Editing Mary Steenburgen (section)

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1978
|''[[Goin' South]]''
| Julia Tate Moon
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Time After Time (1979 film)|Time After Time]]''
| Amy Robbins
|
|-
|1980
|''[[Melvin and Howard]]''
| [[Melvin Dummar|Lynda West Dummar]]
| 
|-
|1981
|''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''
| Mother
|
|-
|1982
| data-sort-value="Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, A" |''[[A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy]]''
| Adrian
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1983
|''[[Cross Creek (film)|Cross Creek]]''
| [[Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]]
|
|-
|''[[Romantic Comedy (1983 film)|Romantic Comedy]]''
| Phoebe Craddock
|
|-
|1985
|''[[One Magic Christmas]]''
| Ginny Grainger
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1987
|''[[Dead of Winter (film)|Dead of Winter]]''
| Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Whales of August, The" |''[[The Whales of August]]''
| Young Sarah
|
|-
|''[[End of the Line (1987 film)|End of the Line]]''
| Rose Pickett
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
|''[[Miss Firecracker]]''
| Elaine Rutledge
|
|-
|''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]''
| Karen Buckman
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1990
|''[[Back to the Future Part III]]''
| [[Clara Clayton]]
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Long Walk Home, The" |''[[The Long Walk Home]]''
| Narrator (voice)
|
|-
|1991
| data-sort-value="Butcher's Wife, The" |''[[The Butcher's Wife]]''
| Stella Keefover
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1993
|''[[What's Eating Gilbert Grape]]''
| Betty Carver
|
|-
|''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]''
| Belinda Conine
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1994
|''[[Clifford (film)|Clifford]]''
| Sarah Davis Daniels
|
|-
|''[[Pontiac Moon]]''
| Katherine Bellamy
|
|-
|''[[It Runs in the Family (1994 film)|It Runs in the Family]]''
| Mrs. Parker (mother)
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 1995
|''[[My Family (1995 film)|My Family]]''
| Gloria
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Grass Harp, The" |''[[The Grass Harp (film)|The Grass Harp]]''
| Sister Ida
|
|-
|''[[Powder (1995 film)|Powder]]''
| Jessie Caldwell
|
|-
|''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]''
| [[Hannah Milhous Nixon]]
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 2001
|''[[Nobody's Baby (2001 film)|Nobody's Baby]]''
| Estelle
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Trumpet of the Swan, The" |''[[The Trumpet of the Swan (film)|The Trumpet of the Swan]]''
| Mother (voice)
|
|-
|''[[Life as a House]]''
| Colleen Beck
|
|-
|''[[I Am Sam]]''
| Dr. Blake
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2002
|''[[Sunshine State (film)|Sunshine State]]''
| Francine Pinkney
|
|-
|''Wish You Were Dead''
| Sally Rider
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 2003
|''[[Hope Springs (2003 film)|Hope Springs]]''
| Joanie Fisher
|
|-
|''[[Casa de los Babys]]''
| Gayle
|
|-
|''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]''
| Emily Hobbs
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School]]''
| Marienne Hotchkiss
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2006
| data-sort-value="Dead Girl, The" |''[[The Dead Girl]]''
| Leah's mother
|
|-
|''[[Inland Empire (film)|Inland Empire]]''
| Visitor #2
|
|-
|rowspan=5| 2007
|''[[Elvis and Anabelle]]''
| Geneva
|
|-
|''[[Nobel Son]]''
| Sarah Michaelson
|
|-
|''[[Numb (2007 film)|Numb]]''
| Dr. Blaine
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Brave One, The" |''[[The Brave One (2007 film)|The Brave One]]''
| Carol
|
|-
|''[[Honeydripper (film)|Honeydripper]]''
| Amanda Winship
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2008
|''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]''
| Nancy Huff
|
|-
|''[[Four Christmases]]''
| Marilyn
|
|-
|rowspan=5| 2009
|''[[American Outrage]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
|''[[In the Electric Mist]]''
| Bootsie Robicheaux
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Proposal, The" |''[[The Proposal (2009 film)|The Proposal]]''
| Grace Paxton
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Open Road, The" |''[[The Open Road]]''
| Katherine
|
|-
|''[[Did You Hear About the Morgans?]]''
| Emma Wheeler
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Dirty Girl (2010 film)|Dirty Girl]]''
| Peggy
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2011
|''Keepin' It Real Estate''
| Claire
| Short film
|-
| data-sort-value="Help, The" |''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]''
| Elaine Stein
|
|-
|2012
|''Mrs. Pilgrim Goes to Hollywood''
| Mary
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 2013
|''[[Last Vegas]]''
| Diana Boyle
|
|-
|''[[Brahmin Bulls]]''
| Helen West
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The" |''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]''
| The Bamboo Cutter's Wife (voice)
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Song One]]''
| Karen
|
|-
|2015
| data-sort-value="Walk in the Woods, A" |''[[A Walk in the Woods (film)|A Walk in the Woods]]''
| Jeannie
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 2016
| data-sort-value="Book of Love, The" |''[[The Book of Love (film)|The Book of Love]]''
| Julia
|
|-
|''[[Dean (film)|Dean]]''
| Carol
|
|-
|''[[Katie Says Goodbye]]''
| Maybelle
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2017
| data-sort-value="Discovery, The" |''[[The Discovery (film)|The Discovery]]''
| Interviewer
|
|-
|''[[I Do... Until I Don't]]''
| Cybil Burger
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2018
|''[[Book Club (film)|Book Club]]''
| Carol
|
|-
|''[[Antiquities (film)|Antiquities]]''
| Dr. Margot
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Flannery (film)|Flannery]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Happiest Season]]''
| Tipper Caldwell
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Nightmare Alley (2021 film)|Nightmare Alley]]''
| Mrs. Kimball
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Book Club: The Next Chapter]]''
| Carol
|
|-
|rowspan=3|TBA
| ''[[The Dink]]''
| {{TBA}}
| Post-production
|-
| ''[[Let's Have Kids!]]''
| {{TBA}}
| Post-production
|-
| ''[[Last Train to Fortune]]''
| {{TBA}}
| Post-production
|}