Editing Mary Steenburgen (section)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
| 1978
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|New Star of the Year – Actress]]
| ''Goin' South''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1979
| [[Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''Time After Time''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1980
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="6" | ''Melvin and Howard''
|{{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Golden Globe Awards
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1981
| Golden Globe Awards
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| ''Ragtime''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1985
| [[Genie Awards]]
| [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role|Actress in a Leading Role]]
| ''One Magic Christmas''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1985
| [[British Academy Television Awards]]
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''Tender Is the Night''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1988
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie]]
| ''The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1989
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''Miss Firecracker''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1990
| [[Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''Back to the Future Part III''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1995
| rowspan="2" | [[Screen Actors Guild]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''Nixon''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1998
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
| ''About Sarah''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2004
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Series|Best Supporting Actress – Television Series]]
| ''Joan of Arcadia''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2011
| Screen Actors Guild
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''The Help''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song|Best Song]]
| rowspan="3" | ''Wild Rose''<br /><small>for "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)"</small>
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]] for "[[(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again]]" from ''[[Rocketman (film)|Rocketman]]''}}
|-
| [[Hollywood Critics Association]]
| rowspan="2" | Best Original Song
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Houston Film Critics Society]]
| {{won}}
|}

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In addition to these recognitions, Steenburgen received the 1,337th star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on December 16, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotlight: Mary Steenburgen |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spotlight-mary-steenburgen-92385 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Jo |last=Nelsen |date=December 15, 2009 |access-date=December 26, 2019}}</ref>