Is one of 25 actresses to have won an Academy Award for their performance in a comedy; hers being for Melvin and Howard (1980). The others, in chronological order, are: Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night (1934)), Loretta Young (The Farmer's ...
I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible.
High-pitched voice with southern accent
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Mary Nell Steenburgen
Newport, Arkansas, USA