| Name: | Mary Steenburgen |
| Birth Name: | Mary N. Steenburgen |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Sex: | F |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | February 8, 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Newport, Arkansas, USA |
| Profession: | Actress |
| Education: | North Little Rock High School, North Little Rock, Arkansas |
| | The Neigborhood Playhouse School of The Theatre, New York, New York (graduated in 1972) |
| | Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas |
| Husband/Wife: | Ted Danson (actor; born on December 29, 1947; married on October 7, 1995), Malcolm McDowell (actor; born on June 13, 1943; married on September 29, 1980; divorced in 1990) |
| Father: | Maurice Steenburgen (died of lung cancer in 1989) |
| Mother: | Nell Steenburgen (born in 1923; retired school-board secretary) |
| Sister: | Nancy Kelley |
| Son: | Charlie McDowell (director/producer; born on July 10, 1983; father: Malcolm McDowell) |
| Daughter: | Lilly McDowell (born on January 21, 1981; father: Malcolm McDowell) |
| Claim to fame: | As Melvin's flustered but caring wife in Jonathan Demme's 'Melvin and Howard' (1980) |
