Mary Steenburgen
Acting
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.
Born: February 8, 1953
Place of Birth: Newport, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Clarkworld
Documentary on the life and death of Bob Clark, a director of movies such as Christmas Story, Porky's and Black Christmas.
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia Lee Burton, Marilyn Sadler and others are voiced by Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Kathy Bates and many more.
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Friends and stars pay tribute to America's comedy sweetheart and her trailblazing television career.
The Help
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Dinner for Five
Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving guest list of celebrities eat, drink and talk about life on and off the set and swap stories about projects past and present. The program seats screen legends next to a variety of personalities from film, television, music and comedy, resulting in an unpredictable free-for-all. The program aired on the Independent Film Channel with Favreau the co-Executive Producer with Peter Billingsley. The show format is a spontaneous, open forum for people in the entertainment community. The idea, originally conceived by Favreau, originated from a time when he went out to dinner with colleagues on a film location and exchanged filming anecdotes. Favreau said, "I thought it would be interesting to show people that side of the business". He did not want to present them in a "sensationalized way [that] they're presented in the press, but as normal people". The format featured Favreau and four guests from the entertainment industry in a restaurant with no other diners. They ordered actual food from real menus and were served by authentic waiters. There were no cue cards or previous research on the participants that would have allowed him to orchestrate the conversation and the guests were allowed to talk about whatever they wanted. The show used five cameras with the operators using long lenses so that they could be at least ten feet away from the table and not intrude on the conversation or make the guests self-conscious. The conversations lasted until the film ran out. A 25-minutes episode would be edited from the two-hour dinner.
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
Justified
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
The Good Place
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Filmography
as Mona Margadoff
as Carol
as Mrs. Kimball
as Maggie Clarke
as Adriana
as Tipper
as Mary Steenburgen
as Self
as Self
as Maggie Clarke
as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
as Crystalynn (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Ellen Joy Bonar
as Dr. Margot
as Marcy Bellinger
as Carol
as Maybelle
as Cybil Burger
as Interviewer
as Julia Mureaux
as Teacher
as Carol
as Aunt Cly
as Jeannie
as Louisa Poole
as Miriam
as Gail Klosterman
as Linda
as Mom (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Karen Ellis
as Diana Boyle
as Helen West
as Delia Powell
as Anastasia Lee
as Self
as Elaine Stein
as Catherine Newman
as Café Patron
as Self
as Peggy
as Mrs. Yankovic
as Katherine Hale
as Emma Wheeler
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Grace Paxton
as Bootsie Robicheaux
as Katherine
as Marilyn
as Nancy Huff
as Carol
as Amanda Winship
as Dr. Blaine
as Sarah Michaelson
as Geneva Leigh
as Visitor #2
as Leah's Mother
as Diana Jessup
as Self
as Marienne Hotchkiss
as Mother (archive footage)
as Clem Gazelle
as Emily
as Helen Girardi
as Gayle
as Joanie Fisher
as Francine Pinkney
as Sally Rider
as Detective Karen Condrin
as Detective Karen Condrin
as Dr. Blake
as Colleen Beck
as Mother (voice)
as Estelle
as Mary Steenburgen
as Rosemary Sydney
as Grace Rinato
as Naamah
as Patient (uncredited)
as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
as Self
as Kate Montgomery
as Sister Ida
as Mary Gulliver
as Hannah Nixon
as Jessie Caldwell
as Gloria
as Katherine Bellamy
as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
as Sarah Davis
as Self (uncredited)
as Belinda Conine
as Betty Carver
as Marjorie (voice)
as Reader (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Clara Clayton Brown (voice)
as Stella Keefover
as Clara Clayton (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Clara Clayton
as Karen Buckman
as Self (voice)
as Elaine Rutledge
as Self - Guest
as Miep Gies
as Young Sarah
as Rose Pickett
as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
as Ginny Grainger
as Nicole Diver (née Warren)
as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
as Phoebe Craddock
as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
as Adrian
as Mother
as Lynda Dummar
as Amy Robbins
as Julia Tate
as Self
as Sue