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Mary Steenburgen
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Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film Goin' South (1978). Steenburgen went on to earn critical acclaim for her role in Time After Time (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film Melvin and Howard (1980), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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The prestige is the trick you never see coming
A chain of films about magicians, mediums and con artists, tracing the moment cinema learned to lie to us and we learned to love it.
8 films
25 Years of Flailing: How Bridget Jones Perfected the Best Worst Fight Scene Ever
From Bridget Jones's iconic street brawl to a Greek restaurant showdown, trace the lineage of cinema's most gloriously awkward fights.
5 films
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Numb
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Inland Empire
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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Back to the Future Part III
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Ragtime
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