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Ellen Burstyn
Born · December 7, 1932 (92 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Bio
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly, December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she receives 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 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), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mother, Couch
Mother
5.2
2024
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
Self
0.0
2024
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
Self
8.6
2023
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self (archive footage)
7.3
2023
Three Months
Valerie
7.1
2022
The Tale
Nettie
7.1
2018
Wiener-Dog
Nana
5.6
2016
Custody
Beatrice Fisher
7.0
2016
Unity
Narrator (voice)
7.5
2015
About Scout
Gram
6.0
2015
The Age of Adaline
Flemming
7.5
2015
Interstellar
Murph (older)
8.5
2014
The Calling
Emily Micallef
5.8
2014
Two Men in Town
Mère Garnett
5.5
2014
Draft Day
Barb Weaver
6.7
2014
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
6.6
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
7.0
2014
Flowers in the Attic
Grandmother
6.7
2014
Wish You Well
Louisa Mae Cardinal
6.4
2013
Love, Marilyn
Self
6.6
2013
Lovely, Still
Mary
6.5
2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Nanette
5.6
2012
The Mighty Macs
Mother St. John
5.3
2011
Main Street
Georgiana Carr
4.6
2010
According to Greta
Katherine
6.1
2009
The Velveteen Rabbit
Swan (voice)
6.6
2009
W.
Barbara Bush
6.2
2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Miss Addie
5.2
2008
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Pauline "Posey" Benetto
3.5
2007
The Stone Angel
Hagar
5.4
2007
The Fountain
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
6.9
2006
30 Days
Maura
1.0
2006
The Wicker Man
Sister Summersisle
4.3
2006
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self
6.4
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
7.0
2006
The Elephant King
Diana Hunt
5.9
2006
Our Fathers
Mary Ryan
6.4
2005
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Ruby
7.0
2004
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Tommie
4.7
2004
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
7.1
2003
Brush with Fate
Rika
5.8
2003
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Vivi Abbott Walker
6.1
2002
Within These Walls
Joan Thomas
5.3
2001
Requiem for a Dream
Sara Goldfarb
8.0
2000
Mermaid
Trish
7.3
2000
The Yards
Val Handler
6.2
2000
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Self
7.3
1999
Night Ride Home
Maggie
5.7
1999
Walking Across Egypt
Mattie Rigsbee
4.9
1999
Playing by Heart
Mildred
6.6
1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
7.5
1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Chris MacNeil
7.3
1998
The Patron Saint of Liars
June Clatterbuck
4.7
1998
Flash
Laura Strong
8.3
1997
Deceiver
Mook
6.0
1997
Timepiece
Maud Gannon
7.4
1996
The Spitfire Grill
Hannah Ferguson
6.5
1996
How to Make an American Quilt
Hy Dodd
6.4
1995
The Baby-Sitters Club
Mrs. Haberman
5.4
1995
Follow The River
Gretel
7.0
1995
My Brother's Keeper
Helen
1.0
1995
Roommates
Judith
6.2
1995
Getting Gotti
Jo Giacalone
4.6
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
Emily
6.5
1994
The Cemetery Club
Esther Moskowitz
5.3
1993
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
9.0
1991
Grand Isle
Mademoiselle Reisz
3.7
1991
Dying Young
Mrs. O'Neil
6.7
1991
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Lillian "Lil" Lambert
4.5
1991
When You Remember Me
Nurse Cooder
5.6
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
0.0
1989
Hello Actors Studio
Self
6.0
1988
Hanna's War
Katalin
4.7
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
7.1
1987
Pack of Lies
Barbara Jackson
6.6
1987
Act of Vengeance
Margaret Yablonski
5.9
1986
Twice in a Lifetime
Kate MacKenzie
5.6
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
8.0
1985
Surviving
Tina Brogan
5.2
1985
The Ambassador
Alex Hacker
5.0
1985
I Love Liberty
Self
0.0
1982
Silence of the North
Olive Frederickson
4.0
1981
People vs. Jean Harris
Jean Harris
0.0
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
6.3
1981
Resurrection
Edna
6.5
1980
A Dream of Passion
Brenda Collins
5.5
1978
Same Time, Next Year
Doris
6.6
1978
Providence
Sonia Langham
6.8
1977
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Hyatt
7.0
1974
Harry and Tonto
Shirley Mallard
7.1
1974
Thursday's Game
Lynne Evers
5.2
1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
7.7
1974
The Exorcist
Chris MacNeil
7.7
1973
The King of Marvin Gardens
Sally
5.8
1972
The Last Picture Show
Lois Farrow
7.7
1971
Alex in Wonderland
Beth Morrison
5.6
1970
Tropic of Cancer
Mona (uncredited)
4.6
1970
Pit Stop
Ellen McCleod
6.7
1969
Goodbye Charlie
Franny Salzman
5.6
1964
For Those Who Think Young
Dr. Pauline Swenson
5.2
1964
Ricochet
Rose Maxon
0.0
1961
Fuddy Meers
Gertie
0.0
The House of Tomorrow
