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Acting

Mary Steenburgen

Career: Active from 1978 to 2026, busiest in 2003 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Joan of Arcadia
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 102 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Mary Steenburgen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Tension
4.5, average 6.0
Crime
2.4, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Heartwarming 7
Feel-Good Movie 7
Romantic Comedy 6
Moral Ambiguity 4
Situational Humor 4
Ensemble Cast 4
Character-Driven Narrative 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Self-Discovery 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Southern Discomfort

TV show · as Mary Lou Dobson

Let's Have Kids!

55

as Sue

Happiness Isn't Everything

68

TV show · as Audrey Veill

2020s

13 titles · average score 67

The Dink

63

as Candace

Last Train to Fortune

78

as Miss Maybelle

TV show · as Kathy

A Man on the Inside

74

TV show · as Mona Margadoff

Book Club: The Next Chapter

51

as Carol

Nightmare Alley

72

as Mrs. Kimball

Mr. Mayor

55

TV show · as Adriana

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

72

as Maggie Clarke

Happiest Season

72

as Tipper

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

75

TV show · as Maggie Clarke

Best Summer Ever

67

Executive Producer

30 Rock: A One-Time Special

55

as Mary Steenburgen

2010s

30 titles · average score 65

Flannery

60

as Flannery O'Connor (voice)

Book Club

55

as Carol

I Do... Until I Don't

38

as Cybil Burger

The Book of Love

37

as Julia Mureaux

The Last Man on Earth

76

TV show · as Gail Klosterman

Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

59

as Aunt Cly

Song One

46

as Karen Ellis

Last Vegas

54

as Diana Boyle

Orange Is the New Black

82

TV show · as Delia Powell

Outlaw Country

58

as Anastasia Lee

Dirty Girl

50

as Peggy

Justified

89

TV show · as Katherine Hale

2000s

36 titles · average score 57

The Proposal

57

as Grace Paxton

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

32

as Emma Wheeler

In the Electric Mist

53

as Bootsie Robicheaux

Step Brothers

60

as Nancy Huff

Four Christmases

43

as Marilyn

The Brave One

56

as Carol

Joan of Arcadia

82

TV show · as Helen Girardi

Elf

67

as Emily

Living with the Dead

70

TV show · as Detective Karen Condrin

Living with the Dead

69

as Detective Karen Condrin

The Trumpet of the Swan

37

as Mother (voice)

Life as a House

60

as Colleen Beck

1990s

23 titles · average score 64

Noah's Ark

41

TV show · as Naamah

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Grace Rinato

Ink

TV show · as Kate Montgomery

Powder

59

as Jessie Caldwell

Clifford

39

as Sarah Davis

It Runs in the Family

51

as Mrs. Parker (Mother)

Pontiac Moon

52

as Katherine Bellamy

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

80

as Betty Carver

Philadelphia

76

as Belinda Conine

Back to the Future

66

TV show · as Clara Clayton (voice)

The Butcher's Wife

38

as Stella Keefover

Back to the Future Part III

71

as Clara Clayton

1980s

15 titles · average score 65

Parenthood

79

as Karen Buckman

Miss Firecracker

48

as Elaine Rutledge

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

69

as Miep Gies

Dead of Winter

63

as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn

The Whales of August

66

as Young Sarah

One Magic Christmas

55

as Ginny Grainger

Tender Is the Night

70

TV show · as Nicole Diver (née Warren)

Cross Creek

65

as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Romantic Comedy

52

as Phoebe Craddock

Little Red Riding Hood

66

as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

62

as Adrian

Melvin and Howard

77

as Lynda Dummar

1970s

2 titles · average score 67

Time After Time

74

as Amy Robbins

Goin' South

60

as Julia Tate