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Mary Steenburgen
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February 8, 1953 in Newport, AR
Biography:Curly haired, sandy-voiced actress "Mary Steenburgen" is a natural when it comes to playing Southerners, probably because she hails from the region herself. Born in Arkansas on February 8, 1953, Steenburgen was the daughter of a railroad employee. Pursuing drama in college, she headed to New York in 1972, where she worked with an improvisational troupe. She was spotted by "Jack Nicholson", who cast her as his feisty "in name only" frontier wife in 1978's "Goin' South". Two years later, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Melvin Dummar's inamorata in "Melvin and Howard" (1980).

Able to convey a wide age and character range, Steenburgen was effectively cast as a free-spirited Frisco girl in "Time After Time" (1979), the corseted matriarch of a turn-of-the-century household in "Ragtime" (1981), prim authoress Marjorie Rawlins in "Cross Creek" (1983), a long-suffering suburban... Full Biography

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Mary Steenburgen and Jason Ritter at Phoenix House's 2nd Annual "Triumph For Teens" Gala Honoring...
Center from left: Mary Steenburgen, Betty White and Ryan Reynolds in "The Proposal" (Walt Disney...
Dwight Yoakam and Mary Steenburgen in "Four Christmases" (Warner Bros.)
Jodie Foster, left, and Mary Steenburgen in "The Brave One" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
(clockwise from left) Mary Steenburgen stars as Emily, James Caan stars as Walter and Daniel Tay...
Actress Mary Steenburgen arrives at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater on September...
Actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen arrive at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater...
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