Mary Steenburgen with Malcolm McDowell; Time After Time, 1979Mary Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American actress of partially Dutch descent. Steenburgen was born in Newport, Arkansas and moved to New York City in 1972 to study acting.
Steenburgen was married to Malcolm McDowell for ten years, but is currently married to actor Ted Danson. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1980 film Melvin and Howard. She played Clara Clayton in Back to the Future Part III (1990), a role which her children, fans of the Back to the Future movies, convinced her to play (she even reprised the role by providing the character's voice in the franchise's animated series). She also had a role in the 1979 film Time After Time in which she played the love interest to H.G. Wells played by Malcolm McDowell. In both films, she played the love interest of a time traveller. She also starred in the sitcom Ink and the television miniseries of Gulliver's Travels with her husband Danson.
She is a close personal friend of former first lady and New York Senator Hilary Clinton.
Elvis and Anabelle (2006) (filming)
Nobel Son (2006) (post-production) .... Sarah Michaelson
"Joan of Arcadia" .... Helen Girardi
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (2005) TV Episode .... Helen Girardi
- The Book of Questions (2004) TV Episode .... Helen Girardi
- No Bad Guy (2004) TV Episode .... Helen Girardi
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005) .... Marienne Hotchkiss
Capital City (2004) (TV) .... Elaine Summer
It Must Be Love (2004) (TV) .... Clem Gazelle
"Becker"
- DNR (2004) TV Episode .... Patient
Elf (2003) .... Emily
Casa de los babys (2003) .... Gayle
Hope Springs (2003) .... Joanie Fisher
Wish You Were Dead (2002) .... Sally Rider
Sunshine State (2002) .... Francine Pinkney
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Denial (2002) TV Episode .... Grace Rinato
Living with the Dead (2002/I) (TV) .... Detective Karen Condrin
... aka Talking to Heaven (Europe: English title) (USA: working title)
I Am Sam (2001) .... Dr. Blake
Life as a House (2001) .... Colleen Beck
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) (voice) .... Mother
Nobody's Baby (2001) .... Estelle
Picnic (2000) (TV) .... Rosemary Sydney
Noah's Ark (1999) (TV) .... Naamah
... aka Arche Noah - Das größte Abenteuer der Menschheit (Germany)
About Sarah (1998) (TV) .... Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) .... Mary Gulliver
"Ink" (1996) TV Series .... Kate Montgomery
Nixon (1995) .... Hannah Nixon
Powder (1995) .... Jessica 'J.C.' Caldwell
The Grass Harp (1995) .... Sister Ida
My Family (1995) .... Gloria
... aka Cafe con leche
... aka East L.A. (UK: video title)
... aka My Family, Mi Familia
"Frasier"
- Retirement Is Murder (1995) TV Episode (voice) .... Marjorie
Pontiac Moon (1994) .... Katherine Bellamy
The Gift (1994) (TV)
It Runs in the Family (1994) .... Mrs. Parker (Mother)
... aka My Summer Story
Clifford (1994) .... Sarah Davis
Philadelphia (1993) .... Belinda Conine
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) .... Betty Carver
The Butcher's Wife (1991) .... Stella Keefover
"Back to the Future" (1991) TV Series (voice) .... Clara Clayton Brown
... aka Back to the Future: The Animated Series
The Long Walk Home (1990) (voice) .... Narrator
Back to the Future Part III (1990) .... Clara Clayton
Parenthood (1989) .... Karen Buckman
Miss Firecracker (1989) .... Elain Rutledge
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988) (TV) .... Miep Gies
End of the Line (1988) .... Rose Pickett
The Whales of August (1987) .... Young Sarah
Dead of Winter (1987) .... Julie Rose/Katie McGovern/Evelyn
One Magic Christmas (1985) .... Ginnie Hanks Grainger
... aka Disney's One Magic Christmas (UK: video box title)
... aka Un drôle de Noël (Canada: French title)
"Tender Is the Night" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Nicole Warren Diver
"Faerie Tale Theatre"
... aka Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre (USA)
- Little Red Riding Hood (1983) TV Episode .... Red Riding Hood
Cross Creek (1983) .... Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Romantic Comedy (1983) .... Phoebe Craddock
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) .... Adrian
Ragtime (1981) .... Mother
Melvin and Howard (1980) .... Lynda Dummar
Time After Time (1979) .... Amy Robbins
Goin' South (1978) .... Julia Tate/Moon
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