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Mary Steenburgen

Born: 1953-02-08

From: Newport, Arkansas, USA

About: 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.


Film credits:

Back to the Future Part III
Clara Clayton
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Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Maggie Clarke
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Parenthood
Karen Buckman
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Betty Carver
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Elf
Emily
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Clifford
Sarah Davis
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The Brave One
Carol
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The Butcher's Wife
Stella Keefover
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Nixon
Hannah Nixon
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Picnic
Rosemary Sydney
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Hope Springs
Joanie Fisher
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Wish You Were Dead
Sally Rider
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Time After Time
Amy Robbins
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Adrian
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Step Brothers
Nancy Huff
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Four Christmases
Marilyn
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Ragtime
Mother
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The Long Walk Home
Narrator (voice)
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Powder
Jessie Caldwell
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Goin' South
Julia Tate
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One Magic Christmas
Ginny Grainger
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The Dead Girl
Leah's Mother
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In the Electric Mist
Bootsie Robicheaux
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Nightmare Alley
Mrs. Kimball
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Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
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Nobel Son
Sarah Michaelson
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Casa de los Babys
Gayle
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Melvin and Howard
Lynda Dummar
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Numb
Dr. Blaine
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The Grass Harp
Sister Ida
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Nobody's Baby
Estelle
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The Proposal
Grace Paxton
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The Whales of August
Young Sarah
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End of the Line
Rose Pickett
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Elvis & Anabelle
Geneva Leigh
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Pontiac Moon
Katherine Bellamy
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It Runs in the Family
Mrs. Parker (Mother)
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Dirty Girl
Peggy
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Dead of Winter
Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
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The Trumpet of the Swan
Mother (voice)
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Marienne Hotchkiss
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Clarkworld
Self
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Living with the Dead
Detective Karen Condrin
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Sunshine State
Francine Pinkney
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Romantic Comedy
Phoebe Craddock
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O Lucky Malcolm!
Self
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Outlaw Country
Anastasia Lee
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Brahmin Bulls
Helen West
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The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
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Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Last Vegas
Diana Boyle
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Remembering Ragtime
Mother (archive footage)
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About Sarah
Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
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It Must Be Love
Clem Gazelle
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Book Club: The Next Chapter
Carol
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Song One
Karen Ellis
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Miss Firecracker
Elaine Rutledge
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Philadelphia
Belinda Conine
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7 Days in Hell
Louisa Poole
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Last Train to Fortune
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Dean
Carol
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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
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Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Emma Wheeler
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Life as a House
Colleen Beck
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Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Aunt Cly
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The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Miep Gies
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The Book of Love
Julia Mureaux
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A Walk in the Woods
Jeannie
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Let's Have Kids!
Sue
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mrs. Yankovic
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The Open Road
Katherine
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I Do... Until I Don't
Cybil Burger
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The Help
Elaine Stein
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Katie Says Goodbye
Maybelle
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Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
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Inland Empire
Visitor #2
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I Am Sam
Dr. Blake
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The Discovery
Interviewer
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Honeydripper
Amanda Winship
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Book Club
Carol
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Antiquities
Dr. Margot
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My Family
Gloria
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Flannery
Flannery O'Connor (voice)
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
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Tales from the Future
Self
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Happiest Season
Tipper
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The One I Love
Mom (voice)
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Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
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30 Rock: A One-Time Special
Mary Steenburgen
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The Dink
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Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Self
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
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Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
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Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Mary
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Easy's Waltz
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A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
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Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
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Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition
Emily
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