Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicated women in dramas, Burstyn was the recipient of various accolades, and was among the few performers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (Triple Crown of Acting).
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. She made her stage debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She appeared in numerous television films and gained further recognition from her performances in Same Time, Next Year (1978), which won her a Golden Globe Award, and Resurrection (1980), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), and Requiem For a Dream (2000). For playing a lonely drug-addicted woman in the last one of these, she was again nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In the 2010s, she made appearances in television series including the political dramas, Political Animals and House of Cards, which have earned her Emmy Award nominations. From 2000 till her death, she had 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 on stage.
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Movies
Requiem for a Dream
Sara Goldfarb
Playing by Heart
Mildred
The Fountain
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
When a Man Loves a Woman
Emily
W.
Barbara Bush
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Ruby
How to Make an American Quilt
Hy Dodd
Walking Across Egypt
Mattie Rigsbee
The Last Picture Show
Lois Farrow
Dying Young
Mrs. O'Neil
Alex in Wonderland
Beth Morrison
According to Greta
Katherine
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Pauline "Posey" Benetto
The Exorcist
Chris MacNeil
The Elephant King
Diana Hunt
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Vivi Abbott Walker
The Wicker Man
Sister Summersisle
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Miss Addie
The Velveteen Rabbit
Swan (voice)
Harry and Tonto
Shirley Mallard
The Stone Angel
Hagar
Our Fathers
Mary Ryan
Same Time, Next Year
Doris
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Hyatt
A Dream of Passion
Brenda Collins
The Spitfire Grill
Hannah Ferguson
The Baby-Sitters Club
Mrs. Haberman
The Mighty Macs
Mother St. John
The King of Marvin Gardens
Sally
The Yards
Val Handler
Timepiece
Maud Gannon
Lovely, Still
Mary
Goodbye Charlie
Franny Salzman
The Patron Saint of Liars
June Clatterbuck
Providence
Sonia Langham
Custody
Beatrice Fisher
Brush with Fate
Rika
Pit Stop
Ellen McCleod
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Nanette
The Cemetery Club
Esther Moskowitz
Resurrection
Edna
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self / Chris MacNeil
Tropic of Cancer
Mona
Love, Marilyn
Self
For Those Who Think Young
Dr. Pauline Swenson
Twice in a Lifetime
Kate MacKenzie
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
Mermaid
Trish
Within These Walls
Joan Thomas
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Tommie
Draft Day
Barb Weaver
The Ambassador
Alex Hacker
Thursday's Game
Lynne Evers
Flowers in the Attic
Olivia Foxworth
Night Ride Home
Maggie
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Lillian "Lil" Lambert
Pack of Lies
Barbara Jackson
People vs. Jean Harris
Jean Harris
My Brother's Keeper
Helen
Petals on the Wind
Olivia Foxworth
The Calling
Emily Micallef
Deceiver
Mook
Two Men in Town
Mère Garnett
30 Days
Maura
Silence of the North
Olive Frederickson
Roommates
Judith
Interstellar
Old Murph
The Age of Adaline
Flemming
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
About Scout
Gram
The House of Tomorrow
Josephine Prendergast
Act of Vengeance
Margaret Yablonski
Surviving
Tina Brogan
Wish You Well
Louisa Mae Cardinal
Follow The River
Gretel
Flash
Laura Strong
Unity
Narrator (voice)
The Tale
Nettie
When You Remember Me
Nurse Cooder
Hanna's War
Katalin
Wiener-Dog
Nana
Getting Gotti
Jo Giacalone
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Self
Bathing Flo
Nostalgia
Helen Greer
Trick of the Eye
Frances Griffin
You Can Thank Me Later
Shirley Cooperberg
All I Wish
Celia Berges
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
Self
Reflections of a Philosopher King
Self
Into Thin Air
Joan Walker
Mrs. Harris
Former Tarnower Steady
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
Self
Lucy in the Sky
Nana Holbrook
A Deadly Vision
Yvette Watson
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Queen Bees
Helen Wilson
American Woman
Miss Dolly
PoliWood
Self
The Color of Evening
Kate O'Rielly
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Self
Red Dragon
Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
The Christmas Tree
Elizabeth
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Wilma
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Self
Getting Out
Arlie's Mother
Pieces of a Woman
Elizabeth Weiss
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
Self
Easy Out?
Mary
Another Happy Day
Doris Baker
Something In Common
Lynn Hollander
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
Self
Watch on the Rhine
Fanny
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist: Believer
Chris MacNeil
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Grand Isle
Mademoiselle Reisz
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
Three Months
Valerie
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
Mother, Couch
Mother
Main Street
Georgiana Carr
Ricochet
Rose Maxon
Fuddy Meers
Gertie
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
I Love Liberty
Self
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
Herself
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self (archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
Self
Shows
77 Sunset Strip
Betty Benson
The View
Self
Mom
Shirley
Big Love
Nancy Davis Dutton
Ben Casey
Dr. Leslie Fraser
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Ellen Brewer
The Detectives
Nora
The Oscars
Self
The Time Tunnel
Eve Holland
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Cheyenne
Emmy Mae
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton
Surfside 6
Wandra Drake
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bernie Stabler
The Book of Daniel
Bishop Beatrice Congreve
Gunsmoke
Polly
Perry Mason
Mona Winthrope White
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth
That's Life
Dolly DeLucca
The Greatest Show on Earth
Susan Mason
Going My Way
Louise
Bus Stop
Phyllis Dunning
Dr. Kildare
Anne Garner
Vacation Playhouse
Ellen
Letter to Loretta
Ann Walters
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Donna Whittaker
Coma
Mrs. Emerson
Political Animals
Margaret Barrish
Checkmate
Margo as Ellen McRae
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
A Will of their Own
Veronica Steward
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
House of Cards
Elizabeth Hale
Tony Awards
Self - Host
The Defenders
Hilda Wesley
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Gunsmoke
Amy Waters
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Self
The First Lady
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Barbara Jackson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maggie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rika
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Ben Casey
Connie
77 Sunset Strip
Sandra Keene
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Joan
The Big Valley
Sister Sarah Jacob