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Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen TV Listings

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TMCeTue, Feb 9, 11:35 PMHoneydripperBuy
ENCWed, Feb 10, 2:15 PMParenthoodBuy
FLIXeThu, Feb 11, 1:15 AMNobody's BabyBuy
TMCeFri, Feb 12, 4:25 PMHoneydripperBuy
FLIXeTue, Feb 16, 3:30 AMNobody's BabyBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 8:00 AMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
IFCTue, Feb 16, 8:30 AMCasa de los BabysBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 9:00 AMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 10:00 AMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 11:00 AMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 12:00 PMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 1:00 PMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 2:00 PMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
IFCTue, Feb 16, 2:15 PMCasa de los BabysBuy
SyfyTue, Feb 16, 3:00 PMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
FLIXeFri, Feb 19, 1:00 AMNobody's BabyBuy
SyfyFri, Feb 19, 5:00 AMJoan of ArcadiaBuy
TMCeSat, Feb 20, 11:45 AMHoneydripperBuy
AMCSat, Feb 20, 10:00 PMPhiladelphiaBuy
AMCSun, Feb 21, 5:00 PMPhiladelphiaBuy
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Mary Steenburgen Biography

  • Birth Name: Mary N. Steenburgen
  • Birth Place: Newport, AR
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/08/1953, Aquarius
  • Profession: Actor; comedian; producer; executive producer; playwright
Mary Steenburgen Fast Facts:
  • Sold books at Doubleday's while attending the first-year program at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
  • Cofounded and acted with the improvisational-comedy troupe Cracked Tokens, which performed skits for the halfway houses of NYC's Bureau of Alcoholism.
  • Was discovered by Jack Nicholson in the reception room of Paramount's New York office. He later cast her as the lead in his second directorial effort, 1978's Western Goin' South.
  • Breakout TV role was in the 1985 Showtime miniseries F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, for which she earned a Best Actress BAFTA nomination.
  • Appeared on the London Stage in 1987 opposite then-husband Malcolm McDowell in an updated version of Philip Barry's Holiday.
  • Along with Alfre Woodard, she founded Artists for a Free South Africa in 1989.
  • Made her Broadway debut in the 1993 production of Candida and her Los Angeles stage debut a year later in Marvin's Room.
  • Met second husband Ted Danson in 1994 on the set of the reviled road pic Pontiac Moon. They married the following year and subsequently collaborated on many projects, including the miniseries Gulliver's Travels (1996), the short-lived sitcom Ink and the miniseries Living With the Dead (2002).
  • Won two awards for her involvement in social and charitable causes: a Desert AIDS Project Award in 1995 and Liberty Hill Foundation's prestigious Upton Sinclair Award a year later.
  • Was appointed the national spokesperson of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in 1997.
  • Nominated for a SAG Award in 1999 for her touching portrayal of a mentally challenged woman in the 1998 made-for-TV drama About Sarah.
    Mary Steenburgen Relationships:
  • Alexis Danson - Stepdaughter
  • Charles Malcolm McDowell - Son
  • Katherine Danson - Stepdaughter
  • Lily Amanda McDowell - Daughter
  • Malcolm McDowell - Ex-husband
  • Maurice Steenburgen - Father
  • Nancy Kelly - Sister
  • Nell Steenburgen - Mother
  • Ted Danson - Husband

    • Mary Steenburgen Awards:
  • 1982 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1981 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1979 Golden Globe: New Star of the Year - Actress - Nominee
  • 1988 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
  • 1980 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner

  • College:
  • Attended Hendrix College, Conway, AR
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