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Ellen Burstyn


Ellen Burstyn

Birthday:

12/07/1932

Place of birth:

Detroit, Michigan, USA:

Biography:

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received 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.


Credits

Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self
This Ordinary Thing (2025)
as Self (voice)
Duse, the Greatest (2025)
as
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump (2024)
as E. Jean Carroll
Mother, Couch (2024)
as Mother
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist (2024)
as Self
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
as Chris MacNeil
Three Months (2022)
as Valerie
Paul Newman, derrière les yeux bleus (2021)
as Herself
Queen Bees (2021)
as Helen Wilson
Watch on the Rhine (2021)
as Fanny
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
as Elizabeth Weiss
Delphine et Carole, insoumuses (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy in the Sky (2019)
as Nana Holbrook
American Woman (2019)
as Miss Dolly
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies (2019)
as Self
The House of Tomorrow (2019)
as Josephine Prendergast
Friedkin Uncut (2018)
as Self
Nostalgia (2018)
as Helen Greer
All I Wish (2018)
as Celia Berges
The Tale (2018)
as Nettie
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime (2017)
as Self
Wiener-Dog (2016)
as Nana
Custody (2016)
as Beatrice Fisher
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
About Scout (2015)
as Gram
The Age of Adaline (2015)
as Flemming
Interstellar (2014)
as Murph (older)
The Calling (2014)
as Emily Micallef
Petals on the Wind (2014)
as Olivia Foxworth
La Voie de l‘ennemi (2014)
as Mère Garnett
Draft Day (2014)
as Barb Weaver
River of Fundament (2014)
as Hathfertiti
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
as Self - Interviewee
Flowers in the Attic (2014)
as Grandmother
Wish You Well (2013)
as Louisa Mae Cardinal
Love, Marilyn (2013)
as Self
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)
as Nanette
Another Happy Day (2011)
as Doris Baker
The Mighty Macs (2011)
as Mother St. John
Reflections of a Philosopher King (2010)
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010)
as Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance (2010)
as Self
Main Street (2010)
as Georgiana Carr
According to Greta (2009)
as Katherine
Lovely, Still (2009)
as Mary
PoliWood (2009)
as Self
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
as Swan (voice)
W. (2008)
as Barbara Bush
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008)
as Miss Addie
Mitch Albom's For One More Day (2007)
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
The Stone Angel (2007)
as Hagar
The Fountain (2006)
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
30 Days (2006)
as Maura
The Wicker Man (2006)
as Sister Summersisle
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2006)
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)
as Self
The Elephant King (2006)
as Diana Hunt
Mrs. Harris (2006)
as Former Tarnower Steady
Our Fathers (2005)
as Mary Ryan
The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
as Ruby
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004)
as Tommie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances (2004)
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
as Self
Brush with Fate (2003)
as Rika
Red Dragon (2002)
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
as Vivi Abbott Walker
Within These Walls (2001)
as Joan Thomas
Memories, Dreams & Addictions (2001)
as Self
The Making of Requiem for a Dream (2001)
as Self
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
as Sara Goldfarb
Mermaid (2000)
as Trish
The Yards (2000)
as Val Handler
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999)
as Self
Night Ride Home (1999)
as Maggie
Walking Across Egypt (1999)
as Mattie Rigsbee
Playing by Heart (1998)
as Mildred
Marilyn in Manhattan (1998)
as Self
You Can Thank Me Later (1998)
as Shirley Cooperberg
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998)
as Self - Chris MacNeil
The Patron Saint of Liars (1998)
as June Clatterbuck
Flash (1997)
as Laura Strong
Deceiver (1997)
as Mook
A Deadly Vision (1997)
as Yvette Watson
Timepiece (1996)
as Maud Gannon
The Spitfire Grill (1996)
as Hannah Ferguson
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Hy Dodd
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
as Mrs. Haberman
Follow The River (1995)
as Gretel
My Brother's Keeper (1995)
as Helen
Roommates (1995)
as Judith
Trick of the Eye (1994)
as Frances Griffin
Getting Gotti (1994)
as Jo Giacalone
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
as Emily
Getting Out (1994)
as Arlie's Mother
Roots of Roe (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993)
as Joan Delvecchio
The Cemetery Club (1993)
as Esther Moskowitz
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)
as Wilma
Picture This (1991)
as Self
Grand Isle (1991)
as Mademoiselle Reisz
Dying Young (1991)
as Mrs. O'Neil
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (1991)
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
When You Remember Me (1990)
as Nurse Cooder
The Color of Evening (1990)
as Kate O'Rielly
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
Hanna's War (1988)
as Katalin
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Pack of Lies (1987)
as Barbara Jackson
Something in Common (1986)
as Lynn Hollander
Act of Vengeance (1986)
as Margaret Yablonski
Into Thin Air (1985)
as Joan Walker
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
as Kate MacKenzie
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Surviving (1985)
as Tina Brogan
The Ambassador (1985)
as Alex Hacker
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Silence of the North (1981)
as Olive Frederickson
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
as Jean Harris
Sois belle et tais-toi ! (1981)
as Self
Resurrection (1980)
as Edna
Κραυγή Γυναικών (1978)
as Brenda Collins
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
as Doris
Providence (1977)
as Sonia Langham
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
as Alice Hyatt
Harry and Tonto (1974)
as Shirley Mallard
Thursday's Game (1974)
as Lynne Evers
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist (1973)
as Chris MacNeil
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
as Sally
The Last Picture Show (1971)
as Lois Farrow
Alex in Wonderland (1970)
as Beth Morrison
Tropic of Cancer (1970)
as Mona (uncredited)
Pit Stop (1969)
as Ellen McCleod
Goodbye Charlie (1964)
as Franny Salzman
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
as Dr. Pauline Swenson
Ricochet (1961)
as Rose Maxon
The Christmas Tree (1958)
as Elizabeth
Easy Out? (1948)
as Mary
Bathing Flo ()
as
Place To Be ()
as Brooke
The House of Tomorrow (2019)
Executive Producer
Within These Walls (2001)
Executive Producer
Bathing Flo ()
Director