Mary Steenburgen, born Mary Nell Steenburgen is an American Film Actress and Singer. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme’s 1980 film Melvin and Howard.
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Born: February 8, 1953 in Newport, Arkansas
Spouse: Ted Danson (m. 1995), Malcolm McDowell (m. 1980-1990)
Children: Charlie McDowell, Lilly McDowell
Education: Hendrix College, North Little Rock High School, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5′ 7″ (1.71 m)
Filmography
Goin’ South (1978)
Time After Time (1979)
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Ragtime (1981)
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
Cross Creek (1983)
One Magic Christmas (1985)
Dead of Winter (1987)
The Whales of August (1987)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
Miss Firecracker (1989)
Parenthood (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
The Butcher’s Wife (1991)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Philadelphia (1993)
My Summer Story (1994)
Pontiac Moon (1994)
Powder (1995)
The Grass Harp (1996)
Gulliver’s Travels (1996)
Noah’s Ark (1999)
The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
Life as a House (2001)
I Am Sam (2001)
Living with the Dead (2002)
Sunshine State (2002)
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
Hope Springs (2003)
Casa de los Babys (2003)
Elf (2003)
Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
Inland Empire (2006)
The Dead Girl (2006)
Nobel Son (2007)
The Brave One (2007)
Honeydripper (2007)
Step Brothers (2008)
Four Christmases (2008)
In the Electric Mist (2009)
The Open Road (2009)
The Proposal (2009)
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Dirty Girl (2010)
The Help (2011)
Last Vegas (2013)
Song One (2014)
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
The Book of Love (2016)
Book Club (2018)