Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Birthday: 1953-02-08

Place of Birth: 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.

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Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc...

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Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family ...

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Parenthood
Parenthood

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjo...

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are h...

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Elf
Elf

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North P...

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Clifford
Clifford

When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the b...

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The Brave One
The Brave One

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge....

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The Butcher's Wife
The Butcher's Wife

A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They...

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Nixon
Nixon

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...

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Picnic
Picnic

The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more inte...

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Hope Springs
Hope Springs

British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraugh...

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Wish You Were Dead
Wish You Were Dead

Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-deal...

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Time After Time
Time After Time

Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial kil...

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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy docto...

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Step Brothers
Step Brothers

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and ...

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Four Christmases
Four Christmases

Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays,...

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Ragtime
Ragtime

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the ra...

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The Long Walk Home
The Long Walk Home

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in res...

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Powder
Powder

Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" s...

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Goin' South
Goin' South

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape ...

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One Magic Christmas
One Magic Christmas

Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakabl...

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The Dead Girl
The Dead Girl

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to ...

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In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local h...

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Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks u...

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Fight for Your Right Revisited
Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beast...

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Nobel Son
Nobel Son

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson i...

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Casa de los Babys
Casa de los Babys

A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey fro...

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Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the ...

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Numb
Numb

Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself witho...

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The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growi...

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Nobody's Baby
Nobody's Baby

Two not so bright small time crooks end up with a baby girl by "accident" and find a change in their...

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The Proposal
The Proposal

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book edito...

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The Whales of August
The Whales of August

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine....

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End of the Line
End of the Line

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate he...

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Elvis & Anabelle
Elvis & Anabelle

A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey o...

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Pontiac Moon
Pontiac Moon

An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic r...

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It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family

It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in thei...

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Dirty Girl
Dirty Girl

When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a roa...

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Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually...

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The Trumpet of the Swan
The Trumpet of the Swan

The adventures of a young Trumpeter swan who cannot speak. With the help of a human boy and the love...

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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everyt...

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Clarkworld
Clarkworld

Documentary on the life and death of Bob Clark, a director of movies such as Christmas Story, Porky'...

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Living with the Dead
Living with the Dead

A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a l...

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Sunshine State
Sunshine State

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal...

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Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy

Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher w...

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O Lucky Malcolm!
O Lucky Malcolm!

Actor Malcolm McDowell talks about his life and career. With interviews featuring his friends, famil...

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Outlaw Country
Outlaw Country

A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville roy...

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Brahmin Bulls
Brahmin Bulls

When Ashok makes a surprise visit to Los Angeles to visit his estranged son, the two begin a journey...

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The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy was a program hosted by Kirk Cameron. The show answere...

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Cross Creek
Cross Creek

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bo...

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Last Vegas
Last Vegas

Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally ...

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Remembering Ragtime
Remembering Ragtime

Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime"....

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About Sarah
About Sarah

When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited b...

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It Must Be Love
It Must Be Love

A couple decides to settle their divorce in a civilized manner without lawyers, which brings complic...

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Book Club: The Next Chapter
Book Club: The Next Chapter

Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things ...

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Song One
Song One

Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retraci...

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Miss Firecracker
Miss Firecracker

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beau...

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Philadelphia
Philadelphia

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their un...

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7 Days in Hell
7 Days in Hell

A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a...

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Last Train to Fortune
Last Train to Fortune

When schoolteacher Cecil Peachtree misses the last train to Fortune, he strikes a deal with outlaw D...

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Dean
Dean

A comedy about loss, grief, and the redemptive power of love. Dean is a NY illustrator who falls har...

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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary car...

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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, San...

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Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Did You Hear About the Morgans?

New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling aro...

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Life as a House
Life as a House

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for ...

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Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

While visiting their kooky aunt, two siblings go hunting for a Bigfoot-like creature called the Howl...

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The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, afte...

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The Book of Love
The Book of Love

After tragedy strikes Henry and Penny, he befriends a tenacious young girl and discovers she is cons...

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A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best wa...

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Let's Have Kids!
Let's Have Kids!

Two best friends, Emma and Phoebe, decide to get pregnant simultaneously to navigate motherhood toge...

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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

A fictional biographical film about ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic that parodies other films based on musicians...

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The Open Road
The Open Road

Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legen...

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I Do... Until I Don't
I Do... Until I Don't

In Vero Beach, Florida, a trio of couples at various points in their relationships become the subjec...

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The Help
The Help

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children ...

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Katie Says Goodbye
Katie Says Goodbye

A kindhearted seventeen-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her drea...

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Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood

A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf....

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Inland Empire
Inland Empire

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surrea...

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I Am Sam
I Am Sam

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave th...

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The Discovery
The Discovery

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now de...

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Honeydripper
Honeydripper

In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and again...

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Book Club
Book Club

Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shade...

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Antiquities
Antiquities

After his father's death, a young man searches to find who his dad was only to stumble onto himself....

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My Family
My Family

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. M...

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Flannery
Flannery

Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before...

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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i...

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Tales from the Future
Tales from the Future

Eight-part retrospective documentary on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for...

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Happiest Season
Happiest Season

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are up...

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The One I Love
The One I Love

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therap...

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Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From ...

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30 Rock: A One-Time Special
30 Rock: A One-Time Special

In a one-time special event featuring all the beloved characters from the original series, Liz Lemon...

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The Dink
The Dink

A washed-up tennis pro who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forc...

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Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division

Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jack Black, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen & Kevin S...

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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was found...

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Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Friends and stars pay tribute to America's comedy sweetheart and her trailblazing television career....

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Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood
Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood

Mrs. Pilgrim, a sweet kindergarten teacher from Arkansas, has become so confident in her annual 5 fo...

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Easy's Waltz
Easy's Waltz

A down-on-his-luck comedian-crooner navigates modern Las Vegas with old-school Vegas personalities....

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A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas

Follows a family in crisis where a teenager, her grandfather, and his trusty basset hound struggle t...

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Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas

Trying to beat the summer heat, Dr. Brown takes all out to London on Christmas Eve 1845, where they ...

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Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition
Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

This hilarious Christmas film tells the tale of a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Sant...

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