Mary Steenburgen Celebrates 'Four Christmases'

Actress Mary Steenburgen plays Kate's (Reese Witherspoon) mother in the upcoming movie Four Christmases, which debuts Wednesday, November 26.
The film is about husband and wife Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate, who struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day after their tropicla getaway flight is cancelled.
Steenburgen is an Academy Award-winning American actress and a native of Arkansas. Her career took off in 1980 when she won an Oscar for Best Acress in a Supporting Role for her part as Lynda Dummar in the movie Melvin and Howard. Since then she has dabbled both in film and TV roles, with her most recent TV part as Nancy Girardi, Joan (Amber Tamblyn) and Kevin's (Jason Ritter) mom in CBS's Joan of Arcadia.
Steenburgen has two grown children and resides in Los Angeles with her husband Ted Danson (Damages, Becker).
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