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Acting · age 73

Mary Steenburgen

Best rated: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (7.7)

Films
53
Avg rating
6.33
Peak run
1987’90
Oscar wins
1 of 1
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The career

Mary Steenburgen, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1987 to 1990, 6.80456781980198519901995200020052010201520202025What's Eating Gilbert Gra… 7.7The Butcher's Wife 5.4Career avg 6.33

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Mary Steenburgen's career barcodecoolhot
197853 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.28 vs career 6.33 (−0.05)
  1. LBook Club2018 · 6.1−0.2
  2. WHappiest Season2020 · 6.6+0.3
  3. WNightmare Alley2021 · 7.0+0.7
  4. LBook Club: The Next Chapter2023 · 5.6−0.7
  5. LThe Dink2026 · 6.1−0.2
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Mary by the numbers

Average
6.33
49 rated films
Vote weighted
6.40
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
49y
1978 to 2026
Total votes
2.96M
across every film
Best
7.7
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Worst
5.4
The Butcher's Wife
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026The Dink posterThe DinkCandace6.111,800
2025Easy's Waltz··150
2025Last Train to Fortune posterLast Train to FortuneMiss Maybelle·254
2023Book Club: The Next Chapter posterBook Club: The Next ChapterCarol5.610,311
2021Nightmare Alley posterNightmare AlleyMrs. Kimball7.0185K
2020Happiest Season posterHappiest SeasonTipper6.653,789
2018AntiquitiesDr. Margot5.41,858
2018Book Club posterBook ClubCarol6.135,281
2017I Do... Until I Don'tCybil4.43,493
2017The Discovery posterThe DiscoveryInterviewer6.241,155
2016The Book of LoveJulia Mureaux6.05,117
2016DeanCarol6.32,903
2016Katie Says GoodbyeMaybelle6.72,918
2015A Walk in the Woods posterA Walk in the WoodsJeannie6.432,703
2014Song One posterSong OneKaren5.810,782
2013Last Vegas posterLast VegasDiana6.6141K
2009In the Electric Mist posterIn the Electric MistBootsie Robicheaux6.121,205
2009The Open RoadKatherine5.53,930
2009The Proposal posterThe ProposalGrace Paxton6.8405K
2008Four Christmases posterFour ChristmasesMarilyn5.889,230
Better together?

Mary Steenburgen's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Mary Steenburgen

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1981
    Mary Steenburgen
    Won

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