Mary Steenburgen
Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress. She was most successful for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard, which earned her an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Steenburgen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 8, 1953 In Newport - Arkansas - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 107
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
- Latest Project:
- Movie Easy's Waltz 2025-09-11
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Easy's Waltz | 2025-09-11 | |
| Series | A Man on the Inside | Mona Margadoff | 2024-11-21 |
| Movie | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Carol | 2023-05-11 |
| Movie | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023-12-21 |
| Movie | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Maggie Clarke | 2021-12-01 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Mrs. Kimball | 2021-12-02 |
| Series | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Maggie Clarke | 2020-01-07 |
| Movie | Happiest Season | Tipper | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen | 2020-07-16 |
| Movie | Antiquities | Dr. Margot | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Katie Says Goodbye | Maybelle | 2018-03-08 |
| Movie | Book Club | Carol | 2018-05-18 |
| Movie | The Book of Love | Julia Mureaux | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | I Do... Until I Don't | Cybil Burger | 2017-09-01 |
| Movie | The Discovery | Interviewer | 2017-03-31 |
| Movie | Dean | Carol | 2016-04-16 |
| Movie | 7 Days in Hell | Louisa Poole | 2015-07-08 |
| Series | The Last Man on Earth | Gail Klosterman | 2015-03-01 |
| Movie | Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Aunt Cly | 2015-11-21 |
| Movie | A Walk in the Woods | Jeannie | 2015-09-02 |
| Movie | Song One | Karen Ellis | 2014-01-20 |
| Movie | The One I Love | Mom (voice) | 2014-08-08 |
| Movie | Brahmin Bulls | Helen West | 2013-10-05 |
| Movie | Last Vegas | Diana Boyle | 2013-10-31 |
| Movie | Outlaw Country | Anastasia Lee | 2012-08-24 |
| Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Café Patron | 2011-04-22 |
| Movie | The Help | Elaine Stein | 2011-08-09 |
| Movie | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Mrs. Yankovic | 2010-03-22 |
| Movie | Dirty Girl | Peggy | 2010-09-12 |
| Movie | Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 |
| Movie | The Open Road | Katherine | 2009-02-07 |
| Movie | In the Electric Mist | Bootsie Robicheaux | 2009-04-15 |
| Movie | The Proposal | Grace Paxton | 2009-06-02 |
| Movie | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Emma Wheeler | 2009-12-17 |
| Movie | Clarkworld | Self | 2009-11-03 |
| Movie | Step Brothers | Nancy Huff | 2008-07-25 |
| Movie | Four Christmases | Marilyn | 2008-11-26 |
| Movie | Elvis & Anabelle | Geneva Leigh | 2007-03-10 |
| Movie | Nobel Son | Sarah Michaelson | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Numb | Dr. Blaine | 2007-04-30 |
| Movie | The Brave One | Carol | 2007-09-12 |
| Movie | Honeydripper | Amanda Winship | 2007-09-10 |
| Movie | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Marienne Hotchkiss | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | The Dead Girl | Leah's Mother | 2006-11-07 |
| Movie | Inland Empire | Visitor #2 | 2006-12-06 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | It Must Be Love | Clem Gazelle | 2004-02-15 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Hope Springs | Joanie Fisher | 2003-05-09 |
| Series | E!'s 101 | Unknown | 2003-07-13 |
| Movie | Casa de los Babys | Gayle | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | Elf | Emily | 2003-11-07 |
| Series | Joan of Arcadia | Helen Girardi | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin | 2002-04-28 |
| Movie | Sunshine State | Francine Pinkney | 2002-06-21 |
| Movie | Wish You Were Dead | Sally Rider | 2002-05-21 |
| Movie | Nobody's Baby | Estelle | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | Dinner for Five | Unknown | 2001-07-06 |
| Movie | The Trumpet of the Swan | Mother (voice) | 2001-05-11 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | I Am Sam | Dr. Blake | 2001-12-28 |
| Movie | Life as a House | Colleen Beck | 2001-10-25 |
| Movie | Picnic | Rosemary Sydney | 2000-04-16 |
| Series | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Unknown | 2000-10-15 |
| Series | Noah's Ark | Naamah | 1999-05-04 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | About Sarah | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey | 1998-10-04 |
| Series | Becker | Unknown | 1998-11-02 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | Gulliver's Travels | Mary Gulliver | 1996-02-04 |
| Series | Ink | Kate Montgomery | 1996-10-21 |
| Movie | The Grass Harp | Sister Ida | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | My Family | Gloria | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | Powder | Jessie Caldwell | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | Nixon | Hannah Nixon | 1995-12-22 |
| Series | Ellen | Unknown | 1994-03-29 |
| Movie | Clifford | Sarah Davis | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | It Runs in the Family | Mrs. Parker (Mother) | 1994-09-23 |
| Movie | Pontiac Moon | Katherine Bellamy | 1994-11-03 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Marjorie | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Betty Carver | 1993-12-17 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Belinda Conine | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Series | Back to the Future | Clara Clayton (voice) | 1991-09-14 |
| Movie | The Butcher's Wife | Stella Keefover | 1991-10-25 |
| Movie | Back to the Future Part III | Clara Clayton | 1990-05-25 |
| Movie | The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Self | 1990-06-12 |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Miss Firecracker | Elaine Rutledge | 1989-04-28 |
| Movie | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Herself | 1989-06-26 |
| Movie | Parenthood | Karen Buckman | 1989-07-31 |
| Movie | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Miep Gies | 1988-04-17 |
| Movie | Dead of Winter | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | End of the Line | Rose Pickett | 1987-08-28 |
| Movie | The Whales of August | Young Sarah | 1987-10-14 |
| Series | Tender Is the Night | Nicole Diver (née Warren) | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | One Magic Christmas | Ginny Grainger | 1985-11-22 |
| Movie | Cross Creek | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1983-09-21 |
| Movie | Little Red Riding Hood | Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary | 1983-11-10 |
| Movie | Romantic Comedy | Phoebe Craddock | 1983-10-07 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Adrian | 1982-07-16 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mary / Little Red Riding Hood | 1982-09-11 |
| Movie | Ragtime | Mother | 1981-11-20 |
| Movie | Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar | 1980-09-19 |
| Movie | Time After Time | Amy Robbins | 1979-09-28 |
| Movie | Goin' South | Julia Tate | 1978-10-06 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |