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Mary Nell Steenburgen 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 recei…
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Born 8 February 1953 · Q108935
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Public attention spiked: 14,070 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 4,369, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Mary Steenburgen Reacts to Having Phil Collins in Her Family Tree” (E! Online).
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E! Online: Mary Steenburgen Reacts to Having Phil Collins in Her Family Tree
Public attention spiked: 15,804 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 4,369, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 22,967 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.3× the usual 4,369, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “'The Dink': Mary Steenburgen filmed one of her favourite scenes of her career in Apple TV movie” (Yahoo News Canada).
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Yahoo News Canada: 'The Dink': Mary Steenburgen filmed one of her favourite scenes of her career in Apple TV movie
TIME: Mary Steenburgen Does Not Feel Bad if You Lost Your Tennis Court to Pickleball
Yahoo: Mary Steenburgen And Ted Danson's Sweet Morning Routine Keeps Them Close (& Healthy!)
AOL: Hate Shorts? Mary Steenburgen Found the Sleek Summer Pants Style That Flatters Women Over 50
Yahoo: Mary Steenburgen Discusses Age-Gap Romance in New Film ‘The Dink’
Insider: Mary Steenburgen, 72, says Jane Fonda's advice has reshaped the way she approaches aging
AOL: Mary Steenburgen Reveals the Lesson Jane Fonda Taught Her About Aging: 'I See What She Means' (Exclusive)
Appeared with her husband, Ted Danson, in the second season of the Netflix show A Man on the Inside as the character Mona Margadoff
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SheKnows: Mary Steenburgen & Ted Danson Crossed Paths With Her Ex While Supporting Her Son’s New Movie
Steenburgen signed a global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group
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Awarded Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame (2018).
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Her composition "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" as performed by Jessie Buckley featured as the climactic musical moment in the film Wild Rose and won Steenburgen several awards, including the 2019 Critics' Choice Movie Aw
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Steenburgen starred with Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen in the romantic comedy film Book Club
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Since 2014, Steenburgen's son Charlie McDowell has had a running joke at her expense, claiming on numerous occasions on social media that his mother is actress Andie MacDowell.
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Began a recurring role as former Dixie Mafia boss Katherine Hale in the fifth and sixth seasons of Justified
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Help (2012).
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Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast for The Help (2011).
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture for The Help (2011).
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Had a recurring role as Josephine in the HBO sitcom Bored to Death
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Steenburgen underwent minor surgery on her arm, which required a general anaesthetic; shortly thereafter, she began experiencing "music (
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Steenburgen received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas
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Awarded Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame (1996).
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Steenburgen married actor Ted Danson, whom she had met on the set of the film Pontiac Moon, and became the stepmother to Danson's two daughters from his previous marriage
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Along with a number of other Hollywood actors, including Alfre Woodard
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Starred in the film One Magic Christmas as someone who falls on devastating times at Christmas, only to rely on a miracle to save her family
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Melvin and Howard (1981).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Melvin and Howard (1980).
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Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for Melvin and Howard (1980).
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Steenburgen met and began dating actor Malcolm McDowell while they were co-starring in Time After Time
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Studied at Hendrix College (1971–1972).
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After the Neighborhood Playhouse offered her an opportunity to study acting
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Studied at North Little Rock High School (1971).
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Enrolled at Hendrix College to study drama
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In Newport, Arkansas, to Nellie Mae (née Wall), a school-board secretary, and Maurice Hoffman Steenburgen, a freight-train conductor who worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad
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Born 1953-02-08.
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