
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.
Acting (90 movies)

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

Dean
2016

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023

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

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

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022

Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
2003

Easy's Waltz
2025
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| End of the Line | 1987 | Executive Producer | 
| Bye Bye Benjamin | 2006 | Executive Producer | 
| Best Summer Ever | 2020 | Executive Producer |