Mary Steenburgen

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Mary Nell Steenburgen is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's 1980 film Melvin and Howard.

Birth Name

Mary Nell Steenburgen

Born

Sunday, 08 February 1953

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Nightmare Alley	Miss Harrington	2020
Happiest Season	Tipper	2020
Flannery	Flannery	2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special	Herself / Mary Steenburgen	2020
Reunited Apart	Self	2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Maggie	2020
Bless the Harts	Crystalynn Poole (voice), Crystalynn (voice)	2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self - Guest	2019
On Becoming a God in Central Florida	Ellen Joy Bonar	2019
This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy	Guest Star	2019

(see additional filmography)

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Nightmare Alley	Miss Harrington	2020
Happiest Season	Tipper	2020
Flannery	Flannery	2020
30 Rock: A One-Time Special	Herself / Mary Steenburgen	2020
Reunited Apart	Self	2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Maggie	2020
Bless the Harts	Crystalynn Poole (voice), Crystalynn (voice)	2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self - Guest	2019
On Becoming a God in Central Florida	Ellen Joy Bonar	2019
This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy	Guest Star	2019
The Conners	Marcy Bellinger	2018
Antiquities	Dr. Margot	2018
Book Club	Carol	2018
Dean	Carol	2018
Katie Says Goodbye	Maybelle	2018
I Do... Until I Don't	Cybil	2017
The Discovery	Interviewer	2017
The Book of Love	Julia Mureaux	2017
The Good Place	Teacher	2016
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow	Aunt Cly	2015
A Walk in the Woods	Jeannie	2015
Blunt Talk	Margaret Rudolph	2015
Celebrity Conversations	Herself	2015
7 Days in Hell	Louisa Poole	2015
Grace and Frankie	Miriam	2015
The Last Man on Earth	Gail Klosterman, Gail, Gail Klosterman (credit only)	2015
Song One	Karen	2015
Togetherness	Linda	2015
The One I Love	Mom (voice)	2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self - Guest	2014
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Narrator (voice)	2013
Last Vegas	Diana Boyle	2013
Brahmin Bulls	Helen West	2013
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
Orange Is the New Black	Delia Powell	2013
Outlaw Country	Anastasia Lee	2012
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.	Self	2012
The Chew	Herself - Guest	2011
The Help	Elain Stein	2011
Dish Nation	Self	2011
Wilfred	Catherine Newman	2011
Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited	Café Patron	2011
Tales from the Future	Herself	2010
The Talk	Self - Guest, Self	2010
Dirty Girl	Peggy	2010
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Mrs. Yankovic	2010
Justified	Katherine Hale	2010
Did You Hear About The Morgans?	Emma Wheeler	2009
ClarkWorld	herself	2009
Bored to Death	Josephine	2009
The Open Road	Katherine	2009
The Proposal	Grace Paxton	2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self	2009
In The Electric Mist	Bootsie Robicheaux	2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Herself - Guest, Herself (archive footage)	2009
Four Christmases	Marilyn	2008
Step Brothers	Nancy Huff	2008
American Outrage	Narrator	2008
The Brave One	Carol	2007
Honeydripper	Amanda Winship	2007
Numb	Dr. Cheryl Blaine	2007
Nobel Son	Sarah Michaelson	2007
Elvis and Anabelle	Geneva	2007
The Dead Girl	Leah's Mother	2006
30 Rock	Diana Jessup	2006
Inland Empire	Visitor #2	2006
Rachael Ray	Self - Guest	2006
Ace of Cakes	Herself	2006
Made in Hollywood	Self	2005
Robot Chicken	Athena	2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Marienne Hotchkiss	2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Herself - Guest	2005
The Tony Danza Show	Herself - Guest	2004
It Must Be Love	Clem Gazelle	2004
Elf	Emily	2003
Joan of Arcadia	Helen Girardi	2003
Casa De Los Babys	Gayle	2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Herself - Guest	2003
Hope Springs	Joanie Fisher	2003
The Wayne Brady Show	Herself - Guest	2002
Sunshine State	Francine Pinkney	2002
Storyline Online	Self	2002
Living with the Dead	Detective Karen Condrin	2002
I Am Sam	Dr. Blake	2002
Wish You Were Dead	Sally Rider	2001
Life as a House	Colleen Beck	2001
Dinner for Five	Herself - Special Guest, Herself	2001
The Trumpet of the Swan	Mother (voice)	2001
Nobody's Baby	Estelle	2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm	Mary Steenburgen	2000
Picnic	Rosemary Sydney	2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Grace Rinato	1999
Loose Women	Herself	1999
Noah's Ark	Naamah	1999
Becker	Patient	1998
About Sarah	Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey	1998
Ink	Kate Montgomery	1996
Gulliver's Travels	Mary Gulliver	1996
Nixon	Hannah Nixon	1995
Powder	Jessie Caldwell	1995
The Grass Harp	Sister Ida	1995
Movie Magic	Herself	1995
My Family	Gloria	1995
Pontiac Moon	Katherine Bellamy	1994
It Runs in the Family	Mrs. Parker	1994
Extra with Billy Bush	Self (archive footage), Self	1994
A Century of Women	(voice)	1994
Clifford	Sarah Davis	1994
Ellen	Herself	1994
Philadelphia	Belinda Conine	1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape	Betty Carver	1993
Frasier	Marjorie	1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Herself - Guest	1993
HBO First Look	Herself	1992
The Butcher's Wife	Stella Keefover	1991
Back to the Future	Clara Clayton (voice)	1991
The Long Walk Home	Narrator (voice)	1990
The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy	Herself	1990
Back to the Future Part III	Clara Clayton	1990
Parenthood	Karen	1989
Miss Firecracker	Elain Rutledge	1989
The Pat Sajak Show	Herself - Guest	1989
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank	Miep Gies	1988
End Of The Line	Rose Pickett	1987
The Whales Of August	Young Sarah	1987
Dead Of Winter	Evelyn	1987
American Masters	Self	1986
One Magic Christmas	Ginny Grainger	1985
Tender Is the Night	Nicole Warren Diver	1985
Romantic Comedy	Phoebe	1983
Cross Creek	Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	1983
Faerie Tale Theatre	Mary / Little Red Riding Hood	1982
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy	Adrian	1982
Ragtime	Mother	1981
Entertainment Tonight	Herself (archive footage), Herself	1981
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire	Herself - Audience Member (uncredit)	1981
Melvin And Howard	Lynda Dummar	1980
Time After Time	Amy Robbins	1979
Goin' South	Julia Tate Moon	1978
Working in the Theatre	Self	1976

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Best Summer Ever	2020
The Evening Journey	2008
Bye Bye Benjamin	2006
Ink	1996
End Of The Line	1987

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1988	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Nominated
1982	Golden Globe	Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture	Nominated
1981	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Won
1981	Golden Globe	Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture	Won
1979	Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Female	Nominated