Mary Steenburgen

Born: 1953-02-08

Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) 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.


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The Proposal

as Grace Paxton
Released: 2009-06-01

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book...

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The Help

as Elain Stein
Released: 2011-08-09

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white...

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Powder

as Jessie Caldwell
Released: 1995-10-27

Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as...

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as Clara Clayton
Released: 1990-05-25

The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean...

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Inland Empire

as Visitor #2
Released: 2006-12-06

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling...

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as Nancy Huff
Released: 2008-07-25

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home...

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as Emily
Released: 2003-10-09

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the...

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

as Betty Carver
Released: 1993-12-17

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns...

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as Mrs. Kimball
Released: 2021-12-02

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words...

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I Am Sam

as Dr. Blake
Released: 2001-12-28

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they...

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Philadelphia

as Belinda Conine
Released: 1993-12-22

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As...

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as Tipper
Released: 2020-11-26

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party...

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The Brave One

as Carol
Released: 2007-09-12

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

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In the Electric Mist

as Bootsie Robicheaux
Released: 2009-04-15

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a...

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Parenthood

as Karen Buckman
Released: 1989-07-31

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They...

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Book Club: The Next Chapter

as Carol
Released: 2023-05-11

Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When...

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Book Club

as Carol
Released: 2018-05-18

Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty...

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A Walk in the Woods

as Jeannie
Released: 2015-09-02

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the...

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Life as a House

as Colleen Beck
Released: 2001-10-25

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son,...

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The Long Walk Home

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1990-12-21

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in...

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as Marilyn
Released: 2008-11-26

Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the...

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Clifford

as Sarah Davis
Released: 1994-04-01

When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking...

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Nixon

as Hannah Nixon
Released: 1995-12-22

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while...

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Goin' South

as Julia Tate
Released: 1978-10-06

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to...

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The Dead Girl

as Beverley, Leah's Mother
Released: 2006-11-07

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people...

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Last Vegas

as Diana Boyle
Released: 2013-10-31

Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy...

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The Discovery

as Interviewer
Released: 2017-03-31

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is...

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One Magic Christmas

as Ginny Grainger
Released: 1985-11-22

Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the...

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The Trumpet of the Swan

as Mother (voice)
Released: 2001-05-11

The adventures of a young Trumpeter swan who cannot speak. With the help of a human boy and the...

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Time After Time

as Amy Robbins
Released: 1979-09-28

Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial...

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Ragtime

as Mother
Released: 1981-11-20

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among...

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7 Days in Hell

as Louisa Poole
Released: 2015-07-11

A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out...

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The One I Love

as Mom (voice)
Released: 2014-08-08

On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend...

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Hope Springs

as Joanie Fisher
Released: 2003-05-09

British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man....

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Did You Hear About the Morgans?

as Emma Wheeler
Released: 2009-12-17

New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling...

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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

as Adrian
Released: 1982-07-16

A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy...

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Elvis & Anabelle

as Geneva Leigh
Released: 2007-03-10

A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a...

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Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

as Maggie Clarke
Released: 2021-12-01

On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her...

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Dirty Girl

as Peggy
Released: 2010-09-12

When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a...

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Song One

as Karen Ellis
Released: 2014-01-20

Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose....

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My Family

as Gloria
Released: 1995-05-03

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and...

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The Butcher's Wife

as Stella Keefover
Released: 1991-10-25

A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream....

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Dead of Winter

as Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
Released: 1987-02-06

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is...

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Melvin and Howard

as Lynda Dummar
Released: 1980-09-19

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to...

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Nobel Son

as Sarah Michaelson
Released: 2007-04-28

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley...

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Katie Says Goodbye

as Maybelle
Released: 2018-03-08

A kindhearted seventeen-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her...

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The Book of Love

as Julia Mureaux
Released: 2017-01-13

After tragedy strikes Henry and Penny, he befriends a tenacious young girl and discovers she is...

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The Open Road

as Katherine
Released: 2009-02-07

Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father,...

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Numb

as Dr. Blaine
Released: 2007-04-30

Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself...

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Fight for Your Right Revisited

as Café Patron
Released: 2011-04-22

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young"...

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I Do... Until I Don't

as Cybil Burger
Released: 2017-09-01

In Vero Beach, Florida, a trio of couples at various points in their relationships become the...

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Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

as Aunt Cly
Released: 2015-11-21

Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow follows a family who goes on a hunt for a Bigfoot-like creature...

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30 Rock: A One-Time Special

as Mary Steenburgen
Released: 2020-07-16

In a one-time special event featuring all the beloved characters from the original series, Liz...

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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

as Marienne Hotchkiss
Released: 2005-01-24

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But...

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Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

as Self
Released: 2023-12-21

CBS presents DICK VAN DYKE 98 YEARS OF MAGIC, an unforgettable special celebrating the legendary...

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Dean

as Carol
Released: 2016-04-16

A freelance illustrator in New York suffers a quarter-life crisis and leaves his home for the...

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The Grass Harp

as Sister Ida
Released: 1995-09-10

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man...

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The Whales of August

as Young Sarah
Released: 1987-10-14

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

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Miss Firecracker

as Elaine Rutledge
Released: 1989-04-28

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a...

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The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

as Miep Gies
Released: 1988-04-17

During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish,...

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Romantic Comedy

as Phoebe Craddock
Released: 1983-10-07

Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English...

