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Ellen Burstyn

Actress / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 12/07/1932 (91) | Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body. ...

Requiem for a Dream

R

2000 | 4.0/5 | 1h 42min
Crime, Drama
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12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid ...

The Exorcist

R

1973 | 3.9/5 | 2h 2min
Horror
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After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in ...

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

PG

1974 | 3.5/5 | 1h 52min
Drama, Romance / Love
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High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nea ...

The Last Picture Show

R

1971 | 3.9/5 | 1h 59min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ellen Burstyn

Academy Award for Best Actress Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Independent Spirit Awards Genie Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Berlinale Camera Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress Mary Pickford Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 5x Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Ellen Burstyn as Actress(131)

as herself2024 Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
as Chris MacNeil2023 The Exorcist: Believer
as Self (archive footage)2023 Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2023 Bathing Flo
as Gertie2023 Fuddy Meers
as Mother2023 Mother, Couch
as Valerie2022 Three Months
as Helen Wilson2021 Queen Bees
as Self (archive footage)2020 Delphine and Carole
as Elizabeth Weiss2020 Pieces of a Woman
as Nana Holbrook2019 Lucy in the Sky
2019 Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
as Miss Dolly2019 American Woman
as Nettie2018 The Tale
as Helen Greer2018 Nostalgia
as Celia Berges2018 All I Wish
as herself2018 Friedkin Uncut
as Josephine Prendergast2017 The House of Tomorrow
as Herself - Interviewee2017 Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
as Nana2016 Wiener-Dog
as Beatrice Fisher2016 Custody
as Narrator (voice)2015 Unity
as Gram2015 About Scout
as Flemming2015 The Age of Adaline
as Olivia Foxworth2014 Petals on the Wind
as Emily Micallef2014 The Calling
as Mère Garnett2014 Two Men in Town
as Old Murph Cooper2014 Interstellar
as Olivia Foxworth2014 Flowers in the Attic
as Barb Weaver2014 Draft Day
as Self - Interviewee2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Hathfertiti2014 River of Fundament
as Louisa Mae Cardinal2013 Wish You Well
as herself2013 Love, Marilyn
as Nanette2012 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Doris Baker2011 Another Happy Day
as herself2010 Reflections of a Philosopher King
as Georgiana Carr2010 Main Street
as herself2010 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
as herself2010 BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as herself2009 PoliWood
as Mother St. John2009 The Mighty Macs
as Swan2009 The Velveteen Rabbit
as Katherine2009 According to Greta
as Mary2008 Lovely, Still
as Miss Addie2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Barbara Bush2008 W.
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto2007 Mitch Albom's For One More Day
as Hagar2007 The Stone Angel
as Diana Hunt2006 The Elephant King
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti2006 The Fountain
as herself2006 Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Former Tarnower Steady2006 Mrs. Harris
as Maura2006 30 Days
as herself2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Sister Summersisle2006 The Wicker Man
as Mary Ryan2005 Our Fathers
as Tommie2004 The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
as herself2004 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
as Ruby2004 The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as herself2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as herself2003 A Decade Under the Influence
as Rika2003 Brush with Fate
as Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)2002 Red Dragon
as Joan Thomas2001 Within These Walls
as herself2001 Memories, Dreams & Addictions
as herself2001 The Making of Requiem for a Dream
as Val Handler2000 The Yards
as Trish2000 Mermaid
as Sara Goldfarb2000 Requiem for a Dream
as Maggie1999 Night Ride Home
as herself1999 The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
as Mattie Rigsbee1999 Walking Across Egypt
as Shirley Cooperberg1999 You Can Thank Me Later
as Herself - 'Chris MacNeil'1998 The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Mildred1998 Playing by Heart
as herself1998 Marilyn in Manhattan
as June Clatterbuck1998 The Patron Saint of Liars
1997 A Deadly Vision
as Laura Strong1997 Flash
as Mook1997 Deceiver
as Maud Gannon1996 Timepiece
as Hannah Ferguson1996 The Spitfire Grill
as Hy Dodd1995 How to Make an American Quilt
as Judith1995 Roommates
as Mrs. Haberman1995 The Baby-Sitters Club
as Helen1995 My Brother's Keeper
as Gretel1995 Follow The River
as Frances Griffin1994 Trick of the Eye
as Emily1994 When a Man Loves a Woman
as Arlie's Mother1994 Getting Out
as Jo Giacalone1994 Getting Gotti
as Esther Moskowitz1993 The Cemetery Club
as Wilma1992 Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert1991 Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
as Mrs. O'Neil1991 Dying Young
as herself1991 Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Mademoiselle Reisz1991 Grand Isle
as Nurse Cooder1990 When You Remember Me
as Kate O'Rielly1990 The Color of Evening
as herself1989 Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Katalin1988 Hanna's War
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Barbara Jackson1987 Pack of Lies
as Lynn Hollander1986 Something In Common
as Margaret Yablonski1986 Act of Vengeance
as Alex Hacker1985 The Ambassador
as Tina Brogan1985 Surviving
as Kate MacKenzie1985 Twice in a Lifetime
as Joan Walker1985 Into Thin Air
as Jean Harris1981 People vs. Jean Harris
as herself1981 Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Olive Frederickson1981 Silence of the North
as Edna1980 Resurrection
as Doris1978 Same Time, Next Year
as Brenda Collins1978 A Dream of Passion
as Sonia Langham1977 Providence
as Alice Hyatt1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Shirley Mallard1974 Harry and Tonto
as Lynne Evers1974 Thursday's Game
as (archive footage)1974 The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Chris MacNeil1973 The Exorcist
as Sally1972 The King of Marvin Gardens
as Lois Farrow1971 The Last Picture Show
as Beth Morrison1970 Alex in Wonderland
as Mona1970 Tropic of Cancer
as Ellen McCleod1969 Pit Stop
as Franny Salzman1964 Goodbye Charlie
as Dr. Pauline Swenson1964 For Those Who Think Young
as Elizabeth1958 The Christmas Tree

