Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-02-08 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Also known As
Mary Nell Steenburgen
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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.
1990
as Clara Clayton
2021
as Maggie Clarke
1989
as Karen Buckman
1993
as Betty Carver
2003
as Emily
1994
as Sarah Davis
2007
as Carol
1991
as Stella Keefover
1995
as Hannah Nixon
2000
as Rosemary Sydney
2003
as Joanie Fisher
2002
as Sally Rider
1979
as Amy Robbins
1982
as Adrian
2008
as Nancy Huff
2008
as Marilyn
1981
as Mother
1990
as Narrator (voice)
1995
as Jessie Caldwell
1978
as Julia Tate
1985
as Ginny Grainger
2006
as Beverley, Leah's Mother
2009
as Bootsie Robicheaux
2021
as Mrs. Kimball
2011
as Café Patron
2007
as Sarah Michaelson
2003
as Gayle
1980
as Lynda Dummar
2007
as Dr. Blaine
1996
as Sister Ida
2001
as Estelle
2009
as Grace Paxton
1987
as Young Sarah
1987
as Rose Pickett
2007
as Geneva Leigh
1994
as Katherine Bellamy
1994
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
2010
as Peggy
1987
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
2001
as Mother (voice)
2006
as Marienne Hotchkiss
2009
as Self
2002
as Detective Karen Condrin
2002
as Francine Pinkney
1983
as Phoebe Craddock
2006
as Self
2012
as Anastasia Lee
2013
as Helen West
1983
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
2013
as Diana Boyle
2004
as Mother (archive footage)
1998
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
2004
as Clem Gazelle
2023
as Carol
2014
as Karen Ellis
1989
as Elaine Rutledge
1993
as Belinda Conine
2015
as Louisa Poole
2016
as Carol
2023
2009
as Emma Wheeler
2001
as Colleen Beck
2015
as Aunt Cly
1988
as Miep Gies
2017
as Julia Mureaux
2015
as Jeannie
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as Sue
2010
as Mrs. Yankovic
2009
as Katherine
2017
as Cybil Burger
2011
as Elaine Stein
2018
as Maybelle
1983
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
2006
as Visitor #2
2001
as Dr. Blake
2017
as Interviewer
2007
as Amanda Winship
2018
as Carol
2019
as Dr. Margot
1995
as Gloria
2019
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
2010
as Self
2020
as Tipper
2014
as Mom (voice)
1992
as Reader (voice)
2020
as Mary Steenburgen
2011
1989
2003
2014
as Thanks
1987
as Executive Producer
2006
as Executive Producer
2020
as Executive Producer
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