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Casa de los Babys

as Gayle
Released: 2003-09-19

A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey...

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Living with the Dead

as Detective Karen Condrin
Released: 2002-04-28

A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of...

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Nobody's Baby

as Estelle
Released: 2001-01-01

Two not so bright small time crooks end up with a baby girl by "accident" and find a change in...

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End of the Line

as Rose Pickett
Released: 1987-08-28

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to...

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Pontiac Moon

as Katherine Bellamy
Released: 1994-11-03

An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a...

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It Runs in the Family

as Mrs. Parker (Mother)
Released: 1994-09-23

It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in...

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Sunshine State

as Francine Pinkney
Released: 2002-06-21

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must...

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Honeydripper

as Amanda Winship
Released: 2007-09-10

In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and...

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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

as Mrs. Yankovic
Released: 2010-03-22

A fictional biographical film about ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic that parodies other films based on...

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Wish You Were Dead

as Sally Rider
Released: 2002-05-21

Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling,...

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Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)
Released: 1992-10-01

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view....

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Cross Creek

as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Released: 1983-09-21

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She...

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Picnic

as Rosemary Sydney
Released: 2000-04-16

The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more...

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The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

as Self
Released: 1990-06-12

The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy was a program hosted by Kirk Cameron. The show...

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Remembering Ragtime

as Mother (archive footage)
Released: 2004-11-16

Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

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Tales from the Future

as Self
Released: 2010-10-26

Six-part retrospective on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for the...

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Outlaw Country

as Anastasia Lee
Released: 2012-08-24

A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville...

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Antiquities

as Dr. Margot
Released: 2019-01-25

After his father's death, a young man searches to find who his dad was only to stumble onto himself.

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O Lucky Malcolm!

as Self
Released: 2006-01-01

Actor Malcolm McDowell talks about his life and career. With interviews featuring his friends,...

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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

as uncredited
Released: 2000-05-31

Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of...

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It Must Be Love

as uncredited
Released: 2004-02-15

A couple decides to settle their divorce in a civilized manner without lawyers, which brings...

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Little Red Riding Hood

as Little Red Riding Hood a.k.a. Mary
Released: 1983-11-10

A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.

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About Sarah

as Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey
Released: 1998-10-04

When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is...

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Brahmin Bulls

as Helen West
Released: 2013-10-05

When Ashok makes a surprise visit to Los Angeles to visit his estranged son, the two begin a...

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Clarkworld

as herself
Released: 2009-11-03

Documentary on the life and death of Bob Clark, a director of movies such as Christmas Story,...

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Flannery

as Flannery O'Connor (voice)
Released: 2019-10-25

Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Grace Rinato
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Frasier

as Marjorie (voice)
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self
First aired: 2005-01-03

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish...

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-07-16

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...

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Justified

as Katherine Hale
First aired: 2010-03-16

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Mary Steenburgen
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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30 Rock

as Diana Jessup
First aired: 2006-10-11

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Orange Is the New Black

as Delia Powell
First aired: 2013-07-11

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she...

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The Good Place

as Teacher
First aired: 2016-09-19

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the...

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Grace and Frankie

as Miriam
First aired: 2015-05-08

Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives...

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The Oscars

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Finding Your Roots

as Self
First aired: 2012-03-24

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost...

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Wilfred

as Catherine Newman
First aired: 2011-06-23

Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet...

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The Last Man on Earth

as Gail Klosterman
First aired: 2015-03-01

The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who...

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Becker

as Patient (uncredited)
First aired: 1998-11-02

Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to...

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Ellen

as Self (uncredited)
First aired: 1994-03-29

Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July...

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Joan of Arcadia

as Helen Girardi
First aired: 2003-09-26

Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No...

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Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

as Maggie Clarke
First aired: 2020-01-07

After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San...

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The Conners

as Marcy Bellinger
First aired: 2018-10-16

This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an...

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Faerie Tale Theatre

as Mary / Little Red Riding Hood
First aired: 1982-09-11

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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Togetherness

as Linda
First aired: 2015-01-11

Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and...

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Mr. Mayor

as Adriana
First aired: 2021-01-07

A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he's "still got it." Once he wins,...

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Bless the Harts

as Crystalynn (voice)
First aired: 2019-09-29

The lives of a group of Southerners who are always broke as a joke and struggling for the...

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On Becoming a God in Central Florida

as Ellen Joy Bonar
First aired: 2019-08-25

In the early 1990s, a recently widowed, impoverished Orlando water park employee schemes and...

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Gulliver's Travels

as Mary Gulliver
First aired: 1996-02-04

Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them...

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Back to the Future

as Clara Clayton (voice)
First aired: 1991-09-14

An animated series for television based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature...

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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

as Narrator (Voice)
First aired: 1992-04-21

Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved...

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Ink

as Kate Montgomery
First aired: 1996-10-21

Ink is a television sitcom which aired on CBS from 1996-1997 that starred real-life husband and...

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Tender Is the Night

as Nicole Warren Diver
First aired: 1985-09-23

Dennis Potter adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about how the rich languoring on the...

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Reunited Apart

as Self
First aired: 2020-04-27

Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in...

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Noah's Ark

as Naamah
First aired: 1999-05-04

In the Biblical story from Genesis, God floods the world as Noah rescues his family and the...

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Dinner for Five

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-07-06

Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving...

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