What’s new
Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
Cine Archive
ES
← Back to filmography
Mary Steenburgen
Born
8 February 1953
Place
Newport, Arkansas, USA
Acting

Mary Steenburgen

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.

As actor

The Dink

The Dink

2026 · Candace
Last Train to Fortune

Last Train to Fortune

2025 · Miss Maybelle
Easy's Waltz

Easy's Waltz

2025
Book Club: The Next Chapter

Book Club: The Next Chapter

2023 · Carol
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

2023 · Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

2022 · Self
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

2021 · Maggie Clarke
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

2021 · Mrs. Kimball
Happiest Season

Happiest Season

2020 · Tipper
30 Rock: A One-Time Special

30 Rock: A One-Time Special

2020 · Mary Steenburgen
Antiquities

Antiquities

2019 · Dr. Margot
Flannery

Flannery

2019 · Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Katie Says Goodbye

Katie Says Goodbye

2018 · Maybelle
Book Club

Book Club

2018 · Carol
The Book of Love

The Book of Love

2017 · Julia Mureaux
I Do... Until I Don't

I Do... Until I Don't

2017 · Cybil Burger
The Discovery

The Discovery

2017 · Interviewer
Dean

Dean

2016 · Carol
7 Days in Hell

7 Days in Hell

2015 · Louisa Poole
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

2015 · Aunt Cly
A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

2015 · Jeannie
Song One

Song One

2014 · Karen Ellis
The One I Love

The One I Love

2014 · Mom (voice)
Brahmin Bulls

Brahmin Bulls

2013 · Helen West
Last Vegas

Last Vegas

2013 · Diana Boyle
Outlaw Country

Outlaw Country

2012 · Anastasia Lee
Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011 · Café Patron
The Help

The Help

2011 · Elaine Stein
Dirty Girl

Dirty Girl

2010 · Peggy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2010 · Mrs. Yankovic