The Proposal2009
As Grace Paxton
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Mary Steenburgen
Born
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.
Filmography (100)
The Help2011
As Elaine Stein
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Back to the Future Part III1990
As Clara Clayton
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Dink2026
As Candace
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Nightmare Alley2021
As Mrs. Kimball
TMDb 6.9 / 10
I Am Sam2001
As Dr. Blake
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Elf2003
As Emily
TMDb 6.7 / 10
What's Eating Gilbert Grape1993
As Betty Carver
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Philadelphia1993
As Belinda Conine
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Step Brothers2008
As Nancy Huff
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Last Vegas2013
As Diana Boyle
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Clifford1994
As Sarah Davis
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Brave One2007
As Carol
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Four Christmases2008
As Marilyn
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Inland Empire2006
As Visitor #2
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Did You Hear About the Morgans?2009
As Emma Wheeler
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Happiest Season2020
As Tipper
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Book Club2018
As Carol
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Discovery2017
As Interviewer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Dead Girl2006
As Leah's Mother
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Powder1995
As Jessie Caldwell
TMDb 7.1 / 10
In the Electric Mist2009
As Bootsie Robicheaux
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Time After Time1979
As Amy Robbins
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Parenthood1989
As Karen Buckman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The One I Love2014
As Mom (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Nobel Son2007
As Sarah Michaelson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My Family1995
As Gloria
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Nixon1995
As Hannah Nixon
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dirty Girl2010
As Peggy
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Walk in the Woods2015
As Jeannie
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Life as a House2001
As Colleen Beck
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Last Train to Fortune2026
As Miss Maybelle
The Long Walk Home1990
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Book Club: The Next Chapter2023
As Carol
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Goin' South1978
As Julia Tate
TMDb 5.8 / 10
7 Days in Hell2015
As Louisa Poole
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hope Springs2003
As Joanie Fisher
TMDb 5.3 / 10
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy1982
As Adrian
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Butcher's Wife1991
As Stella Keefover
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Dead of Winter1987
As Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Grass Harp1996
As Sister Ida
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Katie Says Goodbye2018
As Maybelle
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas2021
As Maggie Clarke
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Numb2007
As Dr. Blaine
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Ragtime1981
As Mother
TMDb 7.0 / 10
One Magic Christmas1985
As Ginny Grainger
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Flannery2019
As Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Cross Creek1983
As Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Book of Love2017
As Julia Mureaux
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Song One2014
As Karen Ellis
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School2006
As Marienne Hotchkiss
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Melvin and Howard1980
As Lynda Dummar
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Trumpet of the Swan2001
As Mother (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
I Do... Until I Don't2017
As Cybil Burger
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Open Road2009
As Katherine
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Reinventing the Wheelers2007
As Claire Wheeler
Outlaw Country2012
As Anastasia Lee
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Honeydripper2007
As Amanda Winship
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Romantic Comedy1983
As Phoebe Craddock
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Sunshine State2002
As Francine Pinkney
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dean2016
As Carol
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Whales of August1987
As Young Sarah
TMDb 7.0 / 10
It Runs in the Family1994
As Mrs. Parker (Mother)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic2023
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Easy's Waltz2025
TMDb 2.0 / 10
30 Rock: A One-Time Special2020
As Mary Steenburgen
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Elvis & Anabelle2007
As Geneva Leigh
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989
As Self (voice)
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas2026
As Claire
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1990
As Self
Pontiac Moon1994
As Katherine Bellamy
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Living with the Dead2002
As Detective Karen Condrin
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Miss Firecracker1989
As Elaine Rutledge
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Picnic2000
As Rosemary Sydney
TMDb 5.3 / 10
End of the Line1987
As Rose Pickett
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy1990
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Wish You Were Dead2002
As Sally Rider
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'2002
As Self
Earth and the American Dream1992
As Reader (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl2022
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Clarkworld2009
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Fight for Your Right Revisited2011
As Café Patron
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Nobody's Baby2001
As Estelle
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Casa de los Babys2003
As Gayle
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Tales from the Future2010
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Antiquities2019
As Dr. Margot
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas1991
As Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Elf: That's a Wrap2004
As Self
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow2015
As Aunt Cly
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story2010
As Mrs. Yankovic
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood2003
As Mary
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story2000
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank1988
As Miep Gies
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Little Red Riding Hood1983
As Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
TMDb 5.8 / 10
About Sarah1998
As Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Let's Have Kids!Release date TBA
As Sue
Remembering Ragtime2004
As Mother (archive footage)
Brahmin Bulls2013
As Helen West
TMDb 5.0 / 10
It Must Be Love2004
As Clem Gazelle
TMDb 4.9 / 10
O Lucky Malcolm!2006
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb