Mary Steenburgen

Mary Nell Steenburgen is an American actress. She gained an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lynda in the film Melvyn and Howard. As of 1996, she is married to Cheers star Ted Danson.

She appears as Dr. Kate Cypher, Daniel's mother in The Quest for Beasts.

In the American Dad fanfic Boys Will Be Girls, Francine mentions watching the movie Parenthood, in which Steenburgen appeared.

She auditioned for the role of Tess in Oliver and Company 2 and later made a guest appearance in the TV series as herself.

In the Family Guy fanfic 1D Fever, Glenn Quagmire owns a nude poster of Steenburgen having sex with Charlotte Brontë.