Ellen Burstyn
Acting
- Born:
- 1932-12-07
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Place to Be
Flesh Impact
Breakdown: 1975
This Ordinary Thing
Duse, the Greatest
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
Mother, Couch
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
The Exorcist: Believer
The First Lady
Three Months
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Queen Bees
Watch on the Rhine
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Pieces of a Woman
Delphine and Carole
Lucy in the Sky
American Woman
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
The House of Tomorrow
Friedkin Uncut
Nostalgia
All I Wish
The Tale
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
Wiener-Dog
Custody
Unity
About Scout
The Age of Adaline
Interstellar
The Calling
Petals on the Wind
Two Men in Town
Draft Day
River of Fundament
And the Oscar Goes To...
Flowers in the Attic
Wish You Well
Mom
Love, Marilyn
House of Cards
Coma
Political Animals
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Another Happy Day
The Mighty Macs
Reflections of a Philosopher King
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Main Street
According to Greta
Lovely, Still
PoliWood
The Velveteen Rabbit
W.
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
The Stone Angel
The Fountain
30 Days
The Wicker Man
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
The Elephant King
Big Love
The Book of Daniel
Mrs. Harris
Our Fathers
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
A Decade Under the Influence
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Brush with Fate
Red Dragon
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Within These Walls
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
That's Life
Mermaid
The Yards
Walking Across Egypt
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Night Ride Home
Playing by Heart
A Will of their Own
Marilyn in Manhattan
You Can Thank Me Later
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
The Patron Saint of Liars
Flash
Deceiver
The View
A Deadly Vision
HARDtalk
Timepiece
The Spitfire Grill
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
How to Make an American Quilt
The Baby-Sitters Club
Follow The River
My Brother's Keeper
Roommates
Trick of the Eye
Inside the Actors Studio
Getting Gotti
When a Man Loves a Woman
Getting Out
Roots of Roe
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
The Cemetery Club
Earth and the American Dream
When It Was a Game 2
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Picture This
Grand Isle
Dying Young
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
When You Remember Me
The Color of Evening
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Hello Actors Studio
American Experience
Hanna's War
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Pack of Lies
Something in Common
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Act of Vengeance
Into Thin Air
Twice in a Lifetime
Night of 100 Stars II
Surviving
The Ambassador
I Love Liberty
Night of 100 Stars
Silence of the North
People vs. Jean Harris
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Resurrection
A Dream of Passion
Same Time, Next Year
Providence
Saturday Night Live
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Dinah!
Harry and Tonto
Thursday's Game
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Exorcist
The King of Marvin Gardens
The Last Picture Show
Alex in Wonderland
Tropic of Cancer
Pit Stop
The Time Tunnel
The Big Valley
Goodbye Charlie
For Those Who Think Young
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Greatest Show on Earth
Vacation Playhouse
Going My Way
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
The Virginian
Ricochet
Ben Casey
Bus Stop
Dr. Kildare
The Defenders
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Surfside 6
Checkmate
The Detectives
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Christmas Tree
77 Sunset Strip
Perry Mason
Tony Awards
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
Letter to Loretta
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Easy Out?
Golden Globe Awards
Bathing Flo