001 · 7.1
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · 7.1
Happiest Season
2020 · 7.1
Powder
1995 · 7.1
American Dad!
2005 · 7.0
Inland Empire
2006 · 7.0
Ragtime
1981 · 7.0
Living with the Dead
2002 · 7.0
The Whales of August
1987 · 7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021 · 6.9
The Last Man on Earth
2015 · 6.9
The Conners
2018 · 6.9
The One I Love
2014 · 6.9
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010 · 6.9
Nixon
1995 · 6.8
Togetherness
2015 · 6.8
About Sarah
1998 · 6.8
Time After Time
1979 · 6.8
Elvis & Anabelle
2007 · 6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · 6.7
Elf
2003 · 6.7
Parenthood
1989 · 6.7
Mr. Mayor
2021 · 6.6
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · 6.6
Cross Creek
1983 · 6.6
The Brave One
2007 · 6.6
Step Brothers
2008 · 6.6
Bless the Harts
2019 · 6.5
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982 · 6.5
7 Days in Hell
2015 · 6.5
Katie Says Goodbye
2018 · 6.5
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011 · 6.5
Melvin and Howard
1980 · 6.5
Last Vegas
2013 · 6.4
The Book of Love
2017 · 6.4
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
2021 · 6.4
Sunshine State
2002 · 6.4
The Dink
2026 · 6.4
Back to the Future
1991 · 6.3
Tender Is the Night
1985 · 6.3
The Discovery
2017 · 6.3
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023 · 6.3
Book Club
2018 · 6.2
30 Rock: A One-Time Special
2020 · 6.2
A Walk in the Woods
2015 · 6.1
In the Electric Mist
2009 · 6.1
Dirty Girl
2010 · 6.0
The Dead Girl
2006 · 6.0
Outlaw Country
2012 · 6.0
Dead of Winter
1987 · 6.0
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
1991 · 6.0
Nobel Son
2007 · 6.0
Numb
2007 · 5.9
One Magic Christmas
1985 · 5.9
Honeydripper
2007 · 5.9
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · 5.9
The Grass Harp
1996 · 5.9
Four Christmases
2008 · 5.8
Goin' South
1978 · 5.8
Dean
2016 · 5.8
Little Red Riding Hood
1983 · 5.8
Miss Firecracker
1989 · 5.8
The Butcher's Wife
1991 · 5.7
Song One
2014 · 5.7
The Trumpet of the Swan
2001 · 5.6
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015 · 5.6
Casa de los Babys
2003 · 5.6
Pontiac Moon
1994 · 5.6
Living with the Dead
2002 · 5.5
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009 · 5.4
It Runs in the Family
1994 · 5.4
Hope Springs
2003 · 5.3
Clifford
1994 · 5.2
End of the Line
1987 · 5.2
Romantic Comedy
1983 · 5.2
Nobody's Baby
2001 · 5.2
The Open Road
2009 · 5.2
Ink
1996 · 5.0
Flannery
2019 · 5.0
Wish You Were Dead
2002 · 5.0
Brahmin Bulls
2013 · 5.0
It Must Be Love
2004 · 4.9
I Do... Until I Don't
2017 · 4.7
Noah's Ark
1999 · 4.5
Antiquities
2019 · 4.3
Easy's Waltz
2025 · 2.0
A Dog's Perfect Christmas
2026 · 0.0
Southern Discomfort
— · 0.0
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003 · 0.0
BULLDOZER
2025 · 0.0
Happiness Isn't Everything
— · 0.0
Remembering Ragtime
2004 · 0.0