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. Steenburgen grew up in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Steenburgen married Malcolm McDowell in 1980 and they had two children together: Lily Amanda, born January 21, 1981 and Charles Malcolm born July 10, 1983, before divorcing in 1990, and has been married to actor Ted Danson since 1995.
In 2006, Steenburgen received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas.
She is a close personal friend of former First Lady, current New York Senator Hillary Clinton, and supported Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign along with her husband.
She splits her time living in California and Martha's Vineyard.
More about Mary Steenburgen (From Wikipedia)
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. read more...
Career
Steenburgen moved to New York City in 1972, working at Doubleday's while studying acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Her break came when she was discovered read more...
Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
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