Mary Steenburgen

Acting · Born 1953-02-08 · Newport, Arkansas, USA

Biography

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.

Known for

• The Dink (2026)
• Last Train to Fortune (2025)
• Easy's Waltz (2025)
• Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
• Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic (2023)
• Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (2022)
• Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
• Nightmare Alley (2021)
• Happiest Season (2020)
• 30 Rock: A One-Time Special (2020)
• Antiquities (2019)
• Flannery (2019)
• Katie Says Goodbye (2018)
• Book Club (2018)
• The Book of Love (2017)
• I Do... Until I Don't (2017)
• The Discovery (2017)
• Dean (2016)
• 7 Days in Hell (2015)
• Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015)
• A Walk in the Woods (2015)
• Song One (2014)
• The One I Love (2014)
• Brahmin Bulls (2013)