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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
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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
1979 Golden Globe: New Star of the Year - Actress - Nominee
1981 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
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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