Mary Nell SteenburgenSearch Results (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress.

Personal life

Steenburgen was born in Newport, Arkansas, the daughter of Nell, a school-board secretary, and Maurice Steenburgen, a freight-train conductor who worked at the Missouri Pacific Railroad.Mary Steenburgen biography. Film Reference.com.Mary Steenburgen biography. Yahoo! Movies.Stony Reception in Little Rock; Film by Mary Steenburgen Draws Cries of Foul in Arkansas | Article from The Washington Post | HighBeam Research Steenburgen grew up in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Steenburgen married Malcolm McDowell in 1980 and they had two children together: Lily Amanda, born January 31, 1981 and Charles Malcolm born July 10, 1983, before divorcing in 1990, and has been married to actor Ted Danson since 1995.

In September 2005, she and Danson provided 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.Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson Speak to students at the Clinton School An alumnus of Hendrix College, Steenburgen received an honorary doctorate from the institution in 1989."Hendrix College - Encyclopedia of Arkansas" In 2006, Steenburgen received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas.