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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 |
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Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023 |
Book Club: The Next Chapter | Carol | 2023 |
Nightmare Alley | Mrs. Kimball | 2021 |
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Maggie / Maggie Clarke | 2021 |
Mr. Mayor | Adriana | 2021 |
Happiest Season | Tipper | 2020 |
Flannery | Flannery | 2020 |
30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen | 2020 |
Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community | Self | 2020 |
GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023 |
Book Club: The Next Chapter | Carol | 2023 |
Nightmare Alley | Mrs. Kimball | 2021 |
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Maggie / Maggie Clarke | 2021 |
Mr. Mayor | Adriana | 2021 |
Happiest Season | Tipper | 2020 |
Flannery | Flannery | 2020 |
30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen | 2020 |
Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community | Self | 2020 |
GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
Reunited Apart | Self | 2020 |
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Maggie / Maggie Clarke | 2020 |
Bless the Harts | Crystalynn Poole / Crystalynn | 2019 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2019 |
On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Ellen Joy Bonar | 2019 |
This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy | Self - 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 / Cybil Burger | 2017 |
The Discovery | Interviewer | 2017 |
The Book of Love | Julia Mureaux | 2017 |
The Good Place | Teacher | 2016 |
Dates in Movie & TV History | Self | 2016 |
Behind Closed Doors | Self | 2016 |
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Aunt Cly | 2015 |
A Walk in the Woods | Jeannie | 2015 |
Blunt Talk | Margaret Rudolph | 2015 |
Celebrity Conversations | Self | 2015 |
7 Days in Hell | Louisa Poole | 2015 |
Grace and Frankie | Miriam | 2015 |
The Last Man on Earth | Gail Klosterman | 2015 |
Togetherness | Linda | 2015 |
The One I Love | Mom (voice) / Mom | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
Song One | Karen / Karen Ellis | 2014 |
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | The Bamboo Cutter's Wife / Narrator | 2013 |
Last Vegas | Diana Boyle / Diana | 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 | Self - 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 |
Some Jerk with a Camera | Clara Clayton | 2011 |
Tales from the Future | Self | 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 / Self | 2009 |
Bored to Death | Josephine | 2009 |
The Open Road | Katherine | 2009 |
The Proposal | Grace Paxton | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest / Self | 2009 |
In the Electric Mist | Bootsie Robicheaux | 2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself (archive footage) | 2009 |
Four Christmases | Marilyn | 2008 |
Step Brothers | Nancy Huff | 2008 |
Hillary! Uncensored: Banned by the Media | Self | 2008 |
American Outrage | Narrator | 2008 |
The Brave One | Carol | 2007 |
Honeydripper | Amanda Winship | 2007 |
Numb | Dr. Cheryl Blaine / Dr. Blaine | 2007 |
Nobel Son | Sarah Michaelson | 2007 |
Elvis and Anabelle | Geneva / Geneva Leigh | 2007 |
The Dead Girl | Leah's Mother / Beverley, Leah's Mother | 2006 |
30 Rock | Diana Jessup | 2006 |
Inland Empire | Visitor #2 | 2006 |
Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
Ace of Cakes | Self | 2006 |
O Lucky Malcolm! | Self | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Marienne Hotchkiss | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
The Tony Danza Show | Self - 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 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 2003 |
The Wayne Brady Show | Self - 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 | Self - Special Guest | 2001 |
The Trumpet of the Swan | Mother | 2001 |
Nobody's Baby | Estelle | 2001 |
Robot Chicken | Athena | 2001 |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Mary Steenburgen | 2000 |
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 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 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Gulliver's Travels | Mary Gulliver | 1996 |
Nixon | Hannah Nixon | 1995 |
Powder | Jessie Caldwell | 1995 |
The Grass Harp | Sister Ida | 1995 |
My Family/Mi familia | Gloria | 1995 |
Pontiac Moon | Katherine Bellamy | 1994 |
My Summer Story | Mrs. Parker (Mother) / Mrs. Parker - Mother | 1994 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
Movie Magic | Self | 1994 |
A Century of Women | (voice) | 1994 |
Clifford | Sarah Davis | 1994 |
Ellen | Mary Steenburgen | 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 |
Earth and the American Dream | Reader | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
The Butcher's Wife | Stella Keefover | 1991 |
Back to the Future | Clara Clayton (voice) / Clara Clayton Brown | 1991 |
The Long Walk Home | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1990 |
The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy | Self | 1990 |
Back to the Future Part III | Clara Clayton | 1990 |
Back to the Future Part 3 | Clara Clayton | 1990 |
Parenthood | Karen Buckman | 1989 |
Miss Firecracker | Elain Rutledge / Elaine Rutledge | 1989 |
The Pat Sajak Show | Self - 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 / Julie Rose / Katie McGovern | 1987 |
American Masters | Self / Flannery O'Connor | 1986 |
One Magic Christmas | Ginny Grainger | 1985 |
Tender Is the Night | Nicole Warren Diver | 1985 |
Romantic Comedy | Phoebe / Phoebe Craddock | 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 | Self | 1981 |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | Herself - Audience Member (uncredit) | 1981 |
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1981 |
Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar | 1980 |
Time After Time | Amy Robbins | 1979 |
Goin' South | Julia Tate | 1978 |
Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Best Summer Ever | 2021 |
The Evening Journey | 2008 |
Bye Bye Benjamin | 2006 |
Ink | 1996 |
End of the Line | 1987 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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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 |