TV Shows/Series with Ellen Burstyn as Actress(42)

as Sara Delano Roosevelt2022 The First Lady
as herself2022 Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
as Bernadette Stabler2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Bernie Stabler2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Shirley2013 Mom
as Elizabeth Hale2013 House of Cards
as Bishop Beatrice Congreve2006 The Book of Daniel
2006 Big Love
as Dolly DeLucca2000 That's Life
as Bernie Stabler1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bernadette Stabler1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Veronica Steward1998 A Will of their Own
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience
as Ellen Brewer1986 The Ellen Burstyn Show
as Self - Host / Ms. Hegdewick / Various1975 Saturday Night Live
as herself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Eve Holland1966 The Time Tunnel
as Ellen1963 Vacation Playhouse
as Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth
1962 Going My Way
as Hilda Wesley1961 The Defenders
1961 Bus Stop
as Anne Garner1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 Ben Casey
1960 Surfside 6
as Margo as Ellen McRae1960 Checkmate
1959 The Detectives
1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1958 77 Sunset Strip
as Mona Winthrope White1957 Perry Mason
as Polly1955 Gunsmoke
as Amy Waters1955 Gunsmoke
1955 Cheyenne
as Ann Walters1953 Letter to Loretta
as Elizabeth1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Barbara Jackson1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Maggie1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rika1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Ellen Burstyn as Crew(3)

Directing/Director2023 Bathing Flo
Production/Executive Producer2017 The House of Tomorrow
Production/Executive Producer2001 Within These Walls

Full Name: Ellen Burstyn
Born: Wednesday, 12/07 1932 (December) in Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 91 years + 135 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Cass Technical High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Member of: jury at the Berlin International Film Festival, jury at the Cannes Festival
Spouses (current/former): Neil Nephew
Other names for Ellen Burstyn (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ellen McRae"
"엘렌 버스틴"
"Эллен Бёрстин"
"Edna Rae Gillooly"
Ellen Burstyn frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (24x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (23x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (22x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (22x, Actor)
Bill Hader (21x, Actor)
H.M. Wynant (21x, Actor)
Harry Townes (21x, Actor)
Ben Wright (21x, Actor)
Victor French (21x, Actor)
Peter Bogdanovich (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1374, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/17/2024