Mary Steenburgen: movies and TV shows
Mary Steenburgen has 157 credits in the archive: 104 films and 53 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: The Help (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2009 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Dink | Candace | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 2025 | Last Train to Fortune | Miss Maybelle | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2025 | BULLDOZER | Kathy | TV | — | 72 |
| 2025 | Easy's Waltz | Film | 2.0 | 72 | |
| 2024 | A Man on the Inside | Mona Margadoff | TV | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2024 | In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin | Self | TV | 5.0 | 71 |
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Carol | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2022 | Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | Self | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2021 | Mr. Mayor | Adriana | TV | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Mrs. Kimball | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | Maggie Clarke | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Maggie Clarke | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV | 5.5 | 67 |
| 2020 | Happiest Season | Tipper | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2020 | 30 Rock: A One-Time Special | Mary Steenburgen | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2020 | Best Summer Ever | Film | 6.7 | 67 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts | Crystalynn (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Ellen Joy Bonar | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2019 | Flannery | Flannery O'Connor (voice) | Film | — | 66 |
| 2019 | Antiquities | Dr. Margot | Film | 4.3 | 66 |
| 2018 | The Conners | Marcy Bellinger | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2018 | Book Club | Carol | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2018 | Katie Says Goodbye | Maybelle | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2017 | The Discovery | Interviewer | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2017 | The Book of Love | Julia Mureaux | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2017 | I Do... Until I Don't | Cybil Burger | Film | 4.7 | 64 |
| 2016 | The Good Place | Teacher | TV | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2016 | Dean | Carol | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Miriam | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 2015 | The Last Man on Earth | Gail Klosterman | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2015 | Togetherness | Linda | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2015 | A Walk in the Woods | Jeannie | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2015 | 7 Days in Hell | Louisa Poole | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2015 | Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow | Aunt Cly | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 61 |
| 2014 | The One I Love | Mom (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2014 | The One I Love | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2014 | Song One | Karen Ellis | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black | Delia Powell | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Diana Boyle | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2013 | Brahmin Bulls | Helen West | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2012 | Outlaw Country | Anastasia Lee | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2011 | The Help | Elaine Stein | Film | 8.2 | 58 |
| 2011 | Wilfred | Catherine Newman | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2011 | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Café Patron | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2010 | The Talk | Self | TV | 3.0 | 57 |
| 2010 | Justified | Katherine Hale | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2010 | Dirty Girl | Peggy | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2010 | Tales from the Future | Self | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2010 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Mrs. Yankovic | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2009 | The Proposal | Grace Paxton | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Josephine | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Bootsie Robicheaux | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Emma Wheeler | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 2009 | Clarkworld | Self | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2009 | The Open Road | Katherine | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Nancy Huff | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Marilyn | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Carol | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2007 | Numb | Dr. Blaine | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2007 | Honeydripper | Amanda Winship | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Sarah Michaelson | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2007 | Elvis & Anabelle | Geneva Leigh | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Diana Jessup | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Visitor #2 | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin | Film | — | 53 | |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Leah's Mother | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Marienne Hotchkiss | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2006 | O Lucky Malcolm! | Self | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Dr. Fay Petit (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | Mother (archive footage) | Film | — | 51 |
| 2004 | Elf: That's a Wrap | Self | Film | — | 51 |
| 2004 | It Must Be Love | Clem Gazelle | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Helen Girardi | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | Elf | Emily | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 2003 | E!'s 101 | Self | TV | — | 50 |
| 2003 | Hope Springs | Joanie Fisher | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood | Mary | Film | — | 50 |
| 2003 | Casa de los Babys | Gayle | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Sally Rider | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Detective Karen Condrin | TV | — | 49 |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Francine Pinkney | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2002 | Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House' | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self | TV | 3.8 | 48 |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Dr. Blake | Film | 7.6 | 48 |
| 2001 | Life as a House | Colleen Beck | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2001 | The Trumpet of the Swan | Mother (voice) | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 2001 | Dinner for Five | TV | 8.3 | 48 | |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby | Estelle | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Mary Steenburgen | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | Picnic | Rosemary Sydney | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Film | 9.0 | 47 | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Grace Rinato | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark | Naamah | TV | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark | Naamah | Film | — | 46 |
| 1998 | Becker | Patient (uncredited) | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1998 | About Sarah | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 44 |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Mary Gulliver | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1996 | Ink | Kate Montgomery | TV | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1996 | Ink | TV | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Sister Ida | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1995 | Powder | Jessie Caldwell | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1995 | My Family | Gloria | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1995 | Nixon | Hannah Nixon | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1994 | It Runs in the Family | Mrs. Parker (Mother) | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1994 | Clifford | Sarah Davis | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 1994 | Pontiac Moon | Katherine Bellamy | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Marjorie (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1993 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Betty Carver | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Belinda Conine | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.5 | 39 |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1991 | Back to the Future | Clara Clayton (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1991 | The Butcher's Wife | Stella Keefover | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1991 | Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas | Clara Clayton Brown (voice) | Film | — | 38 |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Clara Clayton | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1990 | The Long Walk Home | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1990 | The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Self | Film | 4.9 | 37 |
| 1990 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Karen Buckman | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Elaine Rutledge | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self (voice) | Film | — | 36 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Miep Gies | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Young Sarah | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Rose Pickett | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Film | 5.3 | 34 | |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Nicole Diver (née Warren) | TV | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Ginny Grainger | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1983 | Little Red Riding Hood | Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1983 | Romantic Comedy | Phoebe Craddock | Film | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mary / Little Red Riding Hood | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Adrian | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Mother | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Lynda Dummar | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1979 | Time After Time | Amy Robbins | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Julia Tate | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 0 |
| Let's Have Kids! | Sue | Film | — | — | |
| Southern Discomfort | Mary Lou Dobson | TV | — | — | |
| A Dog’s Perfect Christmas | Claire | Film | — | — | |
| Happiness Isn't Everything | Audrey Veill | TV | — | — |