Mary Steenburgen Net Worth

Mary Steenburgen's Quotes

• And, oh my God, I loved doing What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Who wouldn't love kissing Johnny Depp all day?
• I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.
• It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.
• I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.
• I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this.

Interesting Facts about Mary Steenburgen

1. A notable patron of the arts who has set up exhibits in the past; her husband, actor Ted Danson, sculpts as a sideline.
2. Returned to old high school in North Little Rock, Arkansas in April 2002, to teach drama workshops to students, fulfilling promise made to parents of teenager Thea Leopoulos, who was killed in a traffic accident in 2001.
3. Referred to multiple times on Stargate SG-1 (1997) as the heartthrob of Colonel Jack O'Neill, played by Richard Dean Anderson.
4. In both Time After Time (1979) and Back to the Future Part III (1990), she played the love interest of a time traveller who later became one herself. In the former, she was from the time traveller's future and in the latter, she was from his past.
5. Shares a birthday with Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, her The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) co-star Seth Green, James Dean and Ethan Phillips.
6. She played Jason Ritter's mother in Joan of Arcadia (2003). Her husband Ted Danson played Ritter's father in Mumford (1999).
7. She appeared with Christopher Lloyd in three different films: Goin' South (1978), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and Wish You Were Dead (2001).
8. She was the third of four consecutive winners of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to have the initials "M.S.". The others are: Maggie Smith for California Suite (1978), Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Maureen Stapleton for Reds (1981).
9. President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton attended Steenburgen's 1995 wedding to Ted Danson. Steenburgen had personally known Clinton since he was governor of Arkansas when she resided in Little Rock. The President celebrated his 51st birthday at the Martha's Vineyard home of the couple.
10. Discovered by Jack Nicholson in the reception room of Paramount's New York office. Nicholson cast her as his leading lady in Goin' South (1978), Steenburgen's feature debut.
11. When she lived in a Manhattan apartment, her next door neighbor was Steve Martin.
12. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 16, 2009.
13. Stepmother of Kate Danson and Alexis Danson.
14. Has Dutch, English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Her surname is Dutch.
15. Her mother, Nellie May Wall Steenburgen, died on January 26, 2010 at age 86.
16. Mother, with ex-husband Malcolm McDowell, of daughter Lilly McDowell (Lilly Amanda McDowell; b. January 22, 1981) and son Charlie McDowell (Charles Malcolm McDowell; b. July 10, 1983).
17. Has one granddaughter, Clementine Mae Walton (b. January 2012), through her daughter Lilly McDowell.
18. Was the 84th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Melvin and Howard (1980) at 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) on March 31, 1981.
19. Parents are Maurice H. Steenburgen (1914-1989) and Nellie May Wall Steenburgen (1923-2010).
20. Was in the film End of the Line (1987) in which she played the wife of a railroad worker. The film used Union Pacific tracks in Arkansas, which were formerly the tracks of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Mary's father was a freight train conductor on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Arkansas.