This soft-spoken, offbeat, and appealing stage-trained actress won raves and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Melvin's flustered but caring wife in Jonathan Demme's "Melvin and Howard" (1980). Mary Steenburgen could have parlayed this triumph into a high profile Hollywood career but opted instead for modest projects, gentle comedies, and occasional genre films. Pretty, vulnerable, and…
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