Josephine Prendergast
7.1
2019
Bathing Flo
0.0
Duse, the Greatest
0.0
2025
E. Jean Carroll V. Donald J. Trump
E. Jean Carroll
8.0
2024
The Exorcist: Believer
Chris MacNeil
5.9
2023
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Herself
8.0
2021
Queen Bees
Helen Wilson
6.0
2021
Watch on the Rhine
Fanny
0.0
2021
Pieces of a Woman
Elizabeth Weiss
7.0
2020
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2020
Lucy in the Sky
Nana Holbrook
5.0
2019
American Woman
Miss Dolly
5.0
2019
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Self
0.0
2019
Friedkin Uncut
Self
7.0
2018
Nostalgia
Helen Greer
5.5
2018
All I Wish
Celia Berges
5.6
2018
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
Self
4.0
2017
Petals on the Wind
Olivia Foxworth
6.6
2014
Another Happy Day
Doris Baker
5.6
2011
Reflections of a Philosopher King
Self
0.0
2010
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
0.0
2010
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Self
0.0
2010
PoliWood
Self
6.5
2009
Mrs. Harris
Former Tarnower Steady
6.0
2006
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
Self
0.0
2004
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
8.0
2003
Red Dragon
Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
7.0
2002
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
Self
0.0
2001
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
Self
4.6
2001
You Can Thank Me Later
Shirley Cooperberg
5.9
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
4.5
1997
A Deadly Vision
Yvette Watson
4.5
1997
Trick of the Eye
Frances Griffin
6.0
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Getting Out
Arlie's Mother
4.7
1994
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Joan Delvecchio
4.5
1993
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
6.7
1992
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
9.0
1992
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Wilma
6.0
1992
The Color of Evening
Kate O'Rielly
2.0
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Herself
0.0
1989
Something in Common
Lynn Hollander
6.0
1986
Into Thin Air
Joan Walker
7.0
1985
Night of 100 Stars
Self
6.5
1982
The Time Tunnel
Eve Holland · (1 episode)
7.6
1966
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton · (1 episode)
5.3
1963
The Christmas Tree
Elizabeth
0.0
1958
Cheyenne
Emmy Mae · (1 episode)
5.8
1955
Easy Out?
Mary
0.0
1948
Place To Be
0.0
The First Lady
Sara Delano Roosevelt · (6 episodes)
6.2
2022
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Self · (4 episodes)
7.8
2022
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler · (20 episodes)
7.9
2021
Mom
Shirley · (1 episode)
7.3
2013
House of Cards
Elizabeth Hale · (5 episodes)
8.0
2013
Coma
Mrs. Emerson · (2 episodes)
6.4
2012
Political Animals
Margaret Barrish · (6 episodes)
7.3
2012
Big Love
Nancy Davis Dutton · (2 episodes)
6.9
2006
The Book of Daniel
Bishop Beatrice Congreve · (4 episodes)
7.1
2006
That's Life
Dolly DeLucca · (36 episodes)
7.0
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bernie Stabler · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
A Will of their Own
Veronica Steward · (2 episodes)
7.0
1998
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Ellen Brewer · (13 episodes)
5.0
1986
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
The Big Valley
Sister Sarah Jacob · (1 episode)
6.1
1965
The Greatest Show on Earth
Susan Mason · (1 episode)
5.0
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Ellen · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
Going My Way
Louise · (1 episode)
5.7
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Joan · (1 episode)
6.7
1962
Ben Casey
Dr. Leslie Fraser · (1 episode)
5.6
1961
Ben Casey
Connie · (1 episode)
5.6
1961
Bus Stop
Phyllis Dunning · (1 episode)
0.0
1961
Dr. Kildare
Anne Garner · (1 episode)
5.3
1961
The Defenders
Hilda Wesley · (1 episode)
6.2
1961
Surfside 6
Wandra Drake · (1 episode)
5.0
1960
Checkmate
Margo as Ellen McRae · (1 episode)
4.1
1960
The Detectives
Nora · (1 episode)
5.6
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Donna Whittaker · (1 episode)
5.8
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Betty Benson · (1 episode)
6.7
1958
77 Sunset Strip
Sandra Keene · (1 episode)
6.7
1958
Perry Mason
Mona Winthrope White · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Presenter · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Audience Member · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Gunsmoke
Polly · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Gunsmoke
Amy Waters · (2 episodes)
6.6
1955
Letter to Loretta
Ann Walters · (1 episode)
6.2
1953
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
6.9
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Barbara Jackson · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maggie · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rika · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944