FrameThrower · Actors · Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen
3 films · 183 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2016
Born 8 February 1953 · Newport, Arkansas, USA
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 won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 183 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2016
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress1981
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture1980
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2012
- Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame2018
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast2011
- Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture2011
- Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame1996
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress1980
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 183 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Mary takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 52% natural — the look of the work Mary takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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