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:
- 93
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Goin' South 1978-10-06
- Latest Project:
- Movie Let's Have Kids! 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Let's Have Kids! | 2025 | |
| 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 | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen | 2020-07-16 |
| Movie | Happiest Season | Tipper | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | Antiquities | Dr. Margot | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Flannery | Flannery O'Connor (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
| Movie | Katie Says Goodbye | Maybelle | 2018-03-08 |
| Movie | Book Club | Carol | 2018-05-18 |
| Movie | The Discovery | Interviewer | 2017-03-31 |
| Movie | The Book of Love | Julia Mureaux | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | I Do... Until I Don't | Cybil Burger | 2017-09-01 |
| Movie | Dean | Carol | 2016-04-16 |
| Series | The Last Man on Earth | Gail Klosterman | 2015-03-01 |
| Movie | 7 Days in Hell | Louisa Poole | 2015-07-08 |
| 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 | The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | The Bamboo Cutter's Wife / Narrator (voice) | 2013-11-23 |
| 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 | Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 |
| Movie | Dirty Girl | Peggy | 2010-09-12 |
| Movie | In the Electric Mist | Bootsie Robicheaux | 2009-04-15 |
| Movie | The Proposal | Grace Paxton | 2009-06-02 |
| Movie | The Open Road | Katherine | 2009-02-07 |
| Movie | Clarkworld | Self | 2009-11-03 |
| Movie | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Emma Wheeler | 2009-12-17 |
| Movie | Step Brothers | Nancy Huff | 2008-07-25 |
| Movie | Four Christmases | Marilyn | 2008-11-26 |
| Movie | Nobel Son | Sarah Michaelson | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Elvis & Anabelle | Geneva Leigh | 2007-03-10 |
| Movie | Numb | Dr. Blaine | 2007-04-30 |
| Movie | Honeydripper | Amanda Winship | 2007-09-10 |
| Movie | The Brave One | Carol | 2007-09-12 |
| Movie | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Marienne Hotchkiss | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | The Dead Girl | Beverley, Leah's Mother | 2006-11-07 |
| Movie | Inland Empire | Visitor #2 | 2006-12-06 |
| Movie | Hope Springs | Joanie Fisher | 2003-05-09 |
| Movie | Casa de los Babys | Gayle | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | Elf | Emily | 2003-10-09 |
| Series | Joan of Arcadia | Helen Girardi | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin | 2002-04-28 |
| Movie | Wish You Were Dead | Sally Rider | 2002-05-21 |
| Movie | Sunshine State | Francine Pinkney | 2002-06-21 |
| Movie | Nobody's Baby | Estelle | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Trumpet of the Swan | Mother (voice) | 2001-05-11 |
| 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 | Noah's Ark | Naamah | 1999-05-04 |
| Movie | About Sarah | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey | 1998-10-04 |
| Series | Gulliver's Travels | Mary Gulliver | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | The Grass Harp | Sister Ida | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | My Family | Gloria | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | Powder | Jessie Caldwell | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | Nixon | Hannah Nixon | 1995-12-22 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Butcher's Wife | Stella Keefover | 1991-10-25 |
| Series | Back to the Future | Clara Clayton (voice) | 1991-09-14 |
| 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 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | 1990-08-27 |
| Movie | The Long Walk Home | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Miss Firecracker | Elaine Rutledge | 1989-04-28 |
| 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 Warren Diver | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | One Magic Christmas | Ginny Grainger | 1985-11-22 |
| Movie | Romantic Comedy | Phoebe Craddock | 1983-10-07 |
| 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 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Adrian | 1982-07-16 |
| 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 |