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Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen’s screen credits include Grace Paxton in The Proposal, Sue in Let's Have Kids!, and Candace in The Dink.
Born February 8, 1953 Newport, Arkansas, USA5 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2026Last Train to FortuneMiss Maybelle
- 2025Easy's WaltzActor
- 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelf
- 2023Book Club: The Next ChapterCarol
- 2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden GirlSelf
- 2021Nightmare AlleyMrs. Kimball
- 2021Zoey's Extraordinary ChristmasMaggie Clarke
- 2020Happiest SeasonTipper
- 2020Best Summer EverProducer
- 202030 Rock: A One-Time SpecialMary Steenburgen
- 2019FlanneryFlannery O'Connor (voice)
- 2019AntiquitiesDr. Margot
- 2018Book ClubCarol
- 2018Katie Says GoodbyeMaybelle
- 2017I Do... Until I Don'tCybil Burger
- 2017The DiscoveryInterviewer
- 2017The Book of LoveJulia Mureaux
- 2016DeanCarol
- 2015Jim Henson's Turkey HollowAunt Cly
- 2015A Walk in the WoodsJeannie
- 20157 Days in HellLouisa Poole
- 2014The One I LoveMom (voice)
- 2014Song OneKaren Ellis
- 2013Last VegasDiana Boyle
- 2013Brahmin BullsHelen West
- 2012Outlaw CountryAnastasia Lee
- 2011The HelpElaine Stein
- 2011Fight for Your Right RevisitedCafé Patron
- 2010Tales from the FutureSelf
- 2010Dirty GirlPeggy
- 2010Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryMrs. Yankovic
- 2009ClarkworldSelf
- 2009In the Electric MistBootsie Robicheaux
- 2009The Open RoadKatherine
- 2008Four ChristmasesMarilyn
- 2008Step BrothersNancy Huff
- 2007The Brave OneCarol
- 2007HoneydripperAmanda Winship
- 2007NumbDr. Blaine
- 2007Nobel SonSarah Michaelson
- 2007Elvis & AnabelleGeneva Leigh
- 2006Inland EmpireVisitor #2
- 2006The Dead GirlLeah's Mother
- 2006O Lucky Malcolm!Self
- 2006Bye Bye BenjaminProducer
- 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolMarienne Hotchkiss
- 2004Elf: That's a WrapSelf
- 2004Remembering RagtimeMother (archive footage)
- 2004It Must Be LoveClem Gazelle
- 2003ElfEmily
- 2003Casa de los BabysGayle
- 2003Hope SpringsJoanie Fisher
- 2003Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to HollywoodMary
- 2002Sunshine StateFrancine Pinkney
- 2002Wish You Were DeadSally Rider
- 2002Living with the DeadDetective Karen Condrin
- 2002Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'Self
- 2001I Am SamDr. Blake
- 2001Life as a HouseColleen Beck
- 2001The Trumpet of the SwanMother (voice)
- 2001Nobody's BabyEstelle
- 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryActor
- 2000PicnicRosemary Sydney
- 1998About SarahSarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
- 1996The Grass HarpSister Ida
- 1995NixonHannah Nixon
- 1995PowderJessie Caldwell
- 1995My FamilyGloria
- 1994Pontiac MoonKatherine Bellamy
- 1994It Runs in the FamilyMrs. Parker (Mother)
- 1994CliffordSarah Davis
- 1993PhiladelphiaBelinda Conine
- 1993What's Eating Gilbert GrapeBetty Carver
- 1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)
- 1991Back to the Future: Dickens of a ChristmasClara Clayton Brown (voice)
- 1991The Butcher's WifeStella Keefover
- 1990The Long Walk HomeNarrator (voice)
- 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf
- 1990The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' TrilogySelf
- 1990Back to the Future Part IIIClara Clayton
- 1989ParenthoodKaren Buckman
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)
- 1989Miss FirecrackerElaine Rutledge
- 1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne FrankMiep Gies
- 1987The Whales of AugustYoung Sarah
- 1987End of the LineProducer · Rose Pickett
- 1987Dead of WinterJulie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
- 1985One Magic ChristmasGinny Grainger
- 1983Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
- 1983Romantic ComedyPhoebe Craddock
- 1983Cross CreekMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1982A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyAdrian
- 1981RagtimeMother
- 1980Melvin and HowardLynda Dummar
- 1979Time After TimeAmy Robbins
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