Editing Mary Steenburgen (section)

==Personal life==
In 1978, Steenburgen met and began dating actor [[Malcolm McDowell]] while they were co-starring in ''Time After Time''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20077312,00.html |last=Chambers |first=Andrea |title=Malcolm McDowell's Romance with Mary Steenburgen Has Gone Just Like Clockwork |work=People |date=September 1, 1980 |page=64 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115752/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20077312,00.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They married and had two children together, including son [[Charlie McDowell]]. They divorced in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Billen |first1=Andrew |title=Malcolm in middle age |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/malcolm-in-middle-age-7434056.html |date=7 March 2002 |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> On October 7, 1995, Steenburgen married actor [[Ted Danson]], whom she had met on the set of the film ''[[Pontiac Moon]]'', and became the stepmother to Danson's two daughters from his previous marriage.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a45459/ted-danson-mary-steenburgen-marriage/ |last1=Mattern |first1=Jessica |date=November 4, 2017 |title=Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen's Marriage Will Make You Believe in Long Lasting Love |magazine=[[Country Living]] |publisher=Hearst Digital Media |access-date=5 August 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106232324/https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a45459/ted-danson-mary-steenburgen-marriage/ |archive-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Annie |title=Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen Celebrate 23rd Wedding Anniversary |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2018/10/08/6101539010882 |work=[[UPI]] |date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref>

Steenburgen resides in the Los Angeles area with her family.<ref name="Current Home">{{cite web |title=Mary Steenburgen |url=http://clintonschoolspeakers.com/content/mary-steenburgen |publisher=[[Clinton School of Public Service]]|access-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927002512/http://clintonschoolspeakers.com/content/mary-steenburgen |archive-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref> An alumna of [[Hendrix College]], she received an honorary doctorate from the institution in 1989.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1266 |title=Hendrix College |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |access-date=September 7, 2010}}</ref> In 2006, Steenburgen received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from [[Lyon College]] in [[Batesville, Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/greensheet/greensheet06/10-2_greensheet.htm |title=Acclaimed actress, Arkansas native to receive honorary Lyon degree |work=Lyon College Newsletter |date=October 2, 2006 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716095146/http://web.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/greensheet/greensheet06/10-2_greensheet.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> In September 2005, she and Danson gave a guest lecture for students at the [[Clinton School of Public Service]], where they discussed their roles in public service as well as the foundations and causes in which they are involved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clintonschoolspeakers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608084943/http://www.clintonschoolspeakers.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 8, 2008 |title=The Clinton School Speaker Series|publisher=Clinton School of Public Service |access-date=September 7, 2010}}</ref>

Steenburgen is a friend of former [[United States Senate|senator]] and [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] and supported, with Danson, Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/02/danson-to-hit-the-road-for-cli.html |title=Danson to Hit the Road for Clinton Again |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Juliet |last=Eilperin |date=February 15, 2008 |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905120534/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/02/danson-to-hit-the-road-for-cli.html |archive-date=September 5, 2012 }}</ref> She spoke at the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]]. Steenburgen is involved with various groups ranging from human rights to environmental causes.<ref name="PBS Interview">{{cite web |title=Actress Mary Steenburgen |date=October 31, 2013 |first=Tavis |last=Smiley |author-link=Tavis Smiley |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/mary-steenburgen/ |publisher=[[PBS]] |access-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330053350/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/mary-steenburgen/ |archive-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref>

Since 2014, Steenburgen's son Charlie McDowell has had a running joke at her expense, claiming on numerous occasions on [[social media]] that his mother is actress [[Andie MacDowell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/mary-steenburgens-son-charlie-mcdowell-trolls-andie-macdowell-explainer/a514b51f-ab56-43b1-a490-801e4ac8e8c9|title=All the times Mary Steenburgen's son Charlie McDowell trolled her by pretending actress Andie MacDowell was his mother|publisher=Celebrity|